Picking up and dropping off passengers randomly by bus drivers is an everyday phenomenon in the sprawling capital city and such malpractice contributes significantly to traffic congestion. In the photo taken at the entrance of the Mohakhali Flyover on Thursday,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh has expressed profound shock at the tragic deaths of students and others in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara early this week.Apart from the students,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Indian authorities have expelled hundreds of ethnic Bengali Muslims -- many of those Indian citizens -- to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as a "discriminatory" and "unlawful" crackdown on Muslim...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has ordered the authorities concerned to compile a comprehensive list of individuals killed in political violence carried out by the Awami League (AL), its student wing Chhatra League, and in state force-led operations under government...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The interim government has initiated steps to amend power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and lower tariff rates for nine power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) without securing official approval for their tariffs, according to...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Despite recent signs of macroeconomic stabilisation, economy faces deep-rooted fiscal-and financial-sector challenges, economists warned on Thursday.Speaking at an event in the capital, they listed challenges like subdued growth, persistent high rate of inflation, elevated fiscal risks, and a vulnerable banking...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh's exports to India rose by 11.05 per cent year on year in the fiscal year 2024-25, reaching a record $1.76 billion, up from $1.57 billion in FY24, despite non-tariff barriers, port restrictions, and regulatory bottlenecks.According to data from the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
A new pay commission has been formed to determine the revised salary structure for government officials and employees, in tune with interim government's pledge for pay rises. "Former Finance Secretary and current Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation Zakir Ahmed...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday identified five bodies of individuals who died in the Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in the capital's Uttara area through DNA tests.The deceased have been identified as...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, widely blamed for tampering with the verdict that abolished the election-time caretaker-government system, was held Thursday and sent to jail in a murder case. In an instant reaction, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that had...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh's external trade is set to get costlier as the government Thursday approved a proposal for increasing tariffs on both goods and vessels at Chittagong seaport, in some cases up to 10 times or above, officials said. The ministry of...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-25 00:00:00
A US-Bangladesh crucial virtual meeting is set for July 29 amid an eager wait of businesses for pullback of 35-percent additional tariff hanging over select Bangladeshi exports-barely three days before its prescheduled effect.Commerce Adviser of the interim government Sk Bashir...
Premier Bank signs tripartite deal with Bank of HuzhouA tripartite Strategic Business Cooperation Framework Agreement was signed among The Premier Bank PLC, Bank of Huzhou Co., Ltd. (China), and May International Trade Services Ltd. to enhance cross-border financing and multilateral...
BRAC Bank has emerged as one of the first institutions in Bangladesh to publicly disclose 100% of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, covering the full spectrum from internal operations to emissions generated through its financing activities, says a press statement....
FE REPORTThe government is planning to import three liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from the spot market in late August and September to meet the growing domestic demand.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated a tender to purchase...
YANGON, July 24 (AFP): Myanmar's junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted anti-coup rebels from a gold mining hub after a year-long battle, its second declared recapture of a key town in a week.A civil war has consumed Myanmar since...
Bangladesh Bank has purchased another US $10 million from commercial banks through an auction to boost dollar exchange rate against taka, reports UNB.On July 23, the central bank made this strategic move aimed to signal an upward trend for the...
FE REPORTThe Ministry of Industries has asked Bangladesh Ship Recycling Board (BSRB) to take necessary measures to issue DASR in favour of compliant yards for operating their ship recycling activities in line with the Hong Kong Convention.To this effect, the...
Light to moderate rain accompanied by gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday). Mild heat wave may...
Mushayela Karim has been elected as the District Chairman of non-profit women's organisation Inner Wheel District 345 for the 2025-2026 term, effective from July 1, according to a press statement. Other members of the new executive committee are Vice Chairman...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus along with other advisers stood in solemn silence for one minute during the council of advisers' meeting at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) in the capital on Thursday to pay homage to the people killed...
FE REPORTOne dengue patient has died and 280 others have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till Wednesday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Of the new cases, 66 were reported in Barishal Division...
The government has issued the Public Service (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, identifying several actions as misconduct for public servants, including disobeying lawful orders from superiors, ignoring official directives without valid reasons, and obstructing or inciting others to obstruct their implementation,...
CHATTOGRAM, July 24 (UNB): A Chattogram court on Thursday denied the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and a former ISKCON leader in five cases including a sedition case. Chattogram Metropolitan and Session...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent health checkups at Evercare Hospital in the capital early Thursday, reports UNB.She went to the hospital from her Gulshan residence at around 01:48 am for some urgent medical tests as per the advice of her...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 24 (UNB): The Awami League (AL) is reorganising itself by capitalising on the recent Milestone incident, said Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser of the southern region of National Citizen Party (NCP)."We had thought fascism had collapsed. But what we...
A Dhaka court sent four individuals to jail on Thursday in a case filed over vandalism, causing damage to government property and attempting to murder law-enforcers at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital on July 22. The four accused -...
BANGKOK, July 24 (Reuters): A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes on Thursday that have killed at least 12 people, including 11 civilians.Of the...
ANKARA, July 24 (Reuters): Ten firefighters were killed and 14 were injured as they battled to contain a wildfire in Turkey's central Eskisehir province, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said on Wednesday.Firefighters and rescue teams have been battling since...
MOSCOW, July 24 (BBC): Drone strikes by both Moscow and Kyiv killed two in Russia and three in Ukraine, hours after a brief third round of ceasefire talks concluded in Istanbul.Three people were found dead in the rubble of a...
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