FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Metro rail services halted about two hours prior the schedule on Saturday night after two individuals climbed on the roof of the Bangladesh Secretariat Station.The operations halted at around 8:05 PM due to security issues, according to a DMTCL statement."Metro...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
In Dhaka, a single tree must support the oxygen needs of around 28 people - far below what is needed for a healthy, livable environment. Across the country, forests are shrinking, with 0.25 million acres of forest land illegally grabbed...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Medical technologists and pharmacists across Bangladesh have threatened a nationwide shutdown of healthcare services if their salaries are not upgraded to the 10th grade of the national pay scale -- a demand they say has remained unmet for more than...
A court in Dhaka is set to announce its verdict today (Monday) in a case involving 17 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and niece Tulip Siddique.The case revolves around irregularities in the allocation of...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's debt servicing has exceeded foreign aid commitments in the first four months of the current fiscal year, as both interest and principal repayments on external loans have risen, according to official data.Economic Relations Division (ERD) figures show that the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
A major policy change in land acquisition envisages abolishing compensation to the city landowners and instead encouraging them to get engaged in the development activities with revised property rights staying within respective areas. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkhya (RAJUK) has made the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
China's EXIM Bank has warned the Bangladesh-China Power Company Ltd (BCPCL) that its failure to repay a US$129 million loan instalment due in early December could trigger a formal default event, potentially affecting other projects in Bangladesh financed by the...
Five people were killed in two separate incidents on Sunday -- two shot dead in Khulna and three killed in a clash over land in Kurigram.According to bdnews24.com, in Khulna two men were shot and hacked to death outside a...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to issue a licence to the widely-discussed Sammilito Islami Bank, being formed through the merger of five financially-troubled Islamic banks.The decision was made at a special board meeting of the central bank held on...
In step with global trends, the government has hiked the domestic price of all fuel types by Tk 2 per litre.The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources announced the revision in a statement on Sunday, confirming that the new...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
London-exiled acting BNP chairperson Tarique Rahman would be issued a one-time travel pass "within a day" if he chooses to return home, says the foreign adviser.Md Touhid Hossain also makes it clear that the government has placed no restriction on...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia's physical condition remained unchanged, the party's Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Sunday, postponing the "torch roadshow" programme. He made the announcement at an emergency press conference at the party's...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
People pay through their nose for high health cost as government hospitals in Bangladesh serve only 11.2 per cent of the population by an official count.Of the rest, more than half of the population depends on pharmacy or dispensary or...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
The BDR massacre perpetrated in Dhaka's Pilkhana on February 25-26 in 2009 was "totally preplanned" and deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her close aides were "directly involved in the conspiracy". Major-General (retired) A L M Fazlur Rahman, the head...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh's productive sector has seen an impressive average annual growth rate of 10 per cent over a decade, spanning 2013-2023, but failed to translate into a corresponding rise in employment.In fact, the manufacturing sector has shed 1.4 million jobs during...
National Citizen Party (NCP) has issued a show-cause notice to its South Region organiser Ariful Islam Talukder and relieved him of all responsibilities over alleged breach of party discipline, report agencies. Howeever, Ariful had already resigned before the notice was...
Fazlur Rahman, an adviser to BNP chairperson and senior Supreme Court advocate, has been ordered to appear and provide an explanation of the contempt of court charges for his 'negative' comments on the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), report agencies.The tribunal...
A court has ordered to seize the tax files of former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and his wife Afrin Taposh, reports BSS.Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has rejected a petition filed by former Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, seeking a review of its order that indicted him for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising, reports BSS.The two-member...
BNP senior leaders, including Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, attended a special doa mahfil at the Gulshan Society Jame Mosque in the capital on Sunday, praying for the early recovery of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia . — Focus...
The Election Commission (EC) has held an extensive meeting with senior representatives from more than 30 relevant ministries, divisions and authorities to discuss 22 key issues related to the upcoming general election and referendum, both scheduled to be held on...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Monday), according to the Met Office.Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may fall slightly over the country.The highest temperature of the country...
A 52-year-old journalist was killed when an unidentified vehicle hit his motorbike on Khilgaon Flyover in the capital on Sunday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Zahir Bhuiyan, sports reporter of Daily Vorer Pata and son of Shamsuddin Bhuiya of...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
A fire broke out at the 20-storey building, which housed the Ministry of Public Administration, at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital on Sunday. However, it was quickly doused with fire extinguishers.Shahjahan Sikder, duty assistant director at the Fire Service...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set January 5, 2026, for filing the probe report in the case lodged over the sensational murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 122nd time, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan...
Hallmark Group Managing Director (MD) Md. Tanvir Mahmud (55), who had been serving a jail term in connection with the Hallmark loan scam, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday night, reports UNB. Tanvir...
Professor Dr A B M Obaidul Islam, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Bangladesh Open University (BOU), returned home on Sunday after attending the ACU Council Meeting and Congress, organised by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the University of Nairobi...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 30: Agitated locals blocked the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway at several points on Sunday demanding the development of the two-lane 136-km long highway into a six-lane expressway.As part of a pre-announced programme, the blockade started around 9 AM in...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-12-01 00:00:00
The total fatalities due to mosquito-borne dengue disease hit a single-month high of 99 in November with five new deaths reported on Sunday, according to the Director General of Health Services (DGHS).On the other hand, some 636 new dengue patients...
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