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Youth beaten, hacked: Family blames Jamaat men

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

A 25-year-old man, Abu Sufian Siju, was beaten and hacked after being tied to an electric pole in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, leaving him in critical condition. He has been admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation...

Islamic banks' CSR continues to shrink amid liquidity stress

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by Islamic banks in Bangladesh has witnessed a persistent downward trend, with spending in the third quarter of 2025 falling significantly from what it was a year ago.According to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) data,...

35 sacks of cash, gold found in boxes

2025-12-28 00:00:00

KISHOREGANJ, Dec 27 (BSS) : A total of 35 sacks of cash, along with gold ornaments and foreign currency, have been recovered from 13 donation boxes at the historic Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj.The donation boxes were opened at around 7:00...

NCP leaders oppose seat-sharing with Jamaat-led bloc

FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

At least 30 leaders of the central committee of the National Citizen Party (NCP) have raised strong objections to any potential political alliance or seat-sharing arrangement with the Jamaat-e-Islami-led eight-party bloc.In a letter sent on Saturday to NCP Convener Nahid...

RNPP project revision faces delays amid financial scrutiny

JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, originally planned for 9.5 years with a budget of Tk 1.13 trillion, is set to reach the end of its tenure next Tuesday. So far, around 72.5 per cent of the works has...

BSF halts fence construction at border after BGB intervention

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Joypurhat, Dec 27 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) attempted to construct a barbed-wire fence at the Ghonapara border in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday morning, violating international border regulations, but were forced to stop after intervention by Border...

Fire on St. Martin-bound ship kills crew member

2025-12-28 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Dec 27 (BSS) : A fire broke out on the Saint Martin-bound vessel 'The Atlantic Cruise' at the Nuniachara BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) Ghat here early Saturday, killing one crew member.The fire erupted in the engine...

Poor crop quality hits ambitions

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

The push to expand agro-processing is running up against a fundamental constraint: much of the country's farm output does not meet industrial specifications. Despite frequent bumper harvests driven by fertile alluvial soil, ample freshwater and a monsoon-based agro-climate, processors say...

Korean firm eyes rail coach assembly

2025-12-28 00:00:00

MUNIMA SULTANAA delegation from a leading South Korean rolling-stock manufacturer is expected to visit Dhaka soon to explore the possibility of setting up an assembly plant for metro- and conventional-railway coaches in Bangladesh.The move comes as authorities seek ways to...

Aid commitments on hold as donors await Feb polls

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

Almost all of Bangladesh's development partners have put their aid commitments on hold ahead of the national polls in February next year, adopting a wait-and-see approach until a politically stable government is in place, analysts said on Saturday.The pause --...

Tarique completes voter registration

FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

Tarique Rahman completed voter-registration formalities Saturday, besides offering three commemorative services, including his only sibling who died in exile. The Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) completed the process of becoming voter from Dhaka-17 constituency, ostensibly to stand...

Industry first in gas supply to fuel economic growth

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

Industrial consumers will get top priority in gas supply as the government prepares such a fuel-feeding recipe aimed at fuelling economic growth, now largely subdued following political upheavals, sources say."Industry will be on top of our priority and we want...

Dry weather likely today 28-12-2025

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday). Night temperature may rise and day temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was...

IUB’s Prof. Mamun Habib wins Excellence Researcher Award

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Head of the Department of Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has been honoured with the Excellence Researcher Award at the International Higher Education Excellence Award 2025, presented by Shinawatra University (SIU) in Thailand. The...

UIU holds 8th Convocation

2025-12-28 00:00:00

FE REPORTThe 8th Convocation of United International University (UIU) was held at its campus in the city on Saturday.Prof. Dr. Abu Borhan Mohammad Badruzzaman, Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), presided over the ceremony on...

Foggy weather may persist for a few more days: Met Office

FE REPORT | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecasted on Saturday that the foggy weather may persist across the country for a few more days.It said dense fog is expected for several days, potentially disrupting flights, river transport and road travel."Until Monday, moderate...

Bomb-making materials seized

2025-12-28 00:00:00

KERANIGANJ, Dec 27 (UNB): Police in a drive seized about 250 kilogrammes of bomb-making materials, crude bombs and chemicals from a madrasha in Keraniganj on Saturday, a day after a bomb blast left four people including a woman and two...

MoYS submits Tk 2.01b Vehicle Driving Training Project to PC

2025-12-28 00:00:00

JAHIDUL ISLAMThe Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has submitted the DPP of the Vehicle Driving Training Project (Phase II), taken at an estimated cost of Tk 2.01 billion, to the Planning Commission (PC), aiming to expand the Department of...

TARIQUE RAHMAN'S TRIBUTE TO HADI & ARAFAT

2025-12-28 00:00:00

(Left) BNP Acting ChairmanTarique Rahman offering munajat after placing a wreath at the grave of slain political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi on the Dhaka University campus, and (right) standing in solemn silence beside the grave of his younger brother...

EC sends postal ballots to over 0.29m expat voters

2025-12-28 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in various countries over the last eight days, enabling them to cast their votes in the 13th Jatita Sangsad (JS) election and referendum, reports BSS.Confirming the matter, Salim...

BNP leader urges Tarique to contest from Cumilla-6

2025-12-28 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): BNP Chairperson's Adviser Aminur Rashid Yasin has formally urged BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to contest the next parliamentary election from the Cumilla-6 (Sadar) constituency.He made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at a...

Teacher held for 'insulting' Tarique

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Police have arrested a teacher for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman during a visit to Sharif Osman bin Hadi's grave, reports bdnews24.com.AKM Shahidul Islam, the arrestee, is a teacher at Gabtoli Technical Training Centre in...

Asif Mahmud collects nomination paper for Cumilla-3

2025-12-28 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): Former adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has collected a nomination paper for the Cumilla-3 (Muradnagar) constituency to contest the upcoming national election as an independent candidate, scheduled for February 12.NCP activist Ramjanul Karim collected the nomination...

Shrine vandalised at night in Thakurgaon

2025-12-28 00:00:00

A shrine in Thakurgaon town has reportedly been vandalised under the cover of darkness, prompting tensions among local residents and devotees, report agencies.The shrine, known as the Hazrat Baba Shah Satyapir Mazar, was damaged at some point on Friday night...

BNP supporters protest nomination for M'singh-10, block railways, roads

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Protests have rocked Mymensingh after BNP supporters blocked railway and roads, by lighting up sporadic fires protesting the nomination for Mymensingh-10 constituency, reports bdnews24.com.The train services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route have remained suspended, while institutions in the city suspended their...

Tarique Rahman's return eases election tensions: Fakhrul

2025-12-28 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said concerns over the national election have largely eased following Tarique Rahman's return to Bangladesh from London, reports UNB.Speaking to reporters on the Dhaka University campus before visiting the grave of July...

Inquilab Moncho stages blockade for second day

DU Correspondent | 2025-12-28 00:00:00

Inquilab Moncho members continued their blockade programme at Shahbagh intersection in city on Saturday for the second consecutive day, demanding justice for the murder of its spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The protest, which started on Friday afternoon, continued through the...

GOP's Rashed Khan joins BNP

2025-12-28 00:00:00

Rashed Khan, general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP), has left the party and officially joined the BNP, report agencies.He joined the BNP by presenting a bouquet to party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the chairperson's Gulshan office...

Over 75,000 apply for SUST admission test

2025-12-28 00:00:00

SYLHET, Dec 27 (UNB): More than 75,000 students have applied online to sit for the first-year, first-semester undergraduate admission tests of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for the 2025-26 academic session.Member Secretary of the Admission Committee Prof Dr...

Potato farmers suffer losses in Chandpur

2025-12-28 00:00:00

OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, Dec 27: As potato planting began in Chandpur from November, some growers say they are discouraged to cultivate the staple, as a supply surplus last year prolonged the low price of the vegetable since May and eventually...