Sadiq Ahmed | 2025-10-10 00:00:00
The theme of the World Bank's latest South Asia Economic Update is timely and relevant to the prevailing global realities and economic challenges facing South Asian countries. In particular, the challenge of job creation is of utmost priority and key...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-10-09 12:00:00
The Advisory Council may approve amended ordinances for income tax, customs, and Value-Added Tax (VAT) today (Thursday), paving the way for the bifurcation of revenue administration and policy.Three separate ordinances for each wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the...
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Monday unveiled a memorial at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall area honouring Abrar Fahad, the BUET student who was tortured to death in 2019 by currently banned Chhatra League.The monument, titled "Abrar Fahad...
Three more persons died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 220 this year, reports UNB. During this period, 700 more patients were hospitalised with viral...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
After the long Durga Puja vacation, the Rajshahi University (RU) campus has once again become vibrant with the return of students and renewed electioneering for the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) polls. However, allegations of breaching electoral code...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
International development funding pattern is now shifting from the government-centred initiatives to the private sector, social business, and other models of finance, according to David Engerman, a Professor of History at Yale University, USA."My active conclusion is that the era...
Barring a few major city streets that are off limits to rickshaws and vendors, most roads, lanes, by-lanes and pavements remain occupied by rickshaws, battery-run or otherwise, hawkers of all types during peak hours. Shops dump their goods on the...
The Jamaat-e-Islami has submitted its amended constitution and bank account details to the Election Commission (EC), six years after its registration was cancelled, reports bdnews24.com.A letter signed by the party's Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar was handed over to the...
A female student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly tortured by the manager of a private hostel in the capital's Tejgaon area on Tuesday night, report agencies.Officer in charge of Sher- e- Banglanagar Police Station Imamul Hoque said a case...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has issued warrants for the arrest of four people, including former member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Lieutenant Colonel Redwanul Islam, in connection with the killing of 28 people in the capital's Rampura aere during July...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
Detective Branch (DB) police arrested 11 individuals, including seven leaders of now-banned Chhatra League, from different areas in the capital.Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Muhammad Talebur Rahman disclosed the development to the media.The arrestees include...
A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 56 bank accounts of former Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque, his wife Ila Haque, and their son Ziaul Haque over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 8 (UNB): Leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh blocked Chattogram-Khagrachhari and Chattogram-Rangamati highways on Wednesday demanding justice for the death of a leader in a road accident, halting traffic on the two highways.Police said executive committee member of...
A Dhaka court has showed four people, including former ministers Rashed Khan Menon and Golam Dastagir Gazi, arrested in a case lodged over the killing of Md Shahjahan in the capital's Mohakhali area during the July-August Mass Uprising, report agencies.The...
Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam has said citizens play the most crucial role in ensuring a free, fair and peaceful national election, urging all stakeholders to act responsibly in the run-up to the polls, report agencies.He made the remarks while...
Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said his party wants the referendum on the July National Charter 2025 to be held in November 2025 before the next national election, reports UNB."The referendum on the July Charter should be...
The European Union (EU) has decided to send election observers to Bangladesh for the upcoming national election, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Wednesday, reports UNB."The EU has decided to send observers following requests from the...
Hamas handed over lists on Wednesday of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged in a swap, and said it was optimistic about negotiations to end the war in Gaza, report agencies.Top US envoys and prominent regional figures have joined...
Prominent Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been "abducted" along with other activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after Israeli forces intercepted the vessels in international waters, according to a statement from his media organisation Drik, reports bdnews24.com.Drik said...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday said National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam must clarify his recent remarks suggesting that some advisers are seeking a "safe exit"."Once he clarifies, the government can take a...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
The government has decided to ratify three International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions related to occupational safety and health, its promotional framework, and the elimination of violence and harassment at work.Among them, Conventions 155 and 187 deal with occupational safety and...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 08 (Reuters) -Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
Gold prices in Bangladesh have soared to a new historic high, reaching Tk 209,101 per bhori (approximately 11.664 grams), breaking the record set just a day earlier.The new rate, which reflects an increase of Tk 6,905 per bhori of 22-carat,...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday put emphasis on attaining self-sufficiency over graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status. "We must be clear that we no longer want to remain dependent on others. We have to become self-reliant....
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday issued warrants for arrest of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her security adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and 28 others in two separate cases filed over enforced disappearances during the Awami League...
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 8 (UNB): Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan on Wednesday experienced a severe traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway while on his way to inspect the road's poor condition and ongoing gridlock situation.The adviser was...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
Final government nod to the formation of a new bank by merging financially distressed five Islamic banks is set to be given today, officials say about a major development in reforms spearheaded by the interim regime.The Advisory Council, in its...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-09 00:00:00
Political parties remain divided over the timing and format of holding a referendum to implement the long-awaited July Charter. However, they have agreed to proceed with the process in their last meeting with the National Consensus Commission (NCC) on Wednesday.The...
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