The government imposed a nationwide curfew at midnight past on July 19 last year in face of student-people's stiff resistance as at least 67 people were killed across the country that day during the student-led 'complete shutdown' demanding quota reform...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain warned that conspiracies are going on to halt restoration of democracy in the country."Those, who want to destroy democracy, are among us, lurking in the shadows. It is our responsibility to expose...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday). Day and night temperature may rise slightly. The...
A fire broke out on the 21st floor of Sena Kalyan Bhaban in the capital's Motijheel area on Thursday night. But it wasbrought under control, reports UNB.The blaze started at around 10:40 pm. Five firefighting units from the Siddik Bazar...
The Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) of the Forest Department on Friday rescued 61 wild birds and two turtles from a weekly bird market in the capital's Mirpur-1 area, reports BSS.The rescued birds include 41 ring-neck parrots, three yellow-footed green...
NARAYANGANJ, July 18 (UNB): At least 30 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at the Hawkers' Market in Chashara area of Narayanganj early Friday. The fire started at around 6:30 am and was brought under control after...
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours until Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 61 this year, reports UNB. During the period, 114 more patients were hospitalised with viral...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Police have arrested a total of 1,641 individuals across the country during a special drive in the last 24 hours (from 6:00 am Thursday to 6:00 am Friday). Enamul Haque Sagar, assistant inspector general (media and public relations) of the...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has taken an initiative to give 'Citizen Award 2025' to individuals and organisations for their contribution to the city's development, reports BSS.The motto of the award is to create a responsible society of the citizens...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Despite making profit, most of the companies--both local and foreign ones--operating in Bangladesh have been ignoring their required contribution to the Labour Welfare Fund (LWF), breaching the existing law, sources said.Until date, only 400-450 out of 7218 companies with the...
Four passengers of a CNG-powered autorickshaw, including three members of the same family, died after their vehicle was hit by a covered van in Gazipur on Friday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.The dead have been identified as Zahidul Islam, 35, his wife...
Munima Sultana | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Despite a longstanding and friendly partnership between Bangladesh and Japan, recent developments in Dhaka's metro rail projects have aroused concerns over costs and terms of contracts agreed under the previous Awami League regime. The relationship between Dhaka Mass Transit Company...
Three workers have died after falling from the ninth floor of an under-construction building near Rangam Convention Hall in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred around 12:15pm on Friday while the men were plastering a wall, police say.The dead have been...
Suffering continues as roads at Dholaipar in the capital's Jatrabari remain in dilapidated conditions for a long time. — FE Photo
A man collects water lily from a waterbody in the Munshiganj district to sell in the market. Water lily peduncle is a popular vegetable in the country. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
WASHINGTON, July 18 (AFP): US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said Thursday following speculation about his heavily bruised hand and swollen legs.The 79-year-old was found to have "chronic venous...
Munshiganj, Jul 18 (UNB): Vowing to continue resistance against 'Fascism and Mujibism', National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Friday urged all to remain vigilant as there is another fight ahead."There is another battle ahead. I urge our supporters...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday said they will find those who are plotting to reestablish fallen Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League (AL) in the country."Politics of Hasina and her Awami League party died...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
The government is seeking $300 million in loan assistance from South Korea's Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to upgrade 64 technical training centres (TTCs) and six institutes of marine technology into centres of excellence, said officials concerned. Modernising these institutions...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin on Friday laid emphasis on ensuing transparency, accountability and good business practice for the sake of the country's economic uplift.He also expressed his optimism that a 'golden future truly awaits the country. "If we can...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
At least 16 development projects worth some US$3.0 billion under an Indian credit scheme for Bangladesh are being discarded shortly for funding hurdles on the lender's part, officials said.The current interim government has formed a technical committee comprising members from...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Local authorities have extended the ongoing curfew in Gopalganj until today (Saturday) morning as an uneasy calm still prevailed on Friday after the town was roiled by widespread violence surrounding a National Citizen Party (NCP) rally on July 16.In a...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
A mission office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to be set up in Bangladesh as a memorandum of understanding has been signed by both parties.The OHCHR headquarters in Geneva announced the development in...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh could face the highest effective tariff rate (ETR) among US trading partners-approximately 50 per cent -under the Trump tariff regime effective August 01, Fitch Ratings shows such duty disparities, released on July 18. The newly announced 35 per cent,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
In a major development for Bangladesh's digital transformation, US satellite internet major Starlink was officially launched in the country on Friday. Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, made the announcement...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Fund funnelling from the central bank into commercial banks in Bangladesh through repo instrument hits a record high of over Tk 1.45 trillion in June, indicating their severe liquidity crunch.Deposit growth remains slow amid higher non-performing loan (NPL) regime following...
Shoriful Kabir | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
The Judiciary Reform Commission (JRC), born out of the student- and people-led July Uprising of 2024, has come to symbolise more than mere institutional repair - it represents a renewed national demand for justice free from political manipulation. At the...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-07-19 00:00:00
Relations between and among people are increasingly getting unstable and even strained. Social scientists may explain this trend of human relations in general terms under different categories. But each individual is a complete unit of complex dispositions, mind and mentality...
TOKYO, July 18 (AFP): Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.The price of the grain already rocketed 101 percent year-on-year...
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