Chief Adviser's (CA) Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Wednesday said all those involved in the recent attacks on Prothom Alo and The Daily Star offices would be brought to book, reports UNB.Thirty-one people have so far been arrested in connection...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Wednesday protested the arson attacks on Prothom Alo and The Daily Star as well as harassment of New Age Editor Nurul Kabir, giving 72 hours' ultimatum to detain all those linked to the incidents.From...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Some 30 journalists from different print and electronic media outlets received the Golden Silk Road Bangladesh Media Award.The award-giving ceremony took place at Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Wednesday evening. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen delivered the ceremonial address...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Today (Thursday) marks the fourth death anniversary of eminent journalist Reazuddin Ahmed. He passed away on December 25, 2021 at the age of 77.Late Reazuddin Ahmed was the founding chief editor and managing director of The Financial Express and was...
Police have arrested an alleged associate of the rider of the motorcycle used in the drive-by of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, seizing a foreign firearm and ammunition, reports bdnews24.com.Himon Rahman Shikdar, 32, was arrested on Wednesday morning at a motel.Acting...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus exchanged greetings with the Christian community representatives and cut a cake with them at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Wednesday on the occasion of the Holy Christmas. — PID
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Road safety continues to be a pressing issue in the country due to the poor state of drivers' health, with recent health camp data revealing that the majority of them have visual impairment, diabetes, and hypertension.Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)...
Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Dr Redwan Ahmed on Wednesday formally joined BNP and will contest the upcoming national election from the Cumilla-7 constituency with the party's electoral symbol, the Sheaf of Paddy, reports UNB. Redwan arrived at...
BRAHMANBARIA, Dec 24 (UNB): Barrister Rumeen Farhana, International Affairs Assistant Secretary of BNP, has collected a nomination form to contest as an independent candidate from the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency in the upcoming 13th national election.Ali Hossain, former Organising Secretary of Sarail...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday fixed January 20 for delivering its judgment in the case filed over the killing of six students during July-August movement in Dhaka's Chankharpul area, reports UNB.A three-member ICT bench led by its chairman Justice...
FE Report | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Maulana Ataur Rahman Bikrampuri from Narsingdi district on Tuesday night.Muhammad Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of DMP, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday afternoon. According to Rahman, Ataur...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday told the Election Commission (EC) that providing VVIP facilities to someone while denying theses to others is the violation of a level playing field in the election, reports UNB."If someone gets many facilities, even VVIP facilities,...
Police personnel searching motorbikers at Banglamotor on Wednesday as part of the beefed up security measures, taken across the capital to avoid any untoward situation ahead of the national election. — FE Photo
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has demanded the parliamentary elections and the referendum be held on the scheduled date without any postponement, reports bdnews24.com.NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary spoke about it on Wednesday after meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM...
The Council of Advisers on Wednesday approved the proposed Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 at its meeting, aiming to effectively control the use of tobacco products and smoking in the country.The Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The government has extended the Value-Added Tax (VAT) exemption on metro-rail passenger tickets until June 30 next year, aiming to promote public interest and encourage greater use of the environmentally friendly mass rapid-transit system.Earlier, the VAT exemption on metro rail...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The government has reduced the existing import duty on dates by 40 per cent to ensure its adequate supply and help stabilise market prices during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.The government issued a notification on Tuesday reducing the customs...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Textile millers have urged the Bangladesh Bank to further extend the import credit period for cotton and other industrial raw materials to 360 days.They warned that a return to the earlier 180-day limit would severely disrupt export-oriented textile production and...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
A young man was killed in a crude bomb explosion in Moghbazar area of the capital on Wednesday evening. The victim, identified as Siam, 24, died instantly when miscreants hurled the bomb from Moghbazar flyover, which exploded on the ground...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Economists and experts on Wednesday said Bangladesh risked slipping into a prolonged phase of low growth and high inflation unless deep structural reforms were carried out alongside ensuring political and macroeconomic stability.Without decisive action on long-pending institutional and structural weaknesses,...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Irregularities amounting to over Tk 29.27 billion were committed in six government and independent power producer (IPP) solar projects undertaken by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) between 2012 and 2025, according to a study conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday summarily rejected a writ petition filed by Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna seeking directive to remove his name from Bangladesh Bank's loan-defaulters' list. The High Court bench of Justice Md Bazlur Rahman and Justice...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
Sweeping reforms in Bangladesh's telecommunications regulation and surveillance regime are coming in an amended law as the interim government endorses an ordinance that proscribes services suspension, in particular.The Advisory Council Wednesday granted final approval to the Bangladesh Telecommunications (Amendment) Ordinance...
BNP has reached an electoral understanding with seven more alliance partners of the anti-fascist movement, leaving eight parliamentary seats for them for the upcoming national elections.BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the list at a press conference at the...
Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the country's 26th Chief Justice, reports BSS.A notification, signed by Law Secretary Liaquet Ali Molla, was issued to this end on Tuesday (December 23),...
Security has been tightened across the country, particularly in the capital, ahead of Christmas Day, the largest religious festival of the Christian community, to be celebrated today (Thursday) in the country as elsewhere in the world, reports BSS.Home Adviser Lieutenant-General...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
After nearly eighteen years in forced exile, Tarique Rahman is set to return to Bangladesh today to a rousing reception in a homecoming his party describes as historic, with far-reaching implications for the country's post-uprising political milieus, especially surrounding the...
FE REPORT | 2025-12-25 00:00:00
The government does not take into cognizance the opinion of nearly 73 per cent of the population about establishing good governance, an official survey shows, which indicates roots of graft and recurrent political crisis.If political interference is added, the rate...
A views-exchange meeting between the Administrator Team of Social Islami Bank and the Branch Managers, Operation Managers, and Sub-Branch In-charges was held recently via Zoom platform from the bank's head office. Bangladesh Bank Executive Director and Administrator of the bank...
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