FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh Ajit Singh on Wednesday met Vice-Chair of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) Prof Ali Riaz and discussed the progress of NCC's work. Prof Riaz briefed the delegation on the dialogues with the political parties...
The anti-discrimination student movement leaders on July 10 last year vowed to continue their protests demanding quota reform despite the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court issued a status quo on the High Court order over retaining the quota in...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have demanded immediate removal of the 'controversial' judges from the lower and higher judiciary, who were 'the accomplices of the Sheikh Hasina-led fascist regime'. They made the demand at a press conference...
The National Citizens Party (NCP) is set to stage a historic procession in Khulna tomorrow (Friday), as part of its nationwide campaign to promote "Message of Change" ahead of the upcoming national election, reports BSS.Leaders of the party's Khulna City...
CHUADANGA, July 09 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday called for building pro-Bangladesh politics for the betterment of the people."Chuadanga, stand for the education, health and development of the people. We must stand for reforms in...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Not only ousted leader Sheikh Hasina as an individual but the Awami League as a party should also be tried for the atrocities perpetrated during the July uprising, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suggested on Wednesday."Every member of...
At least 30 villages in Phulgazi and Parshuram upazilas of Feni were flooded on Wednesday following heavy rainfall. Water entered the localities after 14 flood control embankments along three rivers, including the Muhuri and the Silonia, were damaged, wreaking havoc...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the freezing of 53 bank accounts held by various companies under the S Alam Group over money-laundering allegations.Among the accounts, 33 are with First Security Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, two with Mutual Trust Bank...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Incessant monsoon rains battered the capital and other parts of the country on Wednesday, disrupting daily life and prompting warnings of landslides and flash floods. Dhaka recorded 77mm of rain in 24 hours until 6am on Wednesday, according to the...
The Election Commission (EC) has taken a policy decision not to list the national emblem, the water lily, as an election symbol amid claims over it by two political parties, reports bdnews24.com.Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud shared the development on...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Although Bangladesh is the 52nd largest trading partner of the US and its trade deficit with the latter is much lower than its competitors, the Donald Trump administration has imposed a higher 35 per cent tariff on its products, analysts...
A deadly crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh last year was authorised by the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, according to audio of one of her phone calls verified by BBC Eye, a BBC's documentary series offering high-impact investigations.In the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
In a bold move to energise youth entrepreneurship and job creation, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a master circular raising the maximum loan limit for startup initiatives to Tk 80 million, up from Tk 10 million previously.The central bank's...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
As part of belt-tightening measures, the government has put on hold all types of spending from block allocation under its operating budget for the fiscal year 2025-26.To this effect, the Finance Division under the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday issued...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus directed the home ministry on Wednesday to be fully prepared by December to conduct the 13th parliamentary election. He gave these directives during a meeting on the preparations of law enforcement agencies for the upcoming...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Umpteen workers stare at possible livelihood upset as Bangladesh's readymade-garment factories -- mostly small and midsize ones -- may take a stumbling blow from the highhanded latest US tariff regime.Though big factories mostly manufacture garments for US buyers, industry-insiders say,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh resumed talks with the US Administration, especially the United States Trade Representative (USTR), to negotiate a reduction in the newly-imposed tariffs on Bangladeshi products at a favourable level.The meeting began at 11:00 am local time in Washington D.C. with...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
An ambitious export target of US$65 billion is proposed for this fiscal year with the government having gauged all the ground realities and global and local economic scenarios, officials say. The uppish export turnover for 2025-26 reflects a 17.22-percent growth...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-07-10 00:00:00
Banks now enjoy a feel-good ambiance in external trade financing as foreign counterparts open line-of-credit backup mainly as Bangladesh sees significant improvements in foreign-exchange receipt, officials and bankers say.After the changeover in state power following last year's July-August mass uprising,...
MARSEILLE, July 8 (AFP): A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.Several forest fires have raged in recent days in southern...
WASHINGTON, Jul 9 (AP): The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials and a cable sent last...
DUBAI, July 9, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Five crew aboard a commercial vessel attacked off the rebel-held Yemen coast were rescued, a maritime monitor reported Wednesday, with Filipino authorities earlier saying all but one of the 22 crew were citizens."Search and...
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of workers across India went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to privatize state-run companies and other economic reforms, partially disrupting public services and manufacturing.A...
HUNT, (United States), July 9 (AFP): More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor said Tuesday, marking a dramatic increase in the number of missing from a tragedy that has so far claimed...
JERUSALEM, July 9 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he discussed efforts to release hostages held in Gaza and the ongoing military campaign to defeat Hamas during talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump.The meeting on...
KYIV, Ukraine, July 9 (AP): Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 missiles, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, in the latest escalation amid mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in...
LONDON, July 09 (AFP): Jofra Archer will make his long-awaited return to Test cricket at Lord's on Thursday, after more than four years of injury-induced exile.Archer was included in the England side named Wednesday for the third Test against India,...
LONDON, July 09 (AFP): Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time in her illustrious career on Wednesday, beating Russia's Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5.The Polish eighth seed will face Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva or former Olympic champion Belinda...
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has stood by the cancer-stricken mother of footballer Ritu Porna Chakma, known as the 'Golden Girl', reports BSS.A delegation of 'Amra BNP Paribar' met Ritu Porna Chakma's mother Bhujopati Chakma under the guidance of Tarique...
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