RANGPUR, July 4 (UNB): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said a free and fair election is not possible without fundamental reforms.Speaking to reporters at Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari before attending a public rally in Rangpur, he said,...
Malaysia's police chief says authorities in the country have dismantled a network among Bangladeshi expatriate workers in the country that used social media to spread extremist ideology and raise funds for the Islamic Statem (IS) militant group, according to media...
SANTIAGO, July 4 (AFP): A polar air mass has brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, causing at least 15 deaths and forcing governments to restrict gas supplies and activate emergency shelters.The three South American countries have all...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Disbursements of farm credit posted a robust 28.9-percent year-on-year growth in May last, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank (BB).Agricultural loans amounting to Tk 41.11 billion were disbursed in May this year, compared to Tk 31.91 billion during...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 04: The Chattogram Customs House (CCH), the largest revenue-collection centre in Bangladesh, collected a total of Tk 754.32 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year (2024-25).The CCH had collected a total of Tk688.66 billion revenue in the...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh Police, a state law-enforcement agency, has urged the government not to take any counter-step against India's recent restrictions on the entry of some items from the former.Although Bangladesh has already taken a counter- measure after cancelation of transshipment facility...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Prices of rice are increasing in local markets despite a decline in the global market, causing hardship for lower-income groups in Bangladesh.Global rice prices fell in June, as shown in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) latest monthly report....
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh is breaking new ground in market diversification with robust trade growth elsewhere while the United States stays as its single-largest export destination with a 14.38-percent annualised growth in the just-past fiscal year.Non-traditional markets like the Netherlands, Sweden and Mexico,...
GAZA CITY, July 4 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Friday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people, after nearly 21 months of war in the Palestinian territory.Israel has recently expanded its military operations in the Gaza Strip,...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh's jute and jute goods sector has become pale as year-on-year exports have slipped from the billion-dollar club even after huge government investments for sectoral development, analysts say.Local manufacturers and jute processors exported goods worth $820.16 million in the just-concluded...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh now gears up drives for striking free-trade deals, with negotiations underway with a couple of countries, as the country prepares for post-graduation trade sans tariff concessions. The country is likely to start negotiations with two more countries this month...
Soma Dhar and Arif-Uz-Zaman | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
In the rapidly changing world of global economics, it is crucial to comprehend labour markets, particularly in developing countries. One key topic is the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU), which helps economists understand the balance between inflation and unemployment....
Moin Uddin Muslim | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
As Bangladesh charts its path toward upper-middle-income status by 2031, few projects encapsulate the country's ambitions more than the National Special Economic Zone (NSEZ) in Mirsarai. Envisioned as a transformative industrial corridor on the country's southern coastline, the NSEZ is...
Md. Kamruzzaman | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
'Development' of any country can be defined as 'growth plus changes'. Simultaneously sustainable development means registering a reasonable growth persistently over time and happening positive changes in the people's standard of living. Growth occurs when real value of goods and...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
It is not unlikely that a creator is overwhelmed by the created, a master is outperformed by his disciple and the patron is betrayed by his protégée. This is such an unreliable and unpredictable age when even a son can...
Every year during major examinations in Bangladesh-be it SSC, HSC, university admission tests, or job recruitment exams-it is deeply concerning to see students being denied entry simply for arriving late. This is not an isolated occurrence but a recurring problem...
Bangladesh remains one of the few nations where fatherhood is yet to be recognised by the labour law. Despite longstanding discussions, the issue continues to be overlooked, both legally and socially.Paternity leave is not just a break from work-it is...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, numerous sites hold significant religious, cultural, and historical importance and have endured for many centuries. Nevertheless, many historical structures that are symbols of the nation's rich heritage no longer exist, and many of the existing sites or structures...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
The victory of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic Party primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election has sent shockwaves through the American political establishment. He was up against a wall of prejudice due to his faith, skin...
With increasing popularity of bottled water, their prices are also on the rise apparently without rhyme or reason. So, question naturally arises if there is any regulatory control over the country's ever-growing bottled water market. Then there is no way...
S M Abu Zaker | 2025-07-05 00:00:00
Although Islamic Shariah-based banking began in the country in 1983, a fully Shariah-compliant Islamic bank has yet to be established. Currently, there are 10 full-fledged Shariah-compliant banks. Additionally, 11 conventional banks offer Islamic banking services through their Islamic windows. In...
IU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-04 12:00:00
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Kushtia, July 03: Surrounded by eye-soothing greenery, the Islamic University Lake, now called Mir Mugdho Sarovar, no more draws the large number of guest birds as in the past.A tourist attraction on the west side of the Islamic...
RANGPUR, July 03 (BSS): Cultivation of pesticide-free vegetables on pond banks, homesteads and fallow and char lands adopting eco-friendly agricultural technologies is becoming popular among farmers in Kawnia upazila of the district.Inspired by officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension...
CHANDPUR, July 03 (UNB): A man and his son died from electrocution while working on a cropland in Shahmahmudpur area of Chandpur Sadar Upazila.The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon on land adjacent to the railway line in Kaddipanchgaon village.The deceased...
KUSHTIA, July 03 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death on Wednesday night in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district, following a dispute over the government's VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) welfare cards.The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz, 30, son...
WASHINGTON, July 03 (AFP): US intelligence assessments indicate that strikes on Iranian nuclear sites set the country's atomic program back by up to two years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday."We have degraded their program by one to two years at...
MOSCOW, July 03 (Reuters): Major General Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy head of the Russian Navy who also led a brigade fighting against Ukraine, has been killed in Russia's Kursk region, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of a far eastern Russian region, said...
CHIBOUGAMAU, July 03 (AFP): A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with seed capsules to accelerate reforestation.This area of northern Quebec province was ravaged by megafires in the summer...
SEOUL, July 03 (BBC): South Korean lawmakers have voted to revise the rules around martial law, now barring any attempt to obstruct lawmakers from entering the National Assembly.This comes after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law order last...
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