REZAUL KARIM | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The interim government is working on resolving the "stolen grain" issue raised by Ukraine, sources said.In this regard, the foreign affairs ministry has requested state agencies, including food, commerce, and shipping ministries; National Board of Revenue (NBR); and Chittagong Port...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Police suspect foul play in the deaths of a couple and their son whose bodies were found in a hotel room in Dhaka's Moghbazar area on Sunday.The deceased have been identified as Monir Hossain, 48, a Saudi expatriate; his wife...
Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has warned that the interim government will forfeit its moral and political legitimacy to mark the anniversary of the July Uprising if it fails to publish the promised July Charter and...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a telephone conversation with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday evening, reports UNB.The 15-minute discussion was warm, cordial and constructive, reflecting excellent bilateral engagement between the two nations, said Chief Adviser's Press...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has requested China to extend the loan- repayment tenure and reconsider different fees to help revive the damaged economy of the country due to the unexpected political reality in the past 17 years.The party also sought...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will remove outdated and unfit vehicles and introduce 250 new ones to curb vehicular pollution as such outdated vehicles are 'responsible' for poor urban air quality.The government is also planning to establish 10 automatic...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Hassle-free export-import certification, licensing and permit issuance digitally runs completely from today with the much-awaited Bangladesh Single Window (BSW) mechanism coming into full-scale operation.Under a project implemented by the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the single-window activity on trade has...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Usage of credit cards abroad by Bangladeshi nationals jumped by nearly 29.5 per cent while their domestic utilisation dropped by nearly 20 per cent in April 2025 over the previous month, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) data.The central...
A malnourished Palestinian child is examined at Al-Awda hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. After more than 20 months of devastating conflict between Israel and the Hamas Islamist militant movement, rights groups say...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has cautioned that Bangladesh could lose billions in Chinese renewable-energy investments unless immediate steps are taken to streamline regulations and stabilise the investment climate.This warning came during the third Bangladesh-China Renewable Energy Forum, held...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is heading towards a record tax shortfall of around Tk 1.0 trillion in the outgoing fiscal year (FY 2024-25), despite efforts to recover long-standing arrears from state-owned enterprises like Petrobangla.Until 29 June, the NBR...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Yield rates on state-run savings tools, ideally designed for helping pensioners, elders and widows, have been cut although their shines are already dim for low returns. The government revised downward the yield rates on savings certificates under the Department of...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials and employees returned to work on Monday after ending their movement, which included pen-down protests, sit-in demonstrations, and a two-day complete shutdown. At around 9am, they resumed their duties at their respective offices....
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
US fashion companies plan to further cut their dependency on China due to the Trump administration's escalating tariffs and policy uncertainties, according to the findings of a survey. "Far from surprising, many leading US fashion companies expressed concerns that the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh leaves 56 per cent of agricultural land below productivity trajectory while only 1.2 per cent catches up desired level of production with the highest output, although the country meets food deficit with imports. An official survey shows such stark...
Light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday). Day and night temperature may remain unchanged. The highest temperature on...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Vice Chancellor Major General Md Mahbub-ul Alam, Sena Kalyan Sangstha Chairman Major General Md Habib Ullah, and HSBC Bangladesh CEO Md. Mahbub ur Rahman, among others, posed with the winners of Capitalizer 2025. BUP Finance...
A 19-year-old worker has been beaten to death inside a factory in Gazipur after being accused of theft, sparking widespread protests and forcing the owners to declare an abrupt shutdown, reports bdnews24.com.The management of Greenland Limited in Gazipur's Konabari announced...
Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan inaugurated the BAF's Tree Plantation Programme 2025 by planting saplings on the Air Headquarters premises in the capital on Monday. — ISPR
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) is set to celebrate its 105th founding anniversary today (Tuesday). DU has taken elaborate preparations to celebrate the day with grandeur. The vice-chancellor's (VC) residence, Curzon Hall, Faculty of Arts, and Teacher-Student Centre (TSC)-have been beautifully illuminated.The...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued a teenage HSC examinee from Savar after she went missing on her way from her home in Dhaka's Bashundhara area to her exam venue, reports bdnews24.com.Quoting the rescued student, RAB and her family said...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh Police will launch an online General Diary (GD) filing service today (Tuesday), initially available in Dhaka and Mymensingh, aiming to simplify access to police services for the public. The initiative comes under the directives of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
At least 429 people were admitted to hospitals with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the DGHS.Among them, 149 were from Barishal division, 57 from Chattogram, 61 from different areas of Dhaka, including 42...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-01 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecution submitted formal charge against 30 individuals on Monday, including former vice-chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University Rangpur (BRUR), in a case filed in connection with crimes against humanity over the killing of Abu Sayed...
BNP's 36-day-long extensive programme titled 'July-August Uprising: Mourning and Victory Observance' will begin today (Tuesday) with a discussion at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, reports UNB.The programme is scheduled to start at 3:00 pm, with participation from various political parties...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned six former officers of Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged "corruption and irregularities" in the procurement of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), reports bdnews24.com.They have been asked to appear...
Special Assistant to Chief Adviser Dr Anisuzzaman Chowdhury and Chairperson of BRAC Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, among others, attended a memorial of former minister and BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on...
Jahangirnagar University JU) authorities have suspended a student from the Department of Geography and Environment over a social media post deemed derogatory to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and formed an investigation committee to look into the matter, reports bdnews24.com.The...
A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze 57 bank accounts of former social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed and his wife Hosne Ara Begum and to attach their three plots over graft allegations, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir...
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