Light to moderate rain/thundershower is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday).It may also occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet...
A number of Hindu devotees took part in the festive 'Ratha Yatra', the chariot festival of Sri Jagannath Dev, which paraded the city streets on Friday. The snapshot was taken from Motijheel area. — Focus Bangla
Former Dhaka Bureau Chief of Agence France-Press (AFP) Shafiqul Alam has won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards 2025 for his courageous coverage on the Bangladesh's July Uprising and breaking news on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fleeing...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
One person was killed and another injured, as a bus smashed into a road divider in the capital's Mirpur area on Friday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured is a student of Govt....
The girl who missed the first day's HSC exam due to mother's illness may be allowed to appear in the tests under special arrangement, authorities said on Friday, reports UNB.Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations began on Thursday. However, a student...
The government on Friday cleared its stance over the allegations of demolishing a Hindu Durga mandap from a government land in Khilkhet area of the capital amid the alleged attempts to spread confusion over the matter, reports UNB.Quoting Railways Adviser...
Ukraine plans to ask the European Union to sanction Bangladeshi entities it says are importing wheat taken from Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, after its warnings to Dhaka failed to stop the trade, a top Ukrainian diplomat in South Asia...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Police nabbed a total of 1,616 individuals over the last 24 hours, who were accused of different crimes and had arrest warrants issued against them, during an ongoing special drive across the country. One foreign-made pistol and four cartridges of...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a suspected drug dealer with 4,000 Yaba pills from the capital's Jatrabari area on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Md Zainal Abedin (36).A team of DB police...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Government-imposed restrictions on tourism at St Martin's Island, Bangladesh's only coral island located in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar, are beginning to show promising signs of ecological recovery, according to the Department of Environment (DoE). These early improvements could set...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus poses for a photo session with the participants of the 15th edition of Social Business Day at the Samajik Convention Centre in Zirabo, Savar, on Friday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
The prices of almost all types of rice and vegetables have increased in a week, intensifying owes of the consumers.Rice prices went up by around Tk 3.0-4.0 a kg further in a week, and by Tk 6.0 to 8.0 a...
SYLHET, June 27 (UNB): India's Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 31 people, including 14 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through two border points in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).BGB sources said 14 Rohingya nationals were pushed in through...
CHATTOGRAM, June 27 (BSS): The two-hundred-year-old traditional Ratha Yatra, the chariot festival of Sri Jagannath Dev, was celebrated on Friday with due religious fervor and enthusiasm in the port city and its adjacent upazilas.The festival began on the banks of...
Shoppers crowd the Holiday Market in the capital's Motijheel area on Friday as business returns to normal following the extended Eid-ul-Azha holiday. — FE Photo
KHULNA, Jun 27 (UNB):Three people, including two suspected drug dealers, were killed and another was injured in separate incidents in Rupsa and Harintana areas of Khulna on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as suspected drug smugglers Sabbir, Saddam and sand...
Malaysian police have detained 36 Bangladeshi nationals who were "found to be directly involved in a radical militant movement based on Islamic State (IS) extremist beliefs and violent ideology", reports Malaysian outlet Straits Times.Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
An aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday was forced to make an emergency landing at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka shortly after a successful take-off due to an unexpected bird strike on one of its...
India on Friday said they are "prepared to engage" with Bangladesh on all matters in an environment that is "conducive" to mutually beneficial dialogue, reports UNB."We share 54 rivers, which also includes the Ganga. To discuss all relevant issues that...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
New Delhi has claimed that India's exports to Bangladesh are facing challenges due to non-tariff barriers.Indian authorities concerned through Bangladesh high commission in New lodged the claim and sought necessary steps to look into the issue, an official document revealed.The...
ARMAN HOSSEN | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
The long-awaited Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election is knocking at the door, and excitement is running high among students.For most of them, it will be their first experience participating in election to DUCSU, often dubbed the "second parliament"...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
The long-struggling Joydebpur-Ishwardi double-line railway project is going to get a big boost as Japan has come forward with massive $630-million assistance for installing the tracks, officials said on Friday.On Friday in Dhaka, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) confirmed...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Reform Unity Council, a coalition of protesting NBR officials and staff, is set to march to the NBR headquarters this (Saturday) morning as part of its previously announced 'Complete Shutdown' programme. The group is...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Islamic banks maintained consistent deposit growth, with figures increasing from Tk 4.19 trillion in February 2024 to Tk 4.36 trillion in February 2025 - a 4.0-percent rise. This came amid an 8.17 per cent overall rise in total banking deposits,...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
A rising reliance on bank borrowing for meeting public financing gaps prompts the government to probe reasons why people are reluctant to invest in savings instruments that feed its funding needs, officials said.The Ministry of Finance has asked the savings...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Nobel-laureate interim ruler of Bangladesh Prof Yunus urges the world to move away from a "disastrous path" rooted in narrow, profit-driven economic models, as he highlights the importance of social business as a change-maker.While deploring hindrances at home in the...
PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (Agencies): Vinícius Júnior scored a goal and assisted on another in Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Salzburg on Thursday night that secured the Spanish powerhouse first place in the Club World Cup's Group H and a spot...
BENGALURU, June 27 (Reuters): The All England Club's decision to jettison line judges in favour of technology carries an air of inevitability as the world embraces AI but the human arbiters of the boundaries of the tennis court are hoping...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said the government has taken an initiative to set up synthetic pitches at 100 schools across the country to popularise cricket and make the...
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