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Call for wage board, ethical reform, ownership overhaul

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

Giving journalists proper salaries through the Wage Board, ensuring fair trials for those who spread false information during the past fascist regime, and changing how media ownership works can help protect journalists in Bangladesh. At present, media freedom in the...

ICT finds evidence against 30 people

2025-06-27 00:00:00

The investigating agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has found involvement of 30 people, including police in the killing of Begum Rokeya University Student Abu Sayed, during the July Uprising, report agencies. The investigating agency of ICT submitted the probe...

BNP announces progs on July Uprising

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

BNP has announced a month-long programme to mark the first anniversary of the July-August Uprising.Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes while speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office in the capital on...

1,673 held in nationwide drive

2025-06-27 00:00:00

In the ongoing nationwide operation, 1,673 more crime suspects were arrested and nine firearms and ammunition were seized in the last 24 hours, reports BSS.According to the press release of the Police Headquarters on Thursday, 1,135 individuals were apprehended in...

Hasina, 155 others sued in Khulna

2025-06-27 00:00:00

KHULNA, June 26 (UNB): A case has been filed against 156 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for their alleged involvement in an attack on a BNP programme in 2023 in Khulna.General Secretary of Khulna Metropolitan unit of BNP,...

Weakening executive branch won't strengthen democracy

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said a strong democratic structure cannot be established in the country by weakening the executive branch. "The executive branch should be allowed to do its job, the judiciary should be allowed to perform...

2024 election was ‘dummy, farcical’: Ex-CEC Awal

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Thursday told a Dhaka court that the 2024 national election was a "dummy and farcical" one.Highlighting the helplessness of the Election Commission (EC),Mr Awal added that without fundamental reforms, it would...

Seat-sharing talks with allies after polls schedule: Khasru

2025-06-27 00:00:00

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said his party will begin discussions on seat sharing with its political allies once the election schedule is announced, reports UNB."We've not reached that stage yet to talk about seat sharing. This...

Security tightened for peaceful celebration of Ratha Yatra today

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Extensive security measures with deployment of a large number of law enforcers including teams of SWAT, bomb disposal squad and intelligence agencies have been taken for peaceful celebration of the 'Ratha Yatra', also known as the Chariot Festival of the...

NBR chairman admits to crisis amid movement over revenue reforms

2025-06-27 00:00:00

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan has said he is in the midst of a serious crisis as officials and employees continue their protests against reforms introduced by the interim government, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, he said revenue...

DSCC Administrator Md Shahjahan Mia resumes duties

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

DSCC Administrator Md Shahjahan Mia resumed his duties at Nagar Bhaban on Thursday after the supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain opended his office which was locked for 42 days.Officials from the engineering department also returned to work."We do not...

Chevron to revive $90m gas compression project

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

After a year-long standstill, Chevron Bangladesh is set to resume its Jalalabad Compression Project, following the settlement of overdue payments by state-run Petrobangla. The move signals renewed momentum in Chevron's investment plans to bolster Bangladesh's domestic gas output at a...

HSC exams begin

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2025 began across the country on Thursday.The exams which will continue until August 10 started with the Bangla 1st paper at 10:00 am. A total of 1,251,111 candidates have registered for the...

3 national days to commemorate July Uprising declared

2025-06-27 00:00:00

The interim government has declared Aug 5, the day the Awami League government was toppled by a mass student-led uprising, as "July Mass Uprising Day", reports bdnews24.com.It also announced that Aug 8, the day the interim government led by Nobel...

CA wants all govt buildings to have rooftop solar

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus instructed concerned authorities on Thursday to take initiatives for generating solar power by installing solar panels on the rooftops of all government buildings across the country.The directive was given during a meeting titled "National Rooftop...

Govt's budget and policy directions fall short of energy transition expectations

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

The interim government appears to be drifting from its political pledge to achieve the 'Three Zeros'--zero poverty, zero emissions, and zero unemployment--in the national budget for FY2025-26, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said on Thursday. Speaking at a dialogue,...

Prayer Timings (2025-06-27)

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Holy Ashura to be observed on July 6

2025-06-27 00:00:00

The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein (RA), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at the Battle of Karbala, will be observed in the country on July 06 as the moon of the month of Muharram was...

NBR Reform Unity Council urges CA's help to resolve 'deadlock'

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Reform Unity Council, a group of protesting officials and staff, has called for urgent intervention of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to break the ongoing deadlock at the NBR."Given the current circumstances, we believe...

MSMEs face financing gap of $2.8 billion

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Day 2025 will be observed in Bangladesh today (Friday) along with the rest of the world. Recognising the critical role of MSMEs worldwide, the United Nations (UN) announced June 27 as the International MSME...

Bangladesh's ties with India reshaping, not cold: Adviser

FE REPORT | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh's post-uprising ties with India are not cold but at the stage of 'readjustment' now, said Foreign Adviser Towhid Hossain Thursday, also dispelling hearsay over new alliance with China and Pakistan.The adviser of the interim government made the observations on...

Shadows of the algorithm

Matiur Rahman | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

In the unfolding saga of the 21st century, the global economic landscape is undergoing a metamorphosis so profound that many traditional concepts struggle to keep pace. What appears on the surface as a natural extension of capitalism has morphed into...

Medicines made of flour!

2025-06-27 00:00:00

Yes, medicine can be made from flour, semolina, sugar! This is what some would like us to believe. It's like the story where Jamal tells Kamal: "My uncle can jump off a 10-storey building!" When asked what happened next, Jamal...

Stop common room culture

2025-06-27 00:00:00

The so-called "common room culture" in public universities has long been a deeply troubling issue. In these common rooms, which are meant for two or three students, are crammed with eight to ten individuals, making it nearly impossible to study...

Danger of extra bumpers on vehicles

Shiabur Rahman | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

With the passage of time, advancement of technology and change in focus, vehicle bumpers have gone through massive improvements since the first bumper on vehicles appeared in 1897. At the early stage of automobile industry development, bumpers were made of...

When aggressor turns mediator of peace

Nilratan Halder | 2025-06-27 00:00:00

The dark episode of the human civilisation involving the Jewish people has become darker with the descendants of the holocaust victims turning the perpetrators of the same crime. A state for the Europe's displaced Jewish was created at the initiative...

Risk-based supervision by central bank

2025-06-27 00:00:00

The central bank has announced that it will roll out risk-based supervision (RBS) of banks on a full scale starting from January next year. According to the central bank governor, a pilot programme of the RBS framework is already underway...

China hosts Iranian, Russian defence ministers

2025-06-27 00:00:00

QINGDAO, June 26 (AFP): China hosted defence ministers from Iran and Russia for a meeting in its eastern seaside city of Qingdao on Thursday against the backdrop of war in the Middle East and a summit of NATO countries in...

Trump claims 'win' as NATO agrees massive spending hike

2025-06-27 00:00:00

THE HAGUE, June 26 (AFP): NATO countries agreed Wednesday to massively ramp up their defence spending to satisfy US President Donald Trump, who hailed it as a "monumental win" for America-and reaffirmed his country's commitment to protect its European allies.Trump...

EU leaders meet to discuss tougher Russia sanctions, Middle East conflicts

2025-06-27 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, June 26 (AP): The heads of the European Union's 27 member nations was set to meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss tougher sanctions on Russia, ways to prevent painful new U.S. tariffs, and how to make their voices heard...