JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) has sent back the Land Ministry's project proposal on "Gucchagram - Phase III" worth Tk 7.77 billion, attributing reasons to inclusion of unnecessary components, inflated costs for goods and services, and inadequate identification of targeted beneficiaries.The...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 06: Candidates' campaign for the Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and hall council elections have gained momentum after it was commenced following the publication of the final list of the candidates on September 25.The candidates from different...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
After a 15-day halt due to protest-initiated shutdown of the university and Durga Puja vacation, candidates of Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) polls restarted their campaign in full throttle once again on Monday for the election scheduled for October...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has called for cooperation of all the stakeholders, including the media, to ensure a level-playing field in the upcoming election. "We have to hold a credible national election with the support...
A Dhaka court has placed former social welfare minister Dipu Moni on a four-day remand in a murder case filed with Shahbagh Police Station, report agencies.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman passed the order on Monday after investigating officer of...
A Dhaka court has sent to jail Awami League (AL) organising secretary and former lawmaker from the Shariatpur-1 constituency BM Mozammel Haque in a case lodged over the killing of garment worker Rubel during the July-August Mass Uprising, report agencies.Dhaka...
SHERPUR, Oct 6 (UNB): Local people, including the families of martyred during July Uprising, on Monday besieged the office of Sherpur Deputy Commissioner, (DC) protesting bail granted to an Awami League leader Chandan Kumar Pal in a murder case. The...
The Bangladesh Army has conducted a raid on a hideout of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) in Khagracchari's Panchhari Upazila, report agencies.The operation was conducted around 5:00 am on Monday in the dense forest in Juboneshwarpara area, leading to...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on rallies, processions, demonstrations and gatherings around the Secretariat, the Chief Adviser's residence and its adjacent areas including Hotel Intercontinental crossing, Kakrail Mosque crossing, Minto Road and Officer's Club crossing, reports UNB....
Three officials of Sonali Bank PLC (SBPLC) on Monday testified in three cases filed against 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, over irregularities in the allocation of plots in the RAJUK Purbachal New...
A six-member delegation of Bangladesh Jamaat-e- Islami, led by its Nayeb-e-Amir Professor Mujibur Rahman, held a courtesy meeting with United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Baroness Rosie Winterton at the British High Commission in capital on Monday, reports BSS.The meeting...
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said Turkey is eager to work with the new government in Bangladesh after the upcoming national election, reports UNB.He made the remarks while talking to journalists after a meeting between...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Police have arrested Sohel Rana (34), former general secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology unit as well as president of its Shibpur upazila unit under Narsingdi district.DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) has issued an arrest warrant against Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three others in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the...
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said those insisting on holding a referendum on the July Charter before the upcoming national election have an ulterior motive to delay the polls, reports UNB. "The next parliamentary election is only a...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Gold prices in Bangladesh have surpassed Tk 200,000- mark per bhori (11.664 grams) for the first time in history.The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) on Monday announced an increase of Tk 3,150 per bhori for 22-carat gold, setting the new rate...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Japan need to sit a few more times to complete negotiations on economic partnership agreement (EPA) as last month's final-round meeting ended without reaching a consensus on some issues.Sources said both sides will sit in the current month...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Three people died of dengue fever in the last 24 hours to Monday across the country, while 782 new patients were admitted to hospitals during the same period.According to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services...
The Army Chief has not made any statement about giving indemnity to anyone accused of enforced disappearances, murder, or other crimes against humanity, said a statement of the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) on Monday, reports UNB.Some dishonest and...
CAIRO, Oct 6 (Agencies): Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States were set to convene in Egypt on Monday for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire and comprehensive peace plan to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza.The negotiations,...
Scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance", the award-giving body said on Monday, reports Reuters.This year's prize "relates to how we keep our...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
State-run fertiliser factories have urged the government to ensure a steady supply of natural gas alongside a proposed tariff increase, warning that domestic production will remain constrained without adequate fuel.Fertiliser production costs at state-owned plants could be 32.6-percent lower than...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election has unfolded as expected, with no surprises in the race for the board's top positions, as Aminul Islam Bulbul secured the position of president unopposed, reports bdnews24.com.Having first assumed the role unopposed on May...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has underscored the need to align research and innovation with Bangladesh's national development priorities, warning that the country's future competitiveness will hinge on scientific progress and technological application.He urged closer cooperation among academia, industry and...
Displaced Palestinian children help each other to carry a jerrycan filled up with drinking water from a mobile cistern at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. — AFP
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The National Pension Authority (NPA) has announced an 11.61-percent profit for investors in its pension schemes for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25.The NPA board of directors approved the profit at a meeting on Monday, chaired by board chairman and finance...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Inflation in Bangladesh rebounds after a recession as September rate rose to 8.36 per cent compared to the preceding month, with the index mainly pushed up by price rises.Living in villages has become costlier in recent times as the inflation...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
Banks owning laundered assets are directed to sign deals with competent global firms in a regulatory firman that says a dozen stolen-asset-recovery groups are ready for hire to launch the hunt. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Monday issued the instructions for such...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-07 00:00:00
The central bank purchased US$ 104 million more through auction from 8 banks on the interbank spot market on Monday to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local currency stable.The amount was bought under the Multiple...
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