CUMILLA, Oct 2 (BSS): Jasim Uddin, former senior vice president of Cumilla Metropolitan BNP, and ex-general secretary of the City BNP, passed away at a hospital in capital on Thursday. He was 56.BNP leader Advocate Sabera Alauddin confirmed the news...
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum said no one can disrupt the communal harmony in Bangladesh, reports UNB."No one can destroy communal harmony in Bangladesh. Humanity and service are respected like religion. It is important for us to remember...
Poet and political thinker Farhad Mazhar has demanded that nurses be granted equal professional status to doctors, alongside the immediate formation of a 'National Nurse Commission' to ensure health services for the people, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
"Oikkoboddho Notun Projonmo" panel candidates, nominated by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) for RUCSU polls, have stepped forward to feed the cats and dogs residing at campus as its closure has curtailed the availability of food they consume.Residential hall dining facilities,...
The Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sansad (BAGCHAS) held a rally at Dhaka University on Thursday afternoon to express solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was mostly intercepted by Israel, reports UNB.Titled 'Sumud: Steadfast,' the programme emphasised Palestinians' right to self-determination.A...
KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 2 (UNB): Police on Wednesday filed three separate cases against 1,000 unidentified people over the recent violence in Khagrachhari Sadar and Guimara upazilas for attacks on law enforcers and murders.Violence flared in the hill district over the alleged...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP) allegedly misbehaved with journalists at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Thursday morning.The incident took place around 9:45am at the VIP gate of the airport. At the time, NCP...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned and protested what it described the 'heinous role' of the occupying Israeli authorities in seizing Gaza-bound aid ships and urged the international community to ensure their safe passage, reports BSS.In a statement issued on Thursday,...
The Election Commission (EC) has sent a letter to the National Citizen Party (NCP) attaching a list of 50 electoral symbols, asking the party to pick one from the list instead of its desired 'Water Lily' symbol, reports UNB."The National...
In order to fend off any untoward incident, Army, Police, Ansar, Fire Service and River Police personnel and dog squad were deployed in the city's Sadarghat area on Thursday centring the immersion of idols in the Buriganga River on the...
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will lead the party in the upcoming 13th national election, likely to be held in February, said his foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir, reports UNB.Talking to reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning...
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (AFP) : The Trump administration has announced plans to terminate dozens of clean energy projects and freeze billions of dollars for major projects in New York, intensifying a stand-off with Democrats over a US government shutdown.US media...
BRASILIA, Oct 2 (AFP) : Brazil issued a condemnation on Wednesday after the Israeli navy intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, with several Brazilian nationals on board including a lawmaker. The Global Sumud Flotilla -- involving around 45 vessels...
BOGOTA, Oct 2 (AFP) : Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday expelled all remaining Israeli diplomats in the country over Israel's interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and reported detention of two Colombian activists.Petro said two Colombian women, "who were...
US President Donald Trump will draw a red line on how long to give Hamas to accept an Israel-backed proposal to halt fighting in Gaza, the White House said on Thursday, without explicitly saying whether he would enforce a previously...
Durga Puja, the biggest festival of Bengali Hindu community, ended on Thursday with the immersion of the idols of Goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity, reports UNB. According to Hindu belief, the goddess...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Gas pressure has dropped in parts of the Gazipur zone under Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, disrupting production at garment factories and textile mills, industry insiders say.Titas officials say a fire broke out in a gas line near the...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Coast Guard has sought financial incentives for its personnel under the Customs Act for seizing contrabands and uncovering duty evasion, according to an official communication.In a letter sent to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on September 18,...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Local production of key raw materials, combined with a growing flow of international orders, had driven Bangladesh's plastic-goods exports to US$284.05 million in FY2024-25, up from $115.28 million in FY2020-21, marking nearly 147-percent increase over a period of five years,...
Bangladesh Women produced a dominant all-round display to claim a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Pakistan Women in their ICC Women's World Cup clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, in Sri Lanka on Thursday, report agencies.Set to chase a modest...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Japanese energy major Tokyo Gas Co Ltd has completed a full feasibility study for Bangladesh's first land-based LNG-import terminal at Matarbari Island in the Bay of Bengal, raising hopes of finally advancing a project that has faced years of delay.The...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
A proposed export-oriented joint venture in tobacco sector has put Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) in wavering over investment permission because of restrictions from the top court and health ministry. Officials say the issue came to the spotlight after a...
Under the overcast autumn sky, vast stretches of white catkin (kash) flowers in Dhaka's Satarkul area sway gently with mild wind blowing. The tranquil, picturesque scene enchants visitors and nature lovers. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) polls have been pushed back to October 16, although all preparations for the long-awaited election were nearly complete. The poll schedule has been changed four times, while the election timetable has been revised on...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh had to forsake Indian line of credit (LoC) support for three major infrastructure projects after months of noncooperation from the lender and contractors after the regime change through July 2024 uprising.Dhaka is now looking for alternative funding sources to...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Years of electricity-generation expansion falls short of catering Bangladesh's demand and its reliance on imported fossil fuels leaves the country susceptible to global price shocks and supply shortages, experts alert.A new report by the International Institute of Energy Economics and...
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (AFP): G7 finance ministers pledged Wednesday to take aim at those who are continuing to step up purchases of Russian oil, since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.In a statement after a virtual meeting,...
Clouds blanketed the sky and relentless rain battered the shore, but Cox's Bazar still heaves with Durga Puja crowds, where every hotel room was snapped up as holidaymakers defied the storm to revel by the sea despite a cautionary signal...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
A Bangladeshi start-up has teamed up with a Malaysian production house to break into two fast-growing sectors -- digital finance and animation -- in a move its backers say could transform access to credit and diversify the country's exports beyond...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
