The issue of disparity between the rich and the poor, as well as between urban and rural areas, is a frequent topic of discussion, especially in seminars and academic forums. Today's reliance on the market system has only exacerbated this...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-06-16 00:00:00
Exercising the Right to Information as a principle has been the focal point in Finland for many decades. This has been an evolving exercise for establishing good governance and accountability through transparency for its citizens. We in Bangladesh can learn...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 12:00:00
The government is planning to import two more spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes in July to increase gas supply to industries and other commercial users-excluding power plants-amid efforts to stabilise energy supply for production.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 12:00:00
The readymade garment (RMG) sector bid a heartfelt farewell to Abdullah Hil Rakib, founder and managing director of Team Group, at the BGMEA Complex in Uttara, Dhaka, before he was laid to rest at the BAF Shaheen graveyard on Saturday....
FE Education Desk | 2025-06-15 12:00:00
Inovace Technologies Limited, the Dhaka-based developer behind Tipsoi, has been selected for Cohort 11 of Accelerating Asia, a Singapore-headquartered accelerator and venture capital platform. The move marks the company's first formal engagement with international investors and reflects growing interest in...
LOS ANGELES, United States, June 15, (AFP): Paris Saint-Germain star Vitinha admitted Saturday that returning to action at the Club World Cup so soon after winning the Champions League is "not easy" but insisted that the French side are excited...
MIAMI GARDENS, United States, June 15, (AFP): Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were held to a 0-0 draw by Egyptian side Al Ahly on Saturday as FIFA's new 32-team tournament got off to a smooth start in front of 60,927...
Bangladesh men's cricket has been on a downward trajectory, having won just two matches in the first six months of 2025. They travelled next to Sri Lanka, for a multi-format series with question marks over their batters. Najmul Hossain Shanto...
Seven killed in India chopper crashDEHRADUN, June 15: Seven people including a toddler were killed Sunday in India when a helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims from a shrine crashed in the Himalayas, officials said. The fatal accident comes as relatives mourn...
MOSCOW, June 15 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers'...
GAZA, June 15 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said 16 people were killed in Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory on Sunday, most of them while waiting for aid.The first responders agency's teams transported the bodies of 16 people...
BAGHDAD, June 15 (AFP): Iraq has approached the Iranian and US governments in a bid to prevent being caught up in a regional escalation, officials said Saturday, as Washington's ally Israel and Iran traded blows.The government in Baghdad is a...
Eight-year-old boy drowns in Khagrachhari's Maini RiverKHAGRACHHARI, June 15: An eight-year-old boy drowned in the Maini River in Dighinala Upazila of Khagrachhari on Saturday. The victim was identified as Md. Aryan, son of Md. Zakir Hossain, a resident of Dakshin...
KHULNA June 15 (UNB): Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the country, Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) has prepared its coronavirus unit with 40 isolation beds and is preparing 10 ICU beds.A severe shortage of testing kits and a...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, June 15: Harmful insects known as 'majra' have attacked the sugarcane fields in different areas of Chandpur sadar and Faridganj upazilas (UZs) in the past several weeks.The sugarcane growers are very much worried as they see bleak prospects of...
AMMAN, June 14 (AFP): Jordan, Syria and Lebanon reopened their airspace on Saturday, a day after imposing closures as Israel and Iran traded fire.All three countries neighbour Israel, but only Jordan has formal diplomatic relations with it.Syria was long ruled...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
One more death from dengue fever and 169 fresh infections were reported across Bangladesh in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, while seven new Covid-19 cases were also detected during the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health...
Jamaat-e-Islami believes the neutrality of Chief Advisor (CA) Muhammad Yunus has been compromised by a "joint statement" issued following his meeting with BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in London, reports bdnews24.com.The "view" was presented at a meeting by Jamaat's central...
The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has increased gold prices by Tk 2,192 per bhori, less than 10 days after the last hike just ahead of Eid. According to a press release issued by BAJUS on Saturday night, the new prices...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
The average clearance time for food and agricultural imports in Bangladesh could be slashed by up to 80 per cent through targeted risk-management reforms, a new study has found. It said that quick release of such products would not only...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
The country's industries, madrasas and orphanages have preserved over 2.5 million rawhides so far this Eid-ul-Azha season, according to the commerce ministry. With the supply of 30,000 tonnes of salt to these institutions and other organisations, the rawhides could have...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
A daylight robbery happened on Saturday when a group of muggers impersonated members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and looted Tk 18 million (Tk 1.8 crore) from employees of a distributor of the mobile financial service Nagad in the capital's...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
The interim government is set to adopt a new national strategy for prevention of money laundering and illicit financial outflow from the country with incorporation of a few stringent provisions into it, officials said.The government has already decided on preparing...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) would provide US$250 million funds to facilitate improving transparency, accountability, and efficiency of some key government agencies in Bangladesh. The WB board on Saturday approved the loan to support the ongoing reform initiatives of the interim...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
Several ministries and divisions have proposed a total of eight projects, with a combined estimated cost of over Tk 38.13 billion, for honouring and rehabilitating the participants and victims of the July 2024 student-led anti-discrimination uprising.The initiatives have been taken...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, managing director of Rising Group, has been elected president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) for the term 2025-27.The BGMEA election board on Saturday announced that the president and seven vice-presidents were elected unopposed,...
MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters): Russian leader Vladimir Putin told Iran's president over the phone on Friday that Moscow condemned Israeli actions against Tehran, and in a separate telephone conversation told Israel's prime minister that only diplomacy could resolve issues around...
In a major escalation, Iran launched missile strikes on Israel early Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, report agencies.The attack came in retaliation for recent Israeli airstrikes that targeted critical components of Iran's nuclear program and military...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-06-15 00:00:00
Ballooning external debt-servicing liabilities claim a king's ransom from the budget for the outgoing fiscal year. Such a concern is reflected in the official budget documents as the interim government presents next fiscal's budget for Bangladesh.The government is projected to...
Six people were killed and 28 injured in separate accidents in two districts on early Friday, reports UNB.In Dinajpur: Five people were killed and at least 15 injured when a Dhaka-bound bus crashed into a mango-laden truck parked in Nurjahanpur...
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