The country is currently passing through one of its most critical moments since the interim government assumed responsibility following the mass uprising of July 2024 and the fall of the Hasina regime on 5 August 2024.A nation does not govern...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-05-29 00:00:00
The world is more environmentally conscious than ever, as the threats of environmental degradation and water pollution become increasingly evident. Fashion, being one of the most polluting industries on the planet, can no longer evade its responsibility. There is a...
If everything goes according to the plan, the Bangladesh Bank (BB)---the country's monetary authority, is all set to emerge as an autonomous financial institute. To make this happen, as incumbent governor of the central bank Dr Ahsan H Mansur discloses...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-05-29 00:00:00
It is our misfortune to be living in historically arid times. A world uncertain about the future, nations unable to ascertain the destinies they would like to shape for themselves, governments caught in a bind over issues overwhelming them are...
A Dhaka has court has imposed travel ban on five people, including former Deputy Speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku and his two sons-SM Asif Shams and SM Nafis Shams over graft charges, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain...
MANIKGANJ, May 27 (UNB): A Manikganj court has rejected the bail petitions of former Awami League MP and renowned singer Momtaz Begum in two cases. Manikganj Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sadbir Yeasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order when she was...
An accused in the case lodged over the murder of Dhaka University (DU) student Shahriar Alam Shammo has given a confessional statement, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana recorded the statement of the accused, Nahid Hasan Papel, under section...
BNP BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has warned that the interim government risks losing the support of BNP and its like-minded parties if it stands against a democratic transition and fails to promptly announce a clear roadmap...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
A group of traders from Dhaka New Market's Chandni Chawk allegedly attacked a group of Dhaka University (DU) students on Monday night, accusing them of theft.Two students were injured in the attack that occurred at 8:30 pm and were admitted...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that six top leaders of his party were victims of so-called 'judicial killings' through fabricated cases under Sheikh Hasina's autocratic rule, report agencies."During Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian regime, our six top leaders were executed...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expressed disappointment as the interim government has yet to present a specific roadmap for the next national election, even after Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus' meeting with political parties.The party has also called 'misleading' the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions with moderately...
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) authorities bulldozed illegal establishments to recover its land on Mirpur Beribadh in the capital during an eviction drive for the second day on Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Md Ashraf Uddin speaking at a seminar on ' Transformation Geospatial Technology with GNSS (CORS): A Key to Sustainable Infrastructure Development of Bangladesh' organised by Survey of Bangladesh at Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation office in the capital's Agargaon on...
Kidney patients were left in the lurch on Tuesday as Sandor Dialysis Pvt Ltd, a leading Indian kidney care providing company, halted dialysis services at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology (NIKDU) in the capital for three hours...
Vehicular movement from the Urojahaj Chattar on Rokeya Sarani to Agargaon circle will remai restricted tomorrow (Thursday) in observance of UN Peacekeeping Day, reports UNB According to a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the road from the...
Seventy more new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 4,120 this year, reports UNB.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), new cases were reported as...
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the reinstatement of 988 employees, who had previously been dismissed from their posts at the National University (NU), reports UNB.A seven-member full bench of the SC led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
Supporters of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor-elect Ishraque Hossain blocked on Tuesday the road in front of the Nagar Bhaban demanding that he be immediately sworn in as the mayor of the corporation.Their demonstration began at 11:30am shortly after...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
The mobile financial services (MFS) sector is being used for illegal financial transactions, a new Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) study has revealed."There is a growing and deeply concerning trend of MFS being used for illegal financial activities, such as money...
Eminent economist Professor Abu Ahmed has warned the country's economy might witness depression due to the tight monetary policy of the central bank to fight inflation, reports UNB."This is not a good policy for our economy," he said while talking...
Alleged top ringleader Subrata Bain alias Fateh Ali and his three accomplices-Molla Masud alias Abu Rasel Masud, Shooter Arafat, and Sharif - were arrested by members of the Bangladesh Army during raids in Kushtia and Dhaka on Tuesday. Arms and...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
The yields on two types of long-term Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTBs) declined on Tuesday, as a section of banks expressed willingness to invest their excess liquidity in the securities.The cut-off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 15-year...
Home Adviser Lieutenant-General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Tuesday urged India to follow the proper legal procedure in returning Bangladeshi nationals, expressing concern over a recent increase in cross-border push-ins, reports BSS."The number of push-ins at the border has increased....
KHULNA, May 27 (BSS): A foreign ship carrying 470 reconditioned vehicles from Japan docked at Mongla Port on Monday noon.The ship, M.V. Viking Drive, bearing the flag of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, arrived at jetty no. 9 around...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
The country's maiden Dhaka-Chattogram oil-carrying pipeline remains idle and is awaiting commissioning despite completion of its construction work, sources said.Privately-owned tank lorry operators who have been transporting petroleum products over the years in the absence of any operational pipeline, continues...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted ATM Azharul Islam, a former Assistant Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was earlier given a death sentence on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971....
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
The government on Tuesday approved a number of proposals allowing state entities to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG), fertiliser, and rice- bran oil, among others.The approvals came at a meeting of the Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at the...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has called for expedited development of key infrastructure in the Matarbari region to transform the coastal area into Bangladesh's premier manufacturing and export-oriented free-trade zone, said a spokesperson for the CA Office on Tuesday.The CA...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-28 00:00:00
Japan may provide 500 million US dollars as budgetary support for Bangladesh, against its request for one-billion-dollar, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday."We are expecting 500 million dollar budget support from Japan during the visit of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad...
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