After several days of protest, Jagannath University (JnU) students called off their movement on Friday following the government's assurance to meet their demands. While this development is reassuring, the incident calls for a careful scrutiny and stocktaking by the authorities...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-05-19 00:00:00
This year the UN World Water Day on March 22 focused on the theme, 'Glacier Preservation,' highlighting the critical role of glaciers in sustaining life and the water cycle.However, many analysts monitoring the clean water crisis in Bangladesh and the...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
A total of 48,661 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims reached the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until Saturday morning for performing Hajj.According to the Hajj Office in Dhaka, the pilgrims went to the KSA by 123 flights (Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Saudi Airlines and...
FE ReportEnvironment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has sought an additional allocation of Tk 1.0 billion for the Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) to properly implement its projects, sources said.In a recent letter to Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, she requested...
SATKHIRA, May 17 (BSS): Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today affirmed that Indian nationals found staying illegally in Bangladesh will be repatriated through proper diplomatic channels, rather than being pushed back in the same manner they...
Five members of a family including three children sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at their house at Aftabnagar in the capital early Friday, reports UNB.The injured are Tofazzal Hossain, 45, Munsura Begum, 35, and their three children-Tanzila,...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
Energy Adviser Dr Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan stressed on Saturday the need for indigenising Bangladesh's development efforts, highlighting key policy reforms that have already yielded tangible benefits in the transportation sector.He said the government was trying to develop a nationally...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
With cash in hand, US energy giant Chevron assures state-run Petrobangla of resurrecting its held-back investment worth around US$65 million in Jalalabad compression project, insiders said, as the interim government cleared arrears in gas bill at one go.The Chevron Bangladesh...
India on Saturday imposed port restrictions on the import of certain goods, including readymade garments (RMG) and processed food items, from Bangladesh.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has issued a notification in this regard.These...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
Renowned economist Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya on Saturday said Bangladesh should not worry about the recently-proposed US reciprocal tariff policy but rather view it as an opportunity.He said that the US tariff measures are primarily aimed at specific countries and regions-such...
Israel's airforce killed at least 146 Palestinians in new attacks on Gaza over the past 24 hours and injured many more, local health authorities said on Saturday, as the country appeared set to press ahead with a new ground offensive,...
Monira Munni | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
The country has witnessed an impressive 33 per cent growth in shipping readymade garments to the European Union (EU) in the first quarter of 2025, fetching 5.68 billion euro.According to the latest Eurostat data released on Friday, Bangladesh's total apparel...
MAGURA, May 17 (BSS): A court here on Saturday convicted and sentenced prime accused Hitu Sheikh to death, but acquitted three others in a sensational case lodged over the rape and subsequently murder of an eight-year-old girl in the district...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
A meticulously cobbled Tk 2.30-trillion annual development programme (ADP), this interim government's maiden make of national development recipe, gets the all-clear today (Sunday) with enhanced allocations to struggling health and education sectors, officials said.The outlay will be 13.2-percent lower than...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has announced a ban on all forms of rallies, processions, and demonstrations in several areas of the capital, effective from Sunday until further notice, ISPR said in a statement issued on Saturday.The ban will be...
Claiming that microcredit is the "real banking", Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday stressed establishing a 'Microcredit Bank' to create more entrepreneurs by disbursing collateral-free small credit among young people."Microcredit has reached such a stage...we have to think it...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
A big-budget investment of US$59 billion is estimated in an updated strategic plan to improve Dhaka's transport system as officials say lacking in planning heretofore resulted in the capital city's deteriorating traffic situation.The investment requirement has been proposed in the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to...
FE REPORT A fire broke out at a three-storey building in the capital's Motijheel area on Saturday.However, there was no report of casualties. Four units of firefighters from Siddikbazar Fire Station reached the spot at 6:28 pm and brought the...
A Dhaka court has placed three people, arrested in a case filed over the killing of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a Dhaka University (DU) student and a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), on a six-day remand, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan...
Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury inaugurates a border outpost (BOP) for Border Guard Bangladesh at the confluence of the Roymongol River and Boyesing canal in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district on Saturday. BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman...
YASIR WARDADBangladesh is set to achieve a record maize harvest this year, thanks to a significant shift by farmers in the northern region from traditional wheat and paddy to corn cultivation.According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the country...
Momtaz Begum, a folk singer and former Manikganj-2 MP, has been sent to jail after completing her remand period in a case over the murder of hawker Md Sagar during the July uprising in the capital's Mirpur, reports bdnews24.com.Dhaka Metropolitan...
NARAYANGANJ, May 17 (BSS): Former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Selina Hayat Ivi has been shown arrested by a court in connection with two more cases including a murder.Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj Shahidul Islam Chowdhury showed Ivy arrested...
FE REPORT Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain reiterated on Saturday their demand for handing over the mayoral responsibility of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to him without any further delay.They placed the demand on the third day of their...
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said his party wants to quickly restore democracy in Bangladesh through a credible election for the country's progress, report agencies."We, the BNP, want to bring back democracy in the country as...
FE Education Desk | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
The British Council hosted the ‘Symposium on Employability: Learning and Development’ at its Fuller Road Auditorium in Dhaka recently. The day-long event brought together policymakers, education experts, industry leaders, and youth representatives to address the pressing issue of graduate employability...
Sanjida Hossain Fariha | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
We are social beings and our mental health is often overlooked in many ways in our society. Societal norms and cultural superstitions contribute to this ignorance. While we are taught to take care of our physical health, we rarely prioritise...
Hisham Khan | 2025-05-18 00:00:00
Many Bangladeshi children grow up mesmerised by the sight of aircraft overhead and the thunderous roar as they take off. When asked what they want to become, young voices reply, "I want to be a pilot." Yet as reality encroaches,...
CITIZENS BANK OPENS ATM BOOTH IN BSCIC, N’GANJMd Abdul Latif, Deputy Managing Director of Citizens Bank PLC, formally inaugurated an ATM Booth at BSCIC, Narayanganj, recently to provide banking convenience for the employees of NR Group under a payroll agreement....
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