FE Report | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
India on Tuesday expressed concern over the banning of Awami League by the Bangladesh government. "Ban on Awami League is a concerning development, said a spokesperson of the India's external affairs ministry. "India is concerned at curtailment of democratic freedom...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
Sonali Bank PLC has added a new feather to its digital transformation activities by introducing its own payment switch system in a bid to make all kinds of online transactions faster, reliable and cost-effective.In a press release issued on Tuesday,...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Tuesday that no investment would come to the country until an elected government comes to power."In the last nine months, investment has gradually slowed down. Investment is not possible without...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
A liquidity-feeding derivative called Assured Liquidity Support (ALS) has become highly popular among commercial banks as the instrument holds mammoth share of the central bank's special liquidity facilities, officials and bankers said.ALS is a kind of overnight borrowing facility provided...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
The upcoming visit of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to Japan will get the top priority in the Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between the two countries on May 15 in Tokyo.Professor Yunus is likely to attend the Nikkei Forum to...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
The government is set to halve the power subsidy for the next fiscal year (FY2025-26) to reduce the financial burden on the exchequer.A substantial payment already made to clear the outstanding bills accumulated over the last couple of years for...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
The High Court has commuted sentence of seven death-row convicts in a case filed over the Ramna Batamul concert bombing in the capital during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in 2001.Among them, one's death sentence has been commuted to life sentence and...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
Prudence is at play in budgeting now as Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said Tuesday this government wouldn't implement the next budget by borrowing from banks or printing money. He also said a very realistic Annual Development Programme (ADP) will...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
A total of 100 unauthorised battery-run rickshaws were seized from the city's Asadagate area on Tuesday during a drive to check movement of the unfit vehicles on the main roads.Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka Metropolitan Police jointly conducted...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
Protectionist policies and overdependence on apparel exports are among the major internal challenges preventing Bangladesh from joining multilateral trade blocs, said Albert Park, chief economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the 58th...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
Government decision dissolving the National Board of Revenue into tax- policymaking and tax-administration divisions is to improve efficiency, reduce conflicts of interest, and widen tax base, the CA Office says.The explanation came Tuesday from the office of the head of...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over...
Pabna, May 13 (UNB): An outlaw was stabbed and shot dead at Koladi Bijoyrampur in Sadar upazila of Pabna district early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh alias Laga (40), son of Hossain Sheikh of Koladi Bijoyrampur.Police said a...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam on Tuesday emphasised the avoidance of lethal weapons during law enforcement operations saying that the police will not become a 'killer force'.He made the remark while responding to questions from journalists after distributing...
A Dhaka court has placed Momtaz Begum, popular singer and former MP for Manikganj-2, on a four-day remand in connection with the murder of hawker Md Sagar in capital's Mirpur during last year's July uprising, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel...
A 15-member executive committee of the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies has been constituted with Zahirul Islam Kochi as its president and Mohammad Nurullah as its secretary general, says a press release.The committee was formed at the Jatiya Cholochchitro Sangsad...
The body of a five-year-old girl has been found at a garbage dump a day after she went missing from the capital's Tejkunipara, reports bdnews24.com.Police recovered the body from the Bijoy Sarani on Tuesday and sent it to the morgue...
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the government is committed to ensuring safety of healthcare providers and others involved in this sector, reports UNBExpressing grief over the recent incidents involving attacks on hospitals, physicians and...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
A government-formed taskforce on strengthening BBS has decided to sit with key stakeholders aiming to make its recommendations for the sake of an inclusive and forward-looking reforms process.The stakeholders include academia, researchers, NGOs, private sector, development partners and media representatives.The...
An electric shuttle bus service has been launched on Dhaka University campus, aiming to ensure safer and more convenient transportation of students, report agencies.Four electric shuttle cars will operate daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm under the initiative supported...
Dhaka WASA, RAJUK, and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will collaborate on sewage management in the Gulshan and Banani areas, said DNCC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abu Sayeed Md Kamruzaman, reports BSS.He revealed this while inspecting the Sewage Management Plant...
Our Correspondent | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 13: Police have arrested Awami League leader Advocate Zeenat Sohana Chowdhury from a house in Bayezid area of the port city at around 1:00 am on Tuesday in connection with a clash on the Chattogram Court premises. Zeenat...
The Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned until today (Wednesday) the hearing on a plea filed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, challenging the judgment of the High Court (HC) that declared the registration of the party illegal, reports BSS.A four-member apex court bench...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Bangkok, Thailand for emergency eye treatment, reports UNB.Fakhrul, along with his wife Rahat Ara Begum, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight at 2:45am on...
The High Court (HC) has permitted Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, to appeal against her three-year jail sentence in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for owning wealth and assets beyond known sources of...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) General Secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince has said the main task of the interim government is to hold a fair election after making the necessary reforms, report agencies.He said, "We told the government that it's their...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-14 00:00:00
There is no scope for doing politics in Bangladesh denying the spirit of 1971, said Nasiruddin Patwary, chief coordinator of National Citizen Party (NCP). He termed 1971 as the foundational core of Bangladesh, adding that any group or party attempting...
BNP Standing Committee Member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has alleged that the government has kept the public and political parties in the dark about the humanitarian corridor to Myanmar's Rakhine State and warned that it could drag Bangladesh into...
ROME, May 13 (AP): Carlos Alcaraz was made to work for a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Karen Khachanov that earned him a spot in the Italian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.Alcaraz saved two break points early in the third set...
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