One of the key drivers of human progress is the acquisition of knowledge, and a primary tool for nurturing that knowledge is the habit of reading. Libraries serve as institutions where this knowledge is preserved and made accessible to readers....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-05-13 00:00:00
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the much-anticipated Kalurghat Rail-cum-Road Bridge on the River Karnaphuli on May 14 next. The 700-metre double-track and double-lane bridge will replace the existing 93-year-old single-lane rail-cum-road...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-05-13 00:00:00
Greek dramatist Aeschylus, who died in 456 BC, said, "In war, truth is the first casualty".Later, in 1917, U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, made the same observation by saying "The first casualty when war comes is truth."In a parallel universe, where...
The warning is dire for Bangladesh. Renowned economists of the country have sounded the alarm bell ringing not for nothing. At a book launching ceremony in the city, they have emphasised the urgency of undertaking economic and institutional reforms because...
M A Taslim | 2025-05-13 00:00:00
The United States (US) president Donald Trump did just what he had said he would do if elected - he imposed incredibly high tariffs on most countries the US trades with including Bangladesh. Never since the Great Depression of the...
FE REPORTArrest the people responsible for attempting to suppress last year's July movement, DIG Rezaul Karim Mallick directed police station officers-in-charge of the Dhaka range on Sunday.The newly appointed deputy inspector general (DIG) of Police for Dhaka Range also said...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM May 11: The dream of people living in Chattogram and Cox's Bazar is going to come true as Bangladesh Railway (BR) will construct the new rail-cum-road bridge over the River Karnaphuli at Kalurghat which will upgrade both rail and...
A recent public opinion survey has revealed that an overwhelming 97 per cent of citizens of the country favor free primary healthcare services.The findings also highlighted overwhelming public demand for more accessible and affordable healthcare across the country, reports BSS.The...
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam Sunday said the issue of 1971 must be resolved and the accomplices of war crimes must seek an apology."The Pakistanis ideology will have to be negated for doing politics in Bangladesh," he said...
The capital city has been roasting in the sizzling summer for the last couple of days, with the mercury reaching nearly 40 degrees Celsius. In the picture taken at Topkhana Road on Sunday, a bare-chested man seemingly exhausted by the...
Seven people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts on Sunday.In Kishoreganj, three people including a college student were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes. Witnesses said Faruk Mia, 60 of Rasulpur village...
The government has formed a high-level committee led by Education Adviser Prof C R Abrar to investigate the departure of former President Abdul Hamid to Thailand, reports UNB.The committee members are Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Labour and Employment...
RANGPUR, May 11 (BSS): The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) inaugurated the newly installed modern Doppler radar station at its Radar and Earthquake Observatory in Rangpur office on Sunday."With the installation of this Doppler radar, it is now possible to provide...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
The government has reissued a tender to purchase one spot LNG cargo for the June 26-27 delivery window to meet growing summer demands in industries and power plants.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) reissued the tender last week to...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
A massive amount of subsidies in the revised FY25 budget have given the interim government a big respite as it has already cleared a good amount of overdue payments to the private sector power producers, officials said on Saturday.Till early...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
The number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh has rebounded after eight consecutive months of decline, with 750,000 new users added across mobile and broadband services in March, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).This modest...
Jahidul Islam | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh urgently needs policy consistency and comprehensive reforms to boost investment and also direct tax collection by curbing systemic leakages, says Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) President Mohammad Zaved Akhtar.Mr Zaved, also Chairman and Managing Director of...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has welcomed the interim government move to bring the Awami League under trial by amending laws and banning the party's activities until trial ends.BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed said this while speaking at the...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Parties, individuals or their activity can be banned for involvement in terrorist acts as a latest ordinance empowers the government to take such action.The Council of Advisers of the post-uprising government Sunday approved the draft Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 with...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus asks for a jumpstart of coordinated action from all relevant agencies to ensure Bangladesh's timely smooth sailing in graduation from least-developed country (LDC) status as a national panel decides on five must-dos for economic breakthroughs....
FE REPORT | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Any scheduled bank or financial institution, including troubled Islamic banks, may go under government ownership for bringing stability in the noncompliant commercial lenders under a latest reform panacea.In the process of streamlining, officials say, the central bank can temporarily take...
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions until 6:00 pm today (Monday),...
Eminent musicologist, writer, and researcher Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard in the capital on Saturday, reports UNB.Abbasi aged 88 passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday morning after suffering from respiratory complications....
JHENAIDAH, May 11 (UNB): Mmembers of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained 17 people, including women and children, from Moheshpur border of Jhenaidah when they were trying to cross the border to enter India.They were held from Bagadanga, Kholashpur...
FE ReportVisiting Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives of Nepal Indira Rana Magar called upon female journalists of Bangladesh and Nepal to work together and learn from each other for establishing just societies in their own countries."You are the truth-seekers,...
FE REPORTFocusing on the growing partnership between Bangladesh and China, speakers at a discussion on Sunday stressed the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's book titled 'The Governance of China'.BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Road Transport and...
Bangladesh Bouddha Kristi Prachar Sangha brought out a procession from Basabo Buddhist Temple at Basabo in the capital on Sunday in celebration of Buddha Purnima and Jatisangha Boishakh Day 2025. — Focus Bangla
KHAGRACHHARI, May 11 (BSS): The army personnel of Lakhmichhari zone in the district has arrested a member of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) from the area.Two army teams of the zone conducted a raid at a house in the East...
FE REPORTDNCC Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Sunday warned politically influential people of taking necessary actions unless they are able to pay their unpaid taxes and dues accordingly."If they don't pay the taxes, the DNCC officials will visit their residences and...
Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has lowered the price of gold by Tk 1,050 per bhori, effective from Sunday.According to the new rate, the price of a bhori of 22-carat gold will now be Tk 170,761, reports UNB. The Bajus notification...
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