Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) organised an event "Remembering Syed Manzur Elahi" last Wednesday at the Samson H. Chowdhury Auditorium, MTB Tower, in remembrance of its founding chairman.Syed Manzur Elahi (February 26, 1942 - March 12, 2025) was a visionary entrepreneur,...
Babul Barman | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Protests against Israel in early April unexpectedly turned hostile towards multinational companies. Bata Shoe endured significant losses in the violent episode as men stormed into its shops in several cities across Bangladesh, ransacked and looted them. The looters used the...
Social Work is globally recognised as a distinct and respected professional discipline, comparable to the fields of medicine, engineering, and education. In contrast, Sociology is an academic and theoretical field of study that focuses on analysing the origins, development, and...
The name Chittagong University immediately brings to mind the iconic shuttle train - a symbol of identity and pride for the university. CU is perhaps the only university in the world where such a train remains in regular operation, making...
Neil Ray | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
The news pours honey into people's ears, particularly the inhabitants of the capital city and other urban centres grappling with a vicious zoonotic disease called dengue. Aedes aegypti serves as the vector of dengue virus in spreading the disease, at...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
People of this part of the world have, since colonial times, been dreaming of seeing their country as a modern, corruption-free, developed nation. But what is a modern, developed nation? The model before them was the nation states of Europe....
As one of the most climate-vulnerable nations, Bangladesh has been actively advocating for increased international climate finance for least developed countries, rightly emphasising that those responsible for high pollution should be held financially accountable for the damage they have already...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-05-12 00:00:00
Economists in Bangladesh noted with great happiness that Bangladesh's inward remittance had crossed for the first time in its history the US Dollar 3 billion mark in March this year. Bangladesh Bank data indicated that Bangladesh citizens working abroad had...
ROUNAK MARIUM | 2025-05-11 12:00:00
Bangladeshi students and professionals typically set their sights on the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Malaysia or Australia when planning studies or career abroad. However, there are some rare ones that create a new path for others to...
Police have arrested a man for allegedly striking two girls with a belt in public on a launch in Munshiganj.He was detained around 1:30pm on Saturday and taken into custody for questioning, said Munshiganj Sadar Police Station chief Saiful Islam.The...
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Md. Nurul Islam submitted 46 compliance audit reports to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday, reports BSS.The CAG handed over the compliance audit reports of various ministries and departments to the Chief...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
A high-profile meeting is scheduled to be held on May 19 to review the progress made so far in bringing the siphoned off money back home and deciding the next course of action in this regard, according to the officials...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
As pedestrian spaces in the congested capital continue to shrink due to the negligence of all concerned, the Dhaka city's transport plan for the next 20 years has proposed developing skywalks in commercial areas to improve walkability. The Strategic Transport...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Saturday said necessary measures are being taken to form Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the country, reports BSS."Truth and Reconciliation commission will be formed and necessary measures are being taken...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
Hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting on Saturday demanding the ban on Awami League activities held a joyous procession after the government's decision to ban all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act until the trial of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
Broad-based reforms across Bangladesh's economic and institutional landscape are urgent and the country must act swiftly to avert an "existential threat", a government functionary alerts as noted economists also highlight ways of recovery from a stagflation-like situation. Lutfey Siddiqi, special...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
Potato exports from Bangladesh have already risen fourfold in the current fiscal year, reaching 50,000 tonne in between July and April, up from 12,300 tonne in FY 2024.This dramatic rise is attributed to robust domestic production and growing demand on...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
The capital, Dhaka, recorded its highest temperature of the season at a scorching 40.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday.On Friday, Chuadanga hit 41.2 degrees and Dhaka 39.2 degrees, but Saturday's spike pushed the latter into uncharted territory. Chuadanga sizzled at 42...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
The World Bank would provide US$ 280 million for improving the water supply system in Chattogram as it signed a loan agreement on Saturday with Bangladesh government.Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Ms Gayle H Martin,...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
Electricity load-shedding has started pinching people again with temperatures rising to the zenith and power shedding load over a couple of days of the ongoing sizzling summer, said sources.The capital, Dhaka, experienced the highest temperature of this year Saturday as...
ISLAMABAD, May 10 (AFP): Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks, the news surprisingly announced by US President Donald Trump, who congratulated them on using...
FE REPORT | 2025-05-11 00:00:00
The interim government on Saturday officially banned all activities of the Awami League under the Anti-terrorism Act until the end of trial of the party and its leaders at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).The decision came at an emergency meeting...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country having chances of rain/thunder showers at one or two places over Sylhet division in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met...
Professor Abdul Hannan Chowdhury, PhD, vice-chancellor of North South University (NSU), received an honorary professorship award conferred on him by Nanjing Audit University (NAU), China, during a high-level symposium held at NAU recently.
Police recovered the blood-stained bodies of two sisters from a flat in West Shewrapara's Shamim Swarani area on Friday night, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Mariam, 60, and her sister Sufia, 50.Mirpur model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sajjadur Rahman...
YouTube has restricted access to at least four Bangladeshi television channels in India following a takedown request from the Indian government, citing concerns related to national security and public order, according to Dismislab, an independent factchecking site, reports UNB.The channels...
A total of 37,430 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have so far arrived in Saudi Arabia, reports BSS.Md. Lokman Hossain, Director of the Hajj Office under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, confirmed the information on Saturday.The first Hajj flight departed from Hazrat...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has revised working hours for its mosquito control teams in response to a heat wave alert issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), reports BSS.From May 11 to 13, the morning shift will end...
Bangladesh has reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to strengthening regional cooperation in climate resilience and disaster risk reduction during the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reports UNB.Speaking at the high-level...
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