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Southeast Bank Green School celebrates achievement

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Southeast Bank Green School held a special recognition ceremony on Tuesday to honour its students for their outstanding results in the Edexcel O-Level examinations, session 2025-26. The event, hosted by the Southeast Bank PLC, marked a historic milestone as the...

Prime Bank disburses agri loans to farmers

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Prime Bank PLC disbursed open agricultural loans to farmers at Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur on Tuesday as part of its continuous efforts to accelerate the growth and development of the agriculture sector. During the event, Prime Bank recognised and honoured...

Forbes Asia spotlights Pathao in ‘100 to Watch’

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Pathao has been named to Forbes Asia's "100 to Watch 2025," a list that spotlights the most promising and dynamic companies shaping the future of the Asia-Pacific region. This recognition comes at a special moment for us, as we prepare...

DSE warns investors against rising stock market scams on social media

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has sounded an alarm over rising incidents of stock market fraud carried out through social media platforms, urging investors to remain alert.Various groups are defrauding people by creating WhatsApp groups using the name, logo, and...

No price sensitive info, yet six cos see abnormal price surge

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

Despite no undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI), six listed companies have continued to rally abnormally on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) over the past two months, raising concerns over speculative trading activity.The companies -- GQ Ball Pen, Sonali Paper &...

Jamuna Bank holds managers' meeting -

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Jamuna Bank PLC recently organised its Managers' Meeting for the Dhaka North and Mymensingh zones at a hotel in the capital. The meeting focused on the bank's ongoing business operations, customer service enhancement, sustainable banking and forward-looking strategies. Chairman of...

HSBC supports agricultural reach across southwest coastal belt

2025-08-27 00:00:00

HSBC, in collaboration with CARE Bangladesh, is expanding its climate-resilient agriculture initiative in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh through the "Sunflower Radiance Journey towards Adaptation in a Market-oriented and Nature-based Initiative" (SURJAMONI) project. This initiative aims to foster the sunflower value chain...

Govt announces National Youth Entrepreneurship Dev Policy

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Ministry of Youth and Sports issued a notification announcing the National Youth Entrepreneurship Development Policy-2025 on Monday, reports BSS.The notification, signed by Youth and Sports Secretary Md. Mahbub-ul-Alam said, the policy aims to transform unemployed youth into entrepreneurs by...

Chinese team, BCCCI focus on investment scopes

2025-08-27 00:00:00

A China-Bangladesh Enterprise Consultation Meeting was held on Tuesday at the office of Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) in Gulshan, Dhaka in honor of welcoming a 25-member high-profile delegation from the Anhui Provincial People's Governmentof China and...

Cabinet approves import of 65,000 tonnes of fertiliser

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

The government will import 65,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Tunisia and Morocco to meet the growing demand, officials said.The Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at a meeting on Tuesday gave approval to this regard. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed...

Weather (2025-08-27)

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday). Day and night temperature may remain unchanged....

BUET signs MoU with Tsinghua University

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Department of Architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently with the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, China, according to an official statement.The agreement outlines collaborative initiatives at the...

2nd ICFP begins in city

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The second International Conference on Recent and Advanced Fiber and Polymer Materials (ICFP-2025) commenced on Tuesday at the Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) campus in Tejgaon, Dhaka, according to an official statement.The event is organised by the Society of Fiber...

NSU inaugurates 17th architectural exhibition

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Department of Architecture at North South University (NSU) recently inaugurated the 17th Architectural Exhibition 2025, according to a statement.The four-day-long exhibition, featuring creative works by students of Level 1, Term 1, is scheduled to be concluded today (Wednesday) at...

BUET students block Shahbag with three demands

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) blocked Shahbag with three-point demands at around 3:00 pm on Tuesday. As a result, traffic movement on the roads around the capital's busy crossing came to a halt.Their demands included...

HC gets 25 new judges

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

Newly-appointed 25 additional judges to the High Court division of the Supreme Court have taken their oath on Tuesday. Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at the judges' lounge in the Supreme Court at 1:30 AM. On...

Candidate list published

JU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) Election Commission has published the draft list of candidates for its upcoming polls, with 20 contenders for vice president (VP) and 17 for general secretary (GS).The announcement came from the Election Commission's Member...

Call for concerted efforts to implement media reforms

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

Top editors and senior journalists on Tuesday stressed the need for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to implement the recommendations of the Media Reform Commission, warning that continued inaction would further weaken the country's media landscape.They stressed the urgent need...

B'baria AL leader sent to jail in anti- terrorism case

2025-08-27 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent to jail former joint secretary and Bancharampur upazila Awami League (AL) president Sirazul Islam in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain passed the order on Tuesdayas...

17 people testify against Hasina, Joy, Putul in 'plot graft' case

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The second day of testimony in three corruption cases involving deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul has concluded, reports bdnewws24.com. The cases stem from alleged irregularities in the Purbachal New Town...

BD mission in NY urges authorities to take action over Aug 24 incident

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Consulate General in New York (NY) has sent letters to local authorities to take action against the miscreants responsible for the untoward incident on its premises during an event on August 24, report agencies.According to a statement issued...

Taposh's another aide held

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested another associate of former Dhaka South City mayor Fazle Noor Taposh in connection with a murder during last year's July-August movement, reports bdnews24.com.The CID said on Tuesday officers detained 53-year-old Mostafizur...

Rongdhonu Group chairman's wife, son denied bail

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Rongdhonu Group Chairman Rafiqul Islam's wife and sons have been denied bail in a Tk 8.7 billion money laundering case after failing to appear before court despite filing a surrender petition, reports bdnews24.com.On Tuesday, Jobeda Begum and her sons Kawser...

SC adjourns hearing on CG system review plea until today

2025-08-27 00:00:00

The Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned until today (Wednesday) the hearing on review petitions seeking restoration of the 13th amendment to the constitution and reinstatement of the poll-time non-party caretaker government (CG) system, reports BSS.An Appellate Division headed by Chief...

110 BNP men acquitted in subversion case

2025-08-27 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has acquitted 110 leaders and activists of BNP, including its joint secretary general Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel, in a subversion case filed with the capital's Ramna thana, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the order on TUesday, accepting...

BNP suspends Fazlur Rahman for three months

2025-08-27 00:00:00

BNP has suspended all the party posts held by Advocate Fazlur Rahman, a member of the BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council and a valiant freedom fighter, for three months, report agencies."Yes, Fazlur Rahman's all party posts have been suspended for three...

Manikganj, Munshiganj demand more seats

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

Public hearings on the delimitation of 28 constituencies across six districts including Dhaka and neighbouring ones were held on Tuesday.Participants from various constituencies raised 259 objections to the proposed constituency delimitations and submitted 50 suggestions to the EC.Chief Election Commissioner...

Those who oppose polls will be left out from politics

2025-08-27 00:00:00

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has warned that those opposing elections will be excluded from politics or face political consequences, report agencies."Any debate will be settled in the political arena itself. Those who speaks against elections will be eliminated...

One killed, three injured in Ctg fire

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 26: A woman was killed and three others, including a child, were critically injured in a fire in the Mohra area under Chandgaon Police Station in Chattogram.The fire broke out at a house in Mohra area around 2:45...

Foreigner detained at Dhaka airport with Tk 1.3b cocaine

FE REPORT | 2025-08-27 00:00:00

A foreign national was detained at the city airport on Tuesday with 8.66 kgs of cocaine that has a street value of around Tk 1.30 billion, according to CIID.Officials of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) detained the foreigner...