Dhaka is no stranger to disasters. Among the most frequent and devastating are fire outbreaks that wreak havoc in crowded neighborhoods, markets, and high-rise buildings. These tragic events raise a critical question: Does Dhaka have a well-equipped disaster management team...
Kharshu bus stand area, under Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj, is located just 22 kilometres away from the capital Dhaka, and serves as a busy transportation hub. There are also 15 surrounding villages, many of which have a significant number of...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-08-22 00:00:00
The release of as many as 1,108 mugging suspects on bail in just past three months is sure to cause many an eyebrow to raise. Some of the gory and gruesome murders of innocent people including members of the business...
It is deeply troubling that the Electronic Construction Permitting System (eCPS) of the RAJUK remains dysfunctional, leaving the country's real estate sector in disarray. For months, developers have been unable to secure design and land clearance approvals, leading to stalling...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-08-22 00:00:00
Donald Trump, the president of the United States (US), loves to talk and relishes showing himself talking to electronic media. That is the egotistical baggage he carries from his stint as the host of the television reality show, 'The Apprentice'....
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
A total of 167 severely injured protesters were admitted to the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital (NINH) during the July-August 2024 uprising, and most of them came with shattered sculls. Dr Mahfuzur Rahman, an associate professor at the NINH,...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) demolished several structures, built illegally on the bank of the river Buriganga at Keraniganj in Dhaka. A total of one and half acres of land were also recovered during the drive on Wednesday. A...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
The interim government has formed a 25-member executive committee to review the implementation progress of the programmes taken to eliminate child labour across the country. The committee, headed by the labour secretary, will decide the next course of actions to...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has called for implementing the proposed Bangladesh Energy Transition Policy 2024, highlighting its importance for good governance, fairness, and consumer-friendly practices in the country's energy sector.This came at a special discussion at the Professor...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 20: With the looting of huge stones from the renowned Sharpin Tila in Sylhet's Companiganj, the hillock is almost gone. The 126-acre hillock is now almost levelled due to the indiscriminate looting of stones. Locals said at least...
A platform under the banner 'Math, Park Joladhar Dokhol Mukto Andolon (Field, Park, Water Reservoir Encroachment Free Movement) has demanded to free the parks and fields under the DNCC from encroachment of the clubs and ensure their free uses.A delegation...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected 24.33 per cent higher tax revenue in July 2025 than the corresponding month last year, which was volatile due to the mass uprising.It collected Tk 272.49 billion in taxes in the first month...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for political parties to submit their feedback on the final draft of the July Charter by two days, to August 22.The commission, in a notice issued on Wednesday, extended the deadline....
Former finance adviser Zakir Ahmed Khan hands over the second report of the committee, formed to review the applications submitted by retired government officials who were deprived of promotions, to Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus at the latter's office in...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
The state-run Petrobangla has sought to hike natural gas tariff for government-owned fertiliser factories to facilitate import of an increased volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG).It has planned to import at least seven additional LNG cargoes with the proceeds from...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 20: The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) will excavate and recover 21 canals to solve the water-logging crisis of the city.Under CCC monitoring, a feasibility study has begun through a Dutch company to restore the canals, which are currently...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
After daylong speculations over punitive action against Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) head AFM Shahinul Islam, the government finally formed a four-member team to fact-check a controversial viral video implicating him.The Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has said the country's financial sector is likely to recover from its current turmoil within the next three to four years, as a comprehensive reform plan has already been put in place.He also projected...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Islamic bankers Wednesday blamed organised state-sponsored financial crime for weakening Islamic banking in Bangladesh and suggested remedial measures for a rebound. "The growth of Islamic banks was weakened by state-sponsored financial crime," said Managing Director of Islami Bank Md Omar...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Dhaka urges Delhi to take immediate steps to 'ensure that no anti-Bangladesh activity is undertaken by any Bangladeshi national from the Indian soil and not to permit or support any such acts "in any manner".The Government of Bangladesh, in a...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus called for a coordinated national movement involving government, private sector and civil society against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a combined combat began against the menace which he termed the single-largest threat to Bangladesh's public health...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Aug 20: The Mawlana Bhashani Bridge built over the Teesta River in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, was inaugurated on Wednesday with the hopes of major changes in the economic activity in the country's northern regions and groundbreaking communication development between northern...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh's lowly revenue-GDP ratio dipped further in the last financial year due mainly to economic downturn and sluggish business ambiance, coupled with unrest in the revenue-gathering entities.The development has stoked concern among the policymakers as the next IMF review mission...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Rangpur, Khulna,...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-21 00:00:00
A total of 509 nomination papers were submitted for 28 positions in the long-awaited Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election out of the 658 distributed forms until Wednesday, the last day of nomination filing.Moreover, a total of 689 candidates...
Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) has submitted a nine-point proposal, including deployment of students as volunteers to the Election Commission (EC) to help maintain electoral code of conduct and ensure law and order during the upcoming general elections, reports BSS."We...
BNP) submitted the draft of the July Charter to the National Consensus Commission (NCC), report agencies.A delegation led by BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed submitted the draft to the Commission on Wednesday evening.Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has returned home after being discharged from United Hospital, reports UNB.BNP Standing Committee member AZM Zahid Hossain said Fakhrul reached his Gulshan residence around 2:00 pm on Wednesday."The BNP Secretary General's condition is...
The Election Commission (EC) has kept the provision allowing Bangladeshi expatriates to submit either valid or expired Bangladeshi passports, or foreign passports, as part of the required documents for the voter registration, reports BSS.The EC also said a certificate --...
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