Mohammad Mizanur Rahman | 2025-07-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh has a proud history of fighting for democracy and the rights of its people. From the Language Movement of 1952 to the Liberation War in 1971, the people of this country have always stood up for freedom, justice, and...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-07-27 00:00:00
The UN agency on relief in Palestine (UNRWA) had warned more than a year back that given the total embargo imposed by the Israeli authorities since October 7, 2023 on the entry of trucks carrying foods, medicines and fuel for...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-07-27 00:00:00
Since taking over the rein of the country the interim government has been facing numerous challenges, from slow growth, high inflation and unemployment to delays in implementing crucial reforms across the judiciary, political system and economy. The law-and-order situation also...
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the lifeblood of Bangladesh's economy, contributing nearly 25 per cent to the GDP and employing over 7.8 million people. These enterprises play a crucial role in promoting inclusive economic growth, generating employment, encouraging entrepreneurship,...
Dengue has become a recurring terror in Bangladesh, especially during the monsoon season. The year 2025 is no exception, with daily reports of children being hospitalised or even dying from the mosquito-borne disease. This raises an urgent question: how prepared...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-07-27 00:00:00
Urban planners on Friday called for gradual relocation of all the crowd-gathering structures, including the Milestone School campus, from the flying approach zone (FAZ) of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Otherwise, as they warned, similar mishaps like the Milestone tragedy...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-07-27 00:00:00
Despite various efforts and initiatives, the quality of the country's national statistics remains a matter of grave concern and controversy. It is disheartening to note that a significant portion of the statistics provided by the national statistical agency, the Bangladesh...
The decision to sharply increase tariffs at Chittagong port, Bangladesh's primary gateway for external trade, could hardly have come at a worse time. Amid an economic downturn, falling export demand and the looming threat of a 35 per cent additional...
CHATTOGRAM, July 25 (UNB):- Chattogram Port has decided to increase its tariff by an average of 30 percent for import and export activities.Shipping Adviser M Sakhawat Hossain made the announcement on Friday while talking to the media following a visit...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Urban planners on Friday called for gradual relocation of all the crowd-gathering structures, including the Milestone School campus, from the flying approach zone (FAZ) of the prime airport in the capital city.Otherwise, similar mishaps like the Milestone tragedy might occur...
A second team of doctors from Singapore arrives in Dhaka on Friday to provide advanced treatment for those injured in the recent fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College. — PID
FENI, Jul 25 (UNB): The number of Bangladeshis killed in alleged Indian Border Security Force (BSF) firing along Parshuram border of Feni district early Friday rose to two following the death of the injured youth.The latest deceased Md Liton, 32,...
A low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and developed into a depression, according to the Met office, reports bdnews24.com. "The depression may cross the Bangladesh coast in the afternoon. Due to its impact, rainfall is likely in...
A team of doctors from China arrives in Dhaka on Friday to provide advanced treatment for those injured in the recent fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College. — PID
Bangladesh, which has emerged as a global advocate for drowning prevention, on Friday joined the global community in observing the World Drowning Prevention Day, a solemn but hopeful occasion to reflect on a silent epidemic, reports UNB.In 2021 alone, drowning...
Jahidul Islam | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
The Planning Commission has returned a youth festival project proposal without initiating appraisal. Titled "Inspiring Youth for Nation Building through Organising Youth Festival," the proposal was submitted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.Officials said the proposal does not comply...
The government has issued the gazette notification of the Voters' List (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, reports BSS.According to the notification, the Election Commission (EC) can publish the voters' list before announcement of the polls schedule at any time of the year...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Payra Port Authority (PPA) wants to excavate ponds and build water reservoirs by filling up a deep land adjacent to the port area to facilitate accommodation for its employees by spending a massive Tk 458.56 million, officials...
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, July 25 (AFP): Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that a quarter of the young children and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers it had screened at its...
YASIR WARDAD | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Some companies have raised further their bottled-water prices even though legal cases against them remain pending with Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) in this regard.Recently, the prices of "Mum" brand of bottled mineral water of Partex Beverages' and that of "Fresh"...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
Two more schoolchildren succumbed Friday to their fatal burn injuries suffered in the air-force jet crash into Milestone School and College while six remained in critical condition, medical sources said. Meanwhile, foreign specialist physicians are engrossed in providing lifesaving medication...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
S&P Global Ratings affirmed Bangladesh's credit rating at B+/B on recent improvements in the country's official foreign-exchange reserves.It also said Bangladesh's outlook is stable, which reflects the real growth rate per capita will remain very strong compared to that of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-07-26 00:00:00
India continues to cold-shoulder requests for holding talks to resolve accumulating trade-related disputes, officials say, while Bangladesh businesses have to pay for abrupt shipment restrictions in particular. In recent months, calls from Dhaka went unheeded for lifting the ban on...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday). Day and night temperature may fall slightly. The highest temperature in the...
A view of the opening ceremony of the military exercise Tiger Lightning (TL) 2025, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Army and the United States Army Pacific Command (USARPAC) at the Para Commando Brigade, Jalalabad Cantonment in Sylhet on Friday. Major...
Police have arrested a man accused in a case filed over snatching a licenced firearm from a businessman in the capital's Rampura area, reports UNB.The arrestee was identified as Yasin Patwari, 24. He was held on Thursday during a drive...
DU CorrespondentDr Mohammad Jahangir Alam, professor in the Department of World Religions and Culture at Dhaka University (DU), died of a cardiovascular disease at Kunming Airport in China on July 23.According to a press release issued by the university's Public...
The online admission process for Class-XI students in government and private colleges for 2025-26 academic year will begin from July 30 on the basis of results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or equivalent examinations as no admission test will...
GAIBANDHA, July 25 (UNB): A young man drowned after jumping into a pond while fleeing from police in Saghata of Gaibandha on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shishu Mia, son of Dulal Mia of Gaibandha Sadar.Family members alleged that although...
FENI, Jul 25 (UNB): Two brothers were killed as a speeding bus rammed into a stationary pickup van on Feni-Noakhali regional highway in Feni Sadar upazila early Friday.The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 29, and his younger brother Ekram...
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