FE REPORT | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
More than half of the world's adults without financial accounts live in eight countries, including Bangladesh, according to the latest Global Findex 2025 report published by the World Bank (WB).The report reveals that over 650 million adults, or 53 per...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
Moments before the kids would hear the school bell had they heard a bang and fireball ramming into their classrooms. Some succumbed instantly, many let out screams out of life-sapping burns. Such are eyewitness accounts of Monday's air-force jet crash...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
Ambulances are arriving one after another, bringing in the injured. Families are rushing through the hospital floors, desperately searching for their children. Many parents are standing in the hallways, crying. The entire hospital is filled with panic, shouting, and sorrow....
Bangladesh's international friends mourned and expressed solidarity on Monday with the country over the tragic incident in Diabari, reports UNB. India, Japan, the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and Pakistan have all issued separate messages expressing their support for Bangladesh. "Deeply...
The government on Monday declared a one-day state mourning to be observed on Tuesday following the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft in Diabari, reports UNB.Chief Adviser Professor Muhammed Yunus expressed deep shock and sorrow over...
Plastic has become essential in modern life. Though it made living easier and more affordable since its invention in the 19th century, plastic is now causing serious environmental harm. This crisis is unfolding right before our eyes.With technological growth and...
The National Reform Council has brought all political parties to a consensus on the terms of reference for the appointment of the Chief Justice and the declaration of a state of emergency. This is a positive sign of progress in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
Every year, publishing of the Secondary School Certificate(SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam results is followed by mixed reactions from the participating students. And it is only expected that successful candidates will celebrate, while the unsuccessful ones will be...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
The Rohingya crisis, now in its seventh year, continues to test the resilience of the international humanitarian system and the moral conscience of the world. More than one million Rohingya refugees currently reside in squalid, overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar,...
Banking has been undergoing transformation at a phenomenal rate. The latest trend apparently runs counter to the very concept of bank serving as a depository of cash or currency. Maintenance of cash -- enormous sums to be precise, is costly....
Forrest Cookson | 2025-07-22 00:00:00
Since Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States on January 20, 2025 he has implemented a series of actions which amount to a trade war against the rest of the world. On April 2, 2025 he announced so-called...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Night temperature may fall slightly. The highest...
Brigadier General S. M. Mahbub-Ul-Alam, OSP, SGP, ndc, psc (Retd) (L), principal of Manarat Dhaka International School & College, and Rizwan Bin Farouq (R), chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Foundation Bangladesh, officially sign...
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Zoynal Abedin speaking at a seminar titled 'Managing Stress: Practical Strategies for Daily Life of University Students' on the university campus recently.
Southeast University commemorated last year's July-August movement with 'July Remembrance 2025', a solemn discussion and documentary screening programme on Friday, according to a press release.Held at the university's Multipurpose Hall, the event highlighted the sacrifices of martyrs Abu Saeed, Mugdha,...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
Police arrested an activist of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Sunday while he was trying to set fire to a bus in the capital. The arrestee, Siam Sarcar (22), is an active member of BCL. According to Shyampur...
The annual general meeting (AGM) and election of the executive committee for the term 2025-2027 of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) were held in the capital recently. At the election, Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman of Daffodil International...
Noted sculptor and artist Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan, one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in the country, died of pneumonia at a hospital in the city on Sunday, reports BSS.He was 79.Professor Hamiduzzaman passed away at around 10:30 am, relatives...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
With 429 new dengue patients hospitalised in the last 24 hours and a fresh sub-variant of COVID-19 emerging, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued updated treatment guidelines to ensure better preparedness in public and private health facilities...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
The election of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) will be held in the second week of September this year and the schedule will be announced on July 29.Prof. Dr. Md Zashim Uddin, chief returning officer of DUCSU Election Commission...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
The government is in the stage of finalising the Industrial Water Use Guidelines, a long-awaited policy framework to regulate groundwater extraction by industries, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the interim government on environment, forest, and climate change.Speaking at an...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Sunday showed former Cox's Bazar-4 lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi arrested in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of Teknaf ward councillor Akramul Haque, reports BSS.The three-member ICT-1 led by Justice Md...
Police produced 39 accused, including former ministers Anisul Huq, Amir Hossain Amu and Dipu Moni, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Adviser Salman F Rahman and former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, before the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday in connection...
BANDARBAN, July 20 (BSS): Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said that the government wants to establish peace in the three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to unlock the region's immense potential for development."If peace is...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
The students-led National Citizen Party (NCP) is now preparing for righting the wrong after its application for registration was primarily rejected by the Election Commission, citing some minor technical mistakes or deficiencies, party sources said.Overlapping information, lack of attestation and...
At least 19 more people were killed across the country on July 21 last year as protests continued for the second day amid the nationwide curfew while the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) revoked the High Court (HC)...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said deposed autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina can never be forgiven for the killings and brutalities during the July Uprising, calling her a 'disgrace to humanity and to all mothers', reports UNB."Hasina...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has attached 4,880 decimals of land worth about Tk 4.0 billion belonging to former textile and jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi.The CID, in a press release on Sunday, informed that it has attached 4,879.92 decimals...
DEIR AL BALAH, July 20 (AP): Israeli troops opened fire Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a US- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00
After metro rail, rapid passes have now been introduced for bus services, giving bus passengers an opportunity to have a taste of a smart mass transport system. The facility was officially launched on Sunday for Hatirjheel special bus service and...
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