National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has squarely blamed the government and law-enforcing agencies for the deadly violence in Gopalganj, saying the situation could have been prevented with "timely and proper action".In a Facebook post on Thursday, a day...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said on Thursday that the current state of governance in Bangladesh resembles 'mobocracy' rather than democracy. "We led the July (2024) uprising for democracy. But what we see now is mobocracy reigning supreme across...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Friday). Day temperature may fall by (1-2)°C,...
Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) on Wednesday launched a three-day photo exhibition to commemorate the July Uprising, according to a press statement.BMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Shahinul Alam inaugurated the exhibition at its Shaheed Dr. Milon Hall. The photo exhibition showcases...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday confirmed five new Covid-19 cases in the country within a 24-hour period from 8am Wednesday to 8am Thursday, reports BSS.During this time, 253 samples were tested, resulting in a positivity rate...
KISHOREGANJ, July 17 (BSS): A court in Kishoreganj on Thursday sentenced 13 people, including nine members of a single family, to life imprisonment for the murder of a trader in Karimganj upazila in 2016.District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Nurul Amin...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
The resolution of corporate disputes is expected to gain fresh momentum as the Supreme Court administration moves to fully digitize the proceedings of the country's company courts. Paperless proceedings have already commenced in one of the three company benches in...
Former Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) Member (Production) and renowned engineer S M Wazed Ali Sardar passed away due to heart disease at his Gulshan residence in the capital on Tuesday. He was 60 years old, according to a PDB...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 17: The Asian University for Women (AUW) organised a science fair on the campus on July 17 as part of its Math and Science Summer School 2025. AUW launched the Summer School, funded by Chevron Bangladesh, in the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
The prices of onions and broiler chickens have gone up over the past week while the prices of brinjal, and green chili remain high, showing no signs of easing.In Dhaka's retail markets, local onions that were selling for Tk 55-60...
RAJBARI, July 17 (BSS): National Citizens Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Thursday said Awami League is not a political party but a 'terrorist organization', alleging that it is responsible for enforced disappearances, killings, and widespread disorder in the country....
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
Social Resistance Committee (Samajik Protirodh Committee) strongly protested national unity commission's (NUC) recommendation to abolish the current system of reserved seats for women in parliament.The platform of 67 women, human rights and development organisations, said that the recommendation would be...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 17 (AFP): A crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, with the site's operator blaming "agitators" within the crowd and the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency attributing...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Obayed Ullah-Al Masud has resigned from the board nearly 10 months after his appointment by the central bank, officials have confirmed.Mr Masud, having 40 years of banking experience, sent his resignation letter to the board...
Bangladesh secured their fourth consecutive win in the SAFF Women's U-20 Championship beating Bhutan 3-0 at Bashundhara Kings Arena Practice Ground in the city on Thursday, report agencies.Trishna Rani scored a brace, and the other goal came from Munki Akter.Maintaining...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
The High Court has called for all the documents of Belhasa Accom and Associates Limited alias Orion Infrastructure Limited, a joint-venture company which constructed the Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover, for alleged irregularities in share transfers and bank borrowings. The Office of the...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
An updated voting list will enroll more eligible new voters to vote in the next elections in Bangladesh under provision of the just-amended law. The Council of Advisers of the interim government Thursday approved the draft Voters' List (Amendment) Ordinance...
PANCHAGARH, July 17 (BSS): The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has pushed 24 people into Bangladesh through separate border points in Shingroad border in Sadar upazila and Malkadanga border of Boda upazila of the district.Of them, six individuals were pushed...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
Direct cotton sourcing from US farmers could boost apparel exports to the country amid rising trade tensions and tariff uncertainties, said a Bangladeshi-born American entrepreneur on Thursday. American cotton farmers wield political influence through their Congressional representatives and senators from...
Bangladesh's first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad's daughter Sharmin Ahmad and son Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka on Thursday and invite him to an event marking the centenary...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
In a bid to rein in soaring electricity subsidies and generation costs, the government has initiated a plan to reduce expenditure at power plants where it holds full or partial ownership, officials said.The initial focus will be on trimming operating...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
Political parties have agreed on some fundamental changes to the current constitution but still stand poles apart from other basics to sign a national charter on the July mass uprising, sources say, and expect breakthroughs soon. Despite the National Consensus...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has finally withdrawn the 2 per cent advance income tax (AIT) on the import of cotton and other textile fibres -- a long-standing demand from the country's spinning and textile millers.According to a gazette...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
The commencement of commercial operations of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's (HSIA) third terminal is facing unusual delays due to emerging risks during the testing phase and poor coordination between the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Biman Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
After a tense and fearful night Wednesday following mayhem over NCP programme, an uneasy calm prevailed in the curfew-bound Gopalganj town on Thursday while government authorities launched anti-violence action.The ongoing curfew in Gopalganj will continue with a pause from 11...
JASIM UDDIN | 2025-07-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's export-led economy faces a potential employment crisis as the US prepares to impose a 35-percent countervailing tariff on imports from the country on August 1. Industry leaders warn that the impact will be widespread - threatening not just the...
LONDON, July 17 (BBC): Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say.The method, pioneered by UK scientists, combines the egg and sperm from a mum...
GAZA, July 17 (Reuters): Two women were killed and several people were injured following a strike which hit the Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip, doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City said on Thursday.The strike damaged the Holy...
SEOUL, July 17 (AFP): Parts of South Korea were battered by torrential rains Thursday, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began in 1904, the country's weather agency said.South Korea typically experiences monsoon rains...
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