Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
The dastardly murder of Lal Chand, alias Sohag, a scrap metal trader of Old Dhaka in front of the Sir Salimullah Medical College (Mitford Hospital) on Wednesday last afternoon has jolted the nation to its core. The killing perpetrated reportedly...
Flooding has become an unfortunate monsoon ritual in Bangladesh. Each year, with the onset of the monsoon, heavy downpours and flash floods ravage the country, plunging lives and livelihoods in flood-prone areas into a profound crisis. After last year's devastating...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
The SDGs are universal, time-bound, and legally non-binding policy objectives agreed upon by governments. They come close to prescriptive international standards but are generally more specific, and they can be highly ambitious. The overarching UN programme "2030 Agenda" presented the...
Eight young innovators selected for global ICT talent programme After a competitive three-month selection and training process, Huawei named eight Bangladeshi university students winners of the 2025 edition of the international ICT talent development programme 'Seeds for the Future, Bangladesh'.The...
TECHEXPRESS DESK | 2025-07-14 00:00:00
Banglalink, one of Bangladesh's leading digital operators, has commemorated its 20th anniversary by reaffirming its commitment to customer-centric values. Over the past two decades, the company has been instrumental in bridging digital divide and consistently enhancing user experience through innovative,...
Feni, July 12 (UNB): The government is taking steps to implement a Tk 7,340 crore project to build flood control embankments along the Muhuri, Kohua, and Silonia rivers in Feni through the Bangladesh Army, said Disaster Management and Relief Ministry...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-07-13 12:00:00
After narrowly escaping a liquidity collapse triggered by massive loan irregularities linked to the S Alam Group, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC is now on a determined path to reclaim its past glory -- aiming to become the country's leading commercial...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-07-13 12:00:00
Israel has been waging a full-scale war from land, air and sea against Hamas in Gaza for the last 21 months killing more than 57,000 Palestinians and injuring hundreds of thousands. Its armed incursions in the West Bank have also...
Three affiliated organisations of BNP-Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal-on Saturday raised questions and doubts over the failure to arrest the main accused in the brutal killing of a scrap trader in front of Mitford Hospital and the alleged...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Mobile financial transactions in Bangladesh fell by 29.77 per cent in April 2025, despite a rising number of users and continued strong demand for digital payment services.The decline was primarily driven by two factors: a temporary data reporting gap from...
The World Bank's new Vice President for the South Asia Region, Johannes Zutt arrives in Dhaka on Saturday.During his four-day visit, Zutt will meet with the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government, the Finance Adviser, Bangladesh Bank Governor, and other...
THAKURGAON, July 12 (UNB): A Bangladeshi man was shot dead allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Minapur border in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Azgarh Ali, 32, son of...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
In a bid to tackle the country's worsening energy crisis, the government is planning to purchase three additional spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes in August to help meet the surging demand for natural gas across Bangladesh.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bangladesh took a significant hit in 2024, with announced project values plummeting to $1.75 billion, according to the latest World Investment Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).The 35-percent decline...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed Saima Wazed Putul, its embattled regional director for South-East Asia and daughter of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on indefinite leave, months after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) brought charges of fraud, forgery, and...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Police have arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in brutal killing of a trader near Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital (Mitford Hospital) in the capital. A group of miscreants murdered scrap metal trader Lal Chand alias Sohag (39) in...
SAIF UDDIN | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Startup funding in Bangladesh have marked a significant jump during the first six months of the current year, mainly on the back of merger and acquisition (M&A) deal between a local company and a global one.Funding in such businesses reached...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to introduce a formal code of ethics and professional conduct by September 2025, fulfilling a key condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its ongoing $4.7 billion loan programme. In a...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh is capable of meeting, to a large extent, the 40 per cent value addition requirement tagged by the USA as far as the garment items like denim and knitwear are concerned. However, some woven products might face a setback....
FE REPORT | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
As a major precondition for tariff rethink, the US side wanted 40-percent local value addition to export products as the threshold during negotiations with the Bangladeshi trade delegation.Apparel-industry leaders in Dhaka disclosed this Saturday, after the latest around of tariff-cut...
FE REPORT | 2025-07-13 00:00:00
Dhaka and Washington reached agreement on several more issues over Bangladesh's petition for reconsidering bumped-up tariffs on the US market, but the host side preferred further negotiations on few sticking points, officials said. The second round of the Bangladesh-US tariff...
Ariful Islam, chief financial officer (CFO) of BRAC University (BRACU), has been appointed as its treasurer recently, says a statement.Mr Islam joined the university in December 2020 and is currently leading finance, IT, procurement, international student and scholarship functions, and...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Day and night...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has reported arresting over 7,500 people and recovering more than 500 weapons in multiple cases over the past 10 months following the fall of the Awami League government after the July-August Mass Uprising, reports bdnews24.com.At...
Bangladesh's Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam has said the force has yet to fully regain its effectiveness following last year's "traumatic" political upheaval and deadly violence targeting police, reports bdnews24.com.On Saturday, Baharul said efforts are underway to arrest...
Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology Mohammad Zoynal Abedin presents a crest to Education Adviser Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar after a meeting on the overall development of the university recently.
CHATTOGRAM, July 12: Police have arrested a madrasa teacher in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram district on charge of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 10-year-old boy, who is a student of his institution. The arrest was made early Saturday during a...
FE REPORT The death toll from Jatrabari blast in the capital rose to three as another victim, a three-year-old girl, died on Saturday. The minor girl who sustained 90 per cent burn injuries in the explosion apparently from gas leakage...
FE REPORT Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested on Saturday three persons for their alleged involvement in issuing a fake bomb threat to a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight.The Kathmandu-bound Biman Flight BG-373 was thrown into a chaos when an anonymous caller...
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