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Prayer Timings (2025-06-30)

2025-06-30 00:00:00

Govt 'fails', NCP will issue July Charter, says Nahid

2025-06-30 00:00:00

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam says the government has failed to announce the July Charter, reports bdnews24.com.The party will issue the July Charter itself on Aug 3 alongside the students and the public, he added.Nahid made the remarks...

Govt reverses course on marking Aug 8 as 'New Bangladesh Day'

2025-06-30 00:00:00

The government has decided not to hold "New Bangladesh Day", one of the three national days it had announced to commemorate the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Advisory Council on Sunday. It...

Govt borrows Tk 117.94bn thru T-bills in single day

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

The government on Sunday borrowed Tk 117.94 billion in a single day by issuing three types of treasury bills to partly finance its budget deficit.The amount borrowed is well above the pre-auction target of Tk 80 billion, according to the...

Record annual remittance fetches $31.31b

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh sees a record in yearly remittance receipt with the accumulated volume of foreign currencies sent by remitters having already crossed $31 billion this outgoing fiscal year -- first in its history.Such record inflow of remittance plays a significant role...

Unsatisfactory progress, no decision made

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Progress in talks with political parties remained unsatisfactory as no decision was made, said National Consensus Commission (NCC) Vice-Chairman Prof Ali Riaz on Sunday, calling on the parties to come forward to reach a consensus."We had hoped that we all...

IMF to team up with WB to 'turn the corner'

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

After setting an "ambitious" but "achievable" revenue mobilisation target for Bangladesh, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sunday said it would jointly work with the World Bank to assist the South Asian nation in achieving the target.Chris Papageorgiou, IMF mission...

NBR strike ends with biz leaders' help

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Trade-disrupting shutdown at the revenue board ends as the NBR Reform Unity Council called off its protest programme on Sunday evening following government's preventive stance and business leaders' mediation.Council president Hasan Mohammad Tarek Rikabder announced the withdrawal of the shutdown...

Canadian envoy meets Fakhrul

2025-06-30 00:00:00

Canadian High Commissioner Ajit Singh has met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed the upcoming national election and areas of bilateral cooperation, report agencies.The nearly hour-long meeting, which began at 3:00 pm on Sunday, was held at...

Shibir demands to resolve DU accommodation crisis

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir Dhaka University (DU) unit have placed a four-point demand to resolve accommodation crisis in the residential halls for the newly-enrolled students of the 2024-25 academic session. The placed the demands through submitting a...

Ex-CEC Habibul Awal sent to jail

2025-06-30 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent to jail former chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal in a case lodged for manipulating the national election, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhad Ishtiaq passed the order on Sunday as police produced the...

Proposed appointment committee won't curtail PM's power: Jamaat

2025-06-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher has said the proposed appointment committee for the constitutional and statutory bodies will not undermine the Prime Minister (PM)'s power in any way, reports UNB. "This committee will not interfere with the prime...

BNP alleges attempt to tarnish party’s image

2025-06-30 00:00:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that there was a sinister attempt to tarnish his party's image by falsely blaming it for the rape of a Hindu woman, reports UNB."For 15 years, the Awami League carried...

Weather (2025-06-30)

2025-06-30 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder shower is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday). Day temperature may fall slightly while night temperature may remain unchanged.The highest...

13 police officers suspended over not reporting for duty

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

The government suspended 13 senior police officers on Sunday who remained absent from duty for an extended period.The Public Security Division (Police-1 Branch) of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued 13 separate notifications in this regard.The notifications were signed by...

Four burnt in city explosion

2025-06-30 00:00:00

Four members of a family, including two children, sustained burn injuries in an explosion while cleaning a water tank at a residence in Tannery intersection area of Hazaribagh's Jigatola on Saturday evening, reports UNB.The injured were labourer Belal Hossain, 28,...

NU to offer July Memorial Scholarships

2025-06-30 00:00:00

National University (NU) will offer 'July Martyred Memorial Scholarship' for the students of different colleges under the university, reports BSS.The scholarship will be offered in memory of the martyrs of anti-discrimination students' movement in July and August last year, according...

5 killed in city road accidents

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Five people were killed on early Sunday in two separate road accidents in the capital.The victims in the Uttara accident were identified as Naimul Haque, Amit, and Javed Alam Khan. A truck ploughed into pedestrians around 3:00 am, killing two...

HC orders protection for victim, removal of video

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Sunday directed the relevant authorities to ensure the safety of a rape victim in Cumilla's Muradnagar upazila and ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove all related videos from social media and online...

One dies of dengue, 13 Covid positive

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh logged one more death from dengue and detected 13 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours to Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).During the period, 383 dengue patients were hospitalised nationwide. Barisal division...

Tk 5.0b sought in FY 26 for prevention

FE REPORT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

Adviser to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Sharmeen Soneya Murshid has sought a lump sum allocation of Tk 5.0 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 for prevention of violence against women and children.She made the request to...

Japan launches satellite to monitor climate change

2025-06-30 00:00:00

TOKYO, June 29 (AP): Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship model designed to be more cost competitive in...

Ukraine comes under biggest aerial attack

2025-06-30 00:00:00

KYIV, June 29 (AP): Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.Russia fired...

Floods, heavy rain kill 32 in Pakistan in two days

2025-06-30 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, June 29 (Dawn): At least 32 people have been killed in the past two days as heavy rain triggered flash floods in Pakistan, Dawn reports.Rescue officials and disaster management authorities say the floods have affected four provinces. A day...

Bus-minibus collision fire kills 38 in Tanzania

2025-06-30 00:00:00

DAR ES SALAAM, June 29 (AFP): A collision between a bus and minibus in Tanzania has killed 38 people after both vehicles were set on fire by the crash, the presidency said Sunday.The accident in Sabasaba, in the Kilimanjaro region,...

Iran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months: Grossi

2025-06-30 00:00:00

GENEVA, June 29 (BBC/Reuters): Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again - for a possible bomb - in "a matter of months", the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said.Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy...

Trump calls for Gaza peace deal

2025-06-30 00:00:00

TEL AVIV, June 29 (AP/AFP/Reuters): US President Donald Trump on Sunday pleaded for progress in ceasefire talks in the war in Gaza, calling for a deal that would halt the fighting in the 20-month-long conflict as Israel and Hamas appeared...

Woman, son killed as train hits auto-rickshaw

2025-06-30 00:00:00

FENI, June 29 (UNB): A man and his mother were killed after a train rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw that violated the signal on a level crossing in Feni town on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Hafizul Islam, 40,...

Students again demonstrate over nine points of RU reforms

A CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, June 29: Rajshahi University (RU) students started a fresh protest programme on Sunday pressing for their nine points of demand for RU reforms.The protestors brought out a march from the Paris Road at noon and took position in...

Power lines of 300 stone crushing units disconnected in Sylhet

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-30 00:00:00

SYLHET, June 29: In a bid to stop illegal extraction and trade of stones and sand from various sites in Sylhet district, law enforcers disconnected electricity lines of 150 stone crushing units at Jafflong in the last two days.With this,...