Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-06-29 00:00:00
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) approval of a US$1.3 billion disbursement of the third and fourth tranches of Bangladesh's $4.7 billion loan programme may help improve donors' sentiment and more foreign funds may be released in the coming months. But...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-06-29 00:00:00
The news that Bangladesh-linked money in Swiss banks increased by around 23 per cent last year has drawn attention of various quarters in the country. The significant rise in deposits has triggered widespread discussions, because of the fact that the...
In what appears to be an attempt to fast-track renewable energy adoption, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus recently directed the installation of rooftop solar panels on all government buildings including educational institutions and hospitals. The move is meant to go...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2025-06-29 00:00:00
The World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects report published on June 10, said that the global economy would see the slowest economic growth in 2025 outside of a recession since 2008. The WB, however, said global output would increase...
M A Taslim | 2025-06-29 00:00:00
The economy of Bangladesh is not doing well. In fact, it has not been doing well since the second quarter of 2023-24 as should be evident from the chart-1. At this low rate of growth unemployment could have risen and...
Despite years of enthusiasm, increasing digital penetration, and a growing pool of young talent, Bangladesh's start-up ecosystem is yet to take off in a way that matches its potential, reports UNB.Entrepreneurs continue to face major hurdles in their journey from...
The Left Democratic Alliance and the Anti-Fascist Left Bloc started a two-day Dhaka-Chattogram road-march from the National Press Club in the capital on Friday to protest the plans to lease Chattogram Port's New Mooring Container Terminal to a foreign company...
Former State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder, who is currently an under-trial prisoner at Keraniganj Central Jail, was admitted to hospital after falling ill on Thursday night, reports UNB.Prison guard Billal stated that Majumder, detainee number 36040/24, complained of...
SAVAR, June 27 (UNB): The Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) election has been stayed for the second time, with authorities now setting September 11 as the new date.The announcement came early Friday following a 10-hour meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor...
NARSINGDI, June 27 (BSS): Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Advocate Moazzem Hossain Helal said Jammat is committed to establishing a just and welfare-oriented state for the people."Jamaat-e-Islami is committed to establishing a just and welfare-oriented state in the future because Jamaat...
A Dhaka court has remanded formerchief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda to police custody for another four days of questioning in a case filed by the BNP on charges of sedition and conducting an election "without the people's mandate".Dhaka Metropolitan...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
BNP has no connection with the movement in the income tax office, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday.He warned that stern action would be taken against those who are involved in misconducts in the name...
Light to moderate rain/thundershower is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday).It may also occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet...
A number of Hindu devotees took part in the festive 'Ratha Yatra', the chariot festival of Sri Jagannath Dev, which paraded the city streets on Friday. The snapshot was taken from Motijheel area. — Focus Bangla
Former Dhaka Bureau Chief of Agence France-Press (AFP) Shafiqul Alam has won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards 2025 for his courageous coverage on the Bangladesh's July Uprising and breaking news on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fleeing...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
One person was killed and another injured, as a bus smashed into a road divider in the capital's Mirpur area on Friday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured is a student of Govt....
The girl who missed the first day's HSC exam due to mother's illness may be allowed to appear in the tests under special arrangement, authorities said on Friday, reports UNB.Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations began on Thursday. However, a student...
The government on Friday cleared its stance over the allegations of demolishing a Hindu Durga mandap from a government land in Khilkhet area of the capital amid the alleged attempts to spread confusion over the matter, reports UNB.Quoting Railways Adviser...
Ukraine plans to ask the European Union to sanction Bangladeshi entities it says are importing wheat taken from Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, after its warnings to Dhaka failed to stop the trade, a top Ukrainian diplomat in South Asia...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Police nabbed a total of 1,616 individuals over the last 24 hours, who were accused of different crimes and had arrest warrants issued against them, during an ongoing special drive across the country. One foreign-made pistol and four cartridges of...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a suspected drug dealer with 4,000 Yaba pills from the capital's Jatrabari area on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Md Zainal Abedin (36).A team of DB police...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
Government-imposed restrictions on tourism at St Martin's Island, Bangladesh's only coral island located in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar, are beginning to show promising signs of ecological recovery, according to the Department of Environment (DoE). These early improvements could set...
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus poses for a photo session with the participants of the 15th edition of Social Business Day at the Samajik Convention Centre in Zirabo, Savar, on Friday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
The prices of almost all types of rice and vegetables have increased in a week, intensifying owes of the consumers.Rice prices went up by around Tk 3.0-4.0 a kg further in a week, and by Tk 6.0 to 8.0 a...
SYLHET, June 27 (UNB): India's Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 31 people, including 14 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through two border points in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).BGB sources said 14 Rohingya nationals were pushed in through...
CHATTOGRAM, June 27 (BSS): The two-hundred-year-old traditional Ratha Yatra, the chariot festival of Sri Jagannath Dev, was celebrated on Friday with due religious fervor and enthusiasm in the port city and its adjacent upazilas.The festival began on the banks of...
Shoppers crowd the Holiday Market in the capital's Motijheel area on Friday as business returns to normal following the extended Eid-ul-Azha holiday. — FE Photo
KHULNA, Jun 27 (UNB):Three people, including two suspected drug dealers, were killed and another was injured in separate incidents in Rupsa and Harintana areas of Khulna on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as suspected drug smugglers Sabbir, Saddam and sand...
Malaysian police have detained 36 Bangladeshi nationals who were "found to be directly involved in a radical militant movement based on Islamic State (IS) extremist beliefs and violent ideology", reports Malaysian outlet Straits Times.Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-28 00:00:00
An aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday was forced to make an emergency landing at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka shortly after a successful take-off due to an unexpected bird strike on one of its...
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