JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Currency buildups outside banks are waning fast with the money flowing back into vaults in a latest pivot that gives some respite to the commercial lenders from a crisis-bred liquidity crunch.Out-flowed deposits amounting to Tk 190 billion returned into the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
A clean chit up to April on huge leftover arrears cost Tk 600 billion as the interim government doubled the state subsidy to pay off the overdue bills to private-sector power producers, officials said.In order to clear all the much-talked-about...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
A study gets going to find ways of developing a robust securitisation market in Bangladesh to enable lenders and financing companies to raise capital and enhance liquidity, officials said.The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Another hefty sum of Tk 31.74 billion is to be invested over the next two years in maintenance dredging along the 75-kilometre channel of the Payra Port, which continuously faces navigability challenges for its distance from the sea estuary.Additionally, two...
M M MAHBUB HASAN | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is arguably the most talked-about and influential technology in today's world. Tasks that once required the expertise, intelligence, and experience of highly skilled individuals are now being accomplished with remarkable ease through the power of AI.What makes...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Can an oral and maxillofacial surgeon (dental surgeon) can conduct the heart surgery like a cardiac surgeon? Two are complete different professions with different professional frameworks like the Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) and Chartered Accountant (CA). Both of these...
Nayma A. Jahan | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
A leader in green transformation, having banned single-use plastic bags in 2002, Bangladesh stands at the crossroads today. Plastic pollution has found its way into nearly every corner of our environment, from sewer drains in cities to ocean waters. While...
CAF Dowlah | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
The revolutionary fervour that once electrified the nation and toppled Sheikh Hasina's despotic rule is fading fast. Disillusioned by the stumbling performance of the interim government, the people of Bangladesh now have shifted from utopian ideals to a single, urgent...
With over half the population and nearly half of all women under the age of 30, the country's demographic profile presents tremendous untapped opportunities. This youthful population, if effectively engaged, can become the driving force behind Bangladesh's journey towards sustainable...
Air pollution is one of the most serious environmental health threats of our time. While outdoor air pollution rightly receives widespread concern, the dangers of indoor air pollution often go unnoticed, despite being just as harmful, if not more so....
Tanim Asjad | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
At least half of the urban population in Bangladesh does not have the convenient access to the public transport. An international study unveiled the finding a few years ago, based on data from 2020. It showed that around 51.80 per...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Albert Einstein once remarked that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. That very cycle of repetition is playing out in the way revenue is being collected to finance the national budget. In...
There is no denying that waterborne diseases like cholera, diarrhoea and typhoid pose a threat to physical wellbeing of children and adults alike in Bangladesh. According to an estimate, every year, 272,000 premature deaths occur simply because the victims lack...
Every day, thousands of citizens visit the Chattogram Passport Office in search of essential services. However, many are met with long queues, indifferent officials, erratic service, and the pervasive influence of brokers. The result is immense suffering for ordinary applicants.Despite...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-06-20 12:00:00
Unarguably, America is the most powerful country in the world now, economically and militarily. It has been so since the end of the Second World War. The architecture of the new world order with rule-based and procedure-bound institutions that emerged...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over...
Prof Dr Engr Mohammad Zoynal Abedin, Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, speaking at a workshop on 'Postgraduate Research Proposal: Tools and Techniques' on its campus on Wednesday.
Members of 'Team Ababil' from Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh (AAUB) posed for photograph after securing 16th position among the 40 international finalist teams at the annual CanSat competition in Virginia, USA recently.
Dr Md Sarwar Bari, Secretary of Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, in a photo session with the newly-admitted MBBS students of Universal Medical College in the capital at its orientation programme recently.
An accused in a murder case escaped from police custody after physically assaulting a police constable at a Dhaka court premises on Thursday, reports UNB.The accused was Md Shariful Islam, son of Shafik Ahmed.Shariful managed to escape while he was...
Two members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) sustained bullet injuries early Thursday after suspected drug dealers opened fire during an anti-narcotics drive in the capital's Paltan area, reports UNB.The injured officers were identified as ASI...
Sweden has announced an additional contribution of US$ 2.1million to support life-saving initiatives and promote green energy solutions for Rohingyas in the Cox's Bazar camps ahead of the World Refugee Day, reports BSS. "Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh, Nicolas Weeks,...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The government employees again staged protest at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital on Thursday, demanding immediate repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance 2025. They also threatened to launch a tougher movement, if their demands are not realised.In the morning,...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
A new monument titled "Gono Minar," commemorating the historic July Uprising, will be constructed on the green space between Bir Uttam Major General Azizur Rahman Road and Bijoy Sarani in the capital, with the involvement of people from all walks...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The government has outlined development projects worth Tk 6.14 billion for Arial Beel over the next five years, beginning in 2026, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), a trust organisation under the Ministry of...
The second round of reform dialogue of the National Consensus Commission continued for the third day at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Thursday. Professor Dr Ali Riaz, vice-chairman of the commission, was present on the occasion, among...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday opined that refugee youth are not mere victims of displacement but powerful agents of change, who are building resilient communities through education, leadership, and solidarity.The Refugee Studies Unit (RSU) of Centre for Peace and...
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 24 (BSS): Former MP from Chattogram- 6 constituency ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury has been shown arrested intwo cases including three murder cases in the port city.The court of Senior Metropolitan Magistrate S M Alauddin granted the petition for...
A Dhaka court has placed ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former adviser Salman F Rahman on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of vegetable vendor Shaon in Ashulia area during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia underwent health checkups at Evercare Hospital in the capital on Wednesday night, reports UNB.She arrived at the hospital from her Gulshan residence around 7:47 pm and stayed there for nearly four and a half hours, said...
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