The Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has said no government decision has been made regarding the formation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reports BSS. The ministry, in an official release on Thursday, clarified the matter, saying that recent...
BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has alleged that the country's education system has been deliberately destroyed by the past autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina to continue her misrule and suppress people, reports UNB."They (AL govt) feared that if...
The Election Commission (EC) has approved in principle the draft of the Parliamentary Election Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Candidates 2025, incorporating a provision that bans the use of posters in the electoral campaigns, reports UNB."Use of posters...
Former state minister for planning Shamsul Alam has been arrested and sent to jail, report agenciesThe Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) arrested him in the capital's Mohammadpur area in the early hours of Thursday morning, the DMP said in...
Many officials involved in enforced disappearances during the deposed Awami League (AL) government still remain at the heart of state power, the commission on enforced disappearances has said, reports bdnews24.com.The panel also found evidence that these officials are intimidating both...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
A steady rise in both Covid-19 and dengue cases across Bangladesh was reported in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning. However, no new fatalities from either disease were recorded during this period, according to the Directorate General of Health...
The lake in Gulshan, an upscale neighbourhood in Dhaka, is losing its appeal as litter and rubbish are being dumped into the water body rampantly. The photo was taken on Thursday. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman
FENI, June 19 (BSS): The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 11 persons into Bangladesh through Jashpur border point in Chhagalnaiya upazila of the district in the early hours of today.Of them, seven were women, three children and one was...
The Bangladesh Army was not institutionally involved in enforced disappearances, but it was aware of such incidents, according to the chief of the commission investigating the abductions, reports bdnews24.com.Former justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, the chair of the commission, said the...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Tax-revenue collection remained sluggish up to May, posting only 6.0-percent growth and raising serious doubts about meeting the revised target for the current fiscal year (FY 2024-25).During the July-May period, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) achieved only 6.0 per...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka has appointed Advocate Aminul Gani Titto as a state defence lawyer to represent ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Shakil Akand Bulbul in a contempt-of-court proceeding initiated...
All political parties have reached a consensus on reforming the presidential-election system, but there has been no agreement regarding the tenure of the prime minister, report agencies.These details were disclosed by Vice-Chair of the National Consensus Commission Ali Riaz on...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined by 13.20 per cent to $1.27 billion in 2024 from $1.47 billion in 2023, according to The World Investment Report 2025, released on Thursday by the UN Trade and...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Two top global lenders on Thursday approved loans amounting to US$1.54 billion to support banking-sector reforms, economic development, climate-impact resilience, and energy security in Bangladesh.Of the total, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $900 million while another $640 million...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's currency shows signs of losing its value against the greenback-for the first time in many years-helping some improvement in the country's international-trade competitiveness.According to Bangladesh Bank, Taka's real effective exchange rate (REER) index climbed down from 100.76 in April...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Quick trade clearance will cut cost and time for businesses as automated issuance of documents for export-import clearance on a single platform begins now under a reform recipe.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has automated the trade- clearance process --...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has formed a six-member committee comprising officials from income tax, customs, and VAT departments to prepare a work plan for separation of the tax policy formulation from its implementation.The committee will work in coordination...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
The government will roll out a series of special programmes starting July 1 to commemorate the historic July mass uprising, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said.Speaking at a press briefing held at the Foreign Service Academy in the...
Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the US would join Israel in air strikes seeking to destroy Tehran's nuclear facilities,...
ASJADUL KIBRIA | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
After two years of steep decline, Bangladesh-linked money in Swiss banks surged dramatically in 2024, soaring about 23 times and raising fresh questions amid political unrest and concerns over illicit capital flight.The Swiss National Bank (SNB) released the Annual Banking...
FE REPORT | 2025-06-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is rated most corrupt among government offices as 63.29 per cent of service-seekers were forced to buy its service, principally related to vehicle licensing and route permitting. Latest official findings on overall socio-political spectrum, released...
KYIV, June 19 (AFP): Ukraine said on Thursday that Russia has for more than three months been refusing a US and Ukrainian proposal to halt some three years of fighting without any preconditions.The inauguration of US leader Donald Trump earlier...
GAZA, June 19 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 25 people on Thursday, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site.Civil defence official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP that 15 people were killed and...
BANGKOK, June 19 (BBC): Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after a phone call between her and former Cambodian leader Hun Sen about a festering border dispute was leaked.The leak provoked public anger...
NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House on Wednesday, in an unprecedented meeting that risked worsening a disagreement with India over the president's claim that he...
MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters/AFP): President Vladimir Putin on Thursday refused to discuss the possibility that Israel and the United States would kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said the Iranian people were consolidating around the leadership in Tehran.Israeli...
JOHANNESBURG, June 19, (AFP): South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said the massive, joyous welcome his team received when returning home on Wednesday from their World Test Championship final triumph was a sign of how special the achievement was.Bavuma and his...
LONDON, June 19, (AFP): Ben Stokes' England take on an India team under new captain Shubman Gill at Headingley on Friday in the first Test of a five-match series.The visitors are embarking on a new era without heavyweights Virat Kohli...
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