KUSHTIA, Aug 19 (UNB): A case has been filed against 76 individuals, including former MP Mahbubul Alam Hanif and several other prominent figures, in connection with the killing of Yusuf Sheikh, reports UNB.An additional 20 to 30 unidentified persons were...
RANGPUR, Aug 19, 2024 (BSS): Nagarik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna has demanded bringing necessary reforms in the state system before holding a parliamentary election in the country."The polls should be held within six months," he told reporters after offering...
SYLHET, Aug 19 (UNB): A case has been filed against 19 individuals, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Azbahar Ali Sheikh in connection with the killing of journalist ATM Turab. The case also...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a discussion, organised by Abdus Salam Talukder Smrity Sangsad at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Monday, marking the 25th death anniversary of the party’s former secretary general. —...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC), seeking its directives to ban activities of Bangladesh Awami League and cancellation of the party's registration with the Election Commission (EC) for the indiscriminate killings of students during the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the Election Commission (EC) to register the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) as a political party without any delay. The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque issued the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday that a handful of persons and a vested quarter were hatching conspiracy to foil the victory of the student-mass uprising to topple the Sheikh Hasina-led autocratic regime."These...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said he looks forward to working closely with Bangladesh interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in the coming days on all matters of mutual interest, both in bilateral and multilateral domains, reports...
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visited the Central Police Hospital in the capital on Monday to see the police personnel, injured in clashes during the recent movement. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said the European Union (EU) would cooperate in bringing back the money, siphoned off abroad from the country during the Awami League (AL) regime.BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said this to media...
In light of the continued absence of numerous Union Parishad chairman across the country, the Local Government Division has issued a directive allowing Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to delegate financial and administrative powers to the respective Union Parishad's Panel Chairman to...
Several key points in Dhaka, including Farmgate, Bijoy Sarani, Karwan Bazar, Bangla-motor, Siddheshwari, and Motijheel, experienced severe traffic congestion on Monday, as protests and the reopening of educational institutions brought the city to a standstill, reports UNB.Protesters have taken to...
An SUV valued at approximately Tk 20 million was found abandoned in front of Baitul Aman Mosque in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, on Sunday morning, sparking widespread curiosity, reports UNB. The vehicle, a Land Cruiser with the license plate Dhaka Metro-Gha 21-8456,...
Some unidentified miscreants attacked East West Media Group office in Dhaka's Bashundhara Residential Area on Monday afternoon, reports UNB.Around 2 pm, a group of people with hockey sticks forced open the main gate, entered the office and carried out vandalism,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19: Chittagong port has upheld the position of the 67th busiest container port among 100 top ports globally this year, according to the latest Lloyd's List.Last year too, the country's prime seaport occupied the same slot in the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Local apparel exporters have urged the revenue board to form a taskforce to streamline customs services to sustain the industry's competitiveness amid plummeting garment demand and prices and escalating production costs."Customs procedures must be made easier, faster and free from...
Village police members block a road outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday, demanding a national pay scale, food rations and to be placed under the home ministry. The protest is one of several ongoing demonstrations to hit the capital...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Police arrested former Social Welfare minister of the Awami League government, Dr Dipu Moni, from Baridhara area in the capital, Dhaka. She was arrested in a case filed in Chandpur, a detective branch (DB) official preferring anonymity told the FE.She...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Summit Communica-tions has paid Tk 100 million to the telecoms regulator BTRC as share-transfer fee following the change of government.The previous authorities were planning to waive these fees and charges of share transfer and equity to Summit, according to BTRC...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Three more cases were filed on Monday against Sheikh Hasina, her cabinet members and police high-ups for committing crimes against humanity, mass killing and murder.A petition has been filed with the International Crimes Tribunal against Hasina and 26 others for...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Local e-commerce companies are reluctant to obtain digital business identification (DBID) because of technical and rules-related complexities, sources said.Only 2.0 per cent of e-commerce platforms under the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) have applied for DBID. Of the number, about...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The government has sought a budget support loan from Japan to stabilise the country's macroeconomy, which has been under severe pressure for quite a long time.Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed made the appeal during a meeting with Japanese...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has dismissed eight senior officials amid employee protests alleging corruption and banking irregularities. The officials, reportedly close to the controversial S Alam Group, include one Additional Managing Director (AMD) and five Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs). The...
The Local Government Division has announced the removal of city corporation mayors, including Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam, from their posts, reports UNB.In addition to this...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has ordered the unfreezing of Khaleda Zia's bank accounts after 17 years on Monday, following directives from its newly appointed chairman after discussions with the Chief Adviser.Official sources stated that the Central Intelligence Cell...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Lending by six banks linked to the controversial Chattogram-based S Alam Group is restricted by regulatory order amid allegations of the conglomerate's financial irregularities.The banks -- also facing LC conditionalities -- are Islami Bank Bangladesh, First Security Islami Bank, Social...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Now the High Court questions the legality of the fifteenth constitutional amendment that scrapped the caretaker-government system and set off prolonged political tangles lasting until an unceremonious regime change. An HC bench Sunday issued a rule asking relevant bodies of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Ongoing large and megaprojects will be reviewed and less-priority and "politically motivated" ones scrapped, says Planning and Education Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud of the interim government. "There are irregularities in taking up projects as some are undertaken by the influence...
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