Is the US dollar collapsing?

US president Donald Trump's tariff war with the rest of the world, many economic and financial experts think, could lead to the collapse of the US dollar as a global medium of exchange. Reports coming from the leading global financial...

Resetting BD-Pak relations: Wishes and realities

Over the past year, there has been a cautious but notable thaw in the once-frozen diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Pakistan. The change came in the wake of political transition in Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League government...

Empowering women

The recommendations made by the Reform Commission on Women's Affairs in its report submitted to the chief adviser on Saturday bear special significance at a time when the country has been witnessing a fresh spate of gender violence including sexual...

Impact of reciprocal tariffs: how countries could respond

The United States (US) has recently announced a sweeping set of reciprocal tariffs targeting multiple countries. The tariffs, a mix of 10 per cent baseline duties on all imported goods and additional taxes based on the trade barriers these countries...

Russian attacks ongoing despite Putin's truce

KRAMATORSK, Apr 20 (AFP): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.The 30-hour truce would be the most...

Bangladesh's gadget obsession leaving toxic legacy

In the narrow corridor of a Dhaka slum, a boy sits cross-legged on a tattered mattress, clutching a secondhand smartphone like a prized possession. Nirob's fingers dart across the cracked screen as he navigates his favorite mobile game. He barely...

Onion prices go up in Rangpur, Magura

Abnormal surge in prices of onion in the local markets has sent shivers down the common consumers' spines in the last couple of weeks in Rangpur and Magura districts. Farmers of the district could not benefit from the bumper production...

Submit detailed info regarding deposit, lending rates online

The Bangladesh Bank has issued a new directive to submit the detailed info on deposit and lending rates by all the scheduled banks of the country online, reports BSS.The central bank issued such directive for introducing two new reporting formats...

Several CNG filling stations in Dhaka are struggling to supply gas to vehicles

Several CNG filling stations in Dhaka are struggling to supply gas to vehicles due to low gas pressure for some time. In the photo taken at Shyampur's Kadamtuli, two signboards reading 'No gas' are displayed at the station. — FE...

Former diplomat made special assistant to CA

The government on Sunday appointed Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, who served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Switzerland, as the special assistant to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB.Sufiur,...

T-bill yields keep rising

The upward trend of yields on treasury bills (T-bills) continued on Sunday as banks remained reluctant to invest their excess liquidity in the securities.The cut-off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 91-day T-bills rose to 11.59 per cent...

A person can be PM again taking a break after two consecutive terms: BNP

BNP wants a person to be eligible again for prime minister post for next term after taking a break following serving in this position for two consecutive tenures, reports BSS.BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed told media Sunday that there is no...

Out of 800 victims, 300 'killed'

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set June 24 for submission of the investigation report in a case over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly committed over the last 15 years of Sheikh Hasina's rule, reports bdnews24.com.The three-member tribunal, led...

Importers can now waive discrepant bills to ADs on reasonable grounds

The central bank has allowed banks to consider discrepant import bills, waived by importers under reasonable grounds, as eligible for payments, officials said.To bring flexibility in import trade, it has been decided that authorised dealer (AD) banks may consider discrepant...

CA leaves for Doha today

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus leaves today (Monday) for Doha on a four-day official visit to Qatar to attend the Earthna Summit-2025, reports BSS.He is set to pay the visit at the invitation of Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...

BD, China sign series of MoUs

Bangladesh and China took a significant step towards deepening their people-centric cooperation with the signing of a series of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) among their academic and medical institutions in the capital on Sunday. The agreements were formalised during the...

ECNEC nods Bay Terminal support, 15 other projects worth Tk 242.47b

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 16 development projects, including the Marine Infrastructure Development at the Bay Terminal. Of those, 13 are new initiatives, while the remaining three are revised proposals.The ECNEC approved two...

Prayer Timings (2025-04-21)

Court freezes 70 bank accounts of Nasrul Hamid, allowing ACC plea

A special court in Dhaka on Sunday ordered freezing 70 bank accounts of Nasrul Hamid Bipu, former state minister for power and energy, allowing an application filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The court also ordered the confiscation of the former...

Overdue payments down 30pc in three months

Government payment backlog to privately-owned furnace oil-fired power plants declined to around Tk 70 billion, or by 30 per cent, from Tk 100 billion over the past three months since January, market insiders said.Less-than-expected electricity purchases by the state-run Bangladesh...

Hire more Bangladeshi women peacekeepers

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged the United Nations to hire more women peacekeepers from Bangladesh as he reaffirmed Bangladesh's unwavering commitment to international peace-keeping and security efforts.The chief adviser made the call when UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace...

Building BD as $1.0t economic powerhouse main target

Bangladesh Nationalist Party cherishes a vision of transforming Bangladesh into a US$1.0-trillion economic powerhouse through serious liberalisation, deep financial reform and a youth-driven investment model, if in government next time.Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, a senior BNP leader and former commerce...

Foreign banks easing credit lines for BD lenders

Foreign corresponding banks start easing line-of-credit tightening for their Bangladeshi counterparts as quick payment of overdue import bills following governance change pays off, officials and bankers say.Large international banks that typically act as correspondents for commercial banks here had squeezed...

All district-level govt depts under elected council

All district-level government offices should be placed under elected district councils and elections of all the local-government bodies held under a single schedule, the current reform commission recommends. Also proposed in a radical reform recipe for the outworn local-government system...

Weather (2025-04-21)

Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It also may...

Youth shot in city

A youth, said to be a leader of Jubo Dal, sustained critical injuries after being shot by unidentified assailants in the capital's Hatirjheel area late Saturday night, reports UNB.The victim, Arif Sardar, 35, is a member of the Ward-36 unit...

Couple's bodies recovered from Wari residence

Police recovered the bodies of a couple from their residence on the 5th floor of a building at Wari in the capital on Friday night, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Md Muid, 35, from Araikandi village in Titas upazila...

Kuet teachers to abstain from classes

KHULNA, Apr 20 (UNB): Teachers of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) have decided not to return to classes unless their three-point demand including justice over the February 18 attack on students and teachers is fulfilled.The decision came from...

Three of a family burnt in gas cylinder blast

Three members of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Fakirapool in the capital on Sunday, reports UNB.The injured were Quamrunnesa Rozina, 45, her son Riaz Hossain, 21, a student of Habibullah Bahar College and Kulsuma...

Primeasia Univ student stabbed to death by peers

A Primeasia University student was stabbed to death on Saturday by peers after an altercation between the students of two departments of the university, located in the capital's Banani.The deceased, Zahidul Islam Parvez (23), hailed from Mymensingh district and was...