A case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station in Pabna over the killing of eight puppies, who were tied in a sack and drowned in a pond on the Ishwardi Upazila Parishad premises. Upazila Livestock Officer Aklima Khatun filed the case on Tuesday night. Abdun Noor, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi
The securities regulator has granted additional time to 11 more market intermediaries to ensure compliance with provisioning requirements for unrealised losses and to adjust negative equity. The extension will take effect after December 31 this year, when the current deadline expires. Some institu
GPH Ispat reported a loss of Tk 246.78 million in FY25, the first since its listing, as demand for its products declined and production and finance costs increased. According to a filing on Tuesday, the company's earnings per share fell to negative Tk 0.51 per share from a profit of Tk 1.77 per sh
Speakers at a discussion on Tuesday called for greater coordination and collaboration among ministries, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), trade bodies and global brands to foster data sharing and help develop a digital ecosystem for the country's apparel sector. The observation came at a sessio
Chevron Bangladesh has finally moved to revive its long-delayed Jalalabad Compression Project (JBC), breaking nearly two years of uncertainty over one of the country's most-anticipated gas-sector investments. The restart comes at a time when domestic output is declining and the government is scram
Already smarting under loads of bad loans, banks in Bangladesh worry about a new operational peril from profitability squeeze for narrowing interest spread that came to 5.74 per cent in September. According to Bangladesh Bank statistics, the spread between weighted average interest rate (WAIR) on
Imran Khan, Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, is in good physical health but facing isolation and psychological strain, his sister said on Tuesday, after a rare supervised visit following weeks in which his family said access had been blocked. Uzma Khanum, one of Khan's three sisters, was t
Current crunch time comes as a reminder to ministries and divisions concerned to make realistic fund demand from this year's revised budget to help the government avoid higher bank borrowings and interest payments. The direction comes from finance division while holding consultation with t
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has paid a visit to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital. Shafiqur arrived at the hospital around 10pm on Tuesday, bdnews24.com. “Everything is in the hands of Allah,” he said. “He can take away the living and give life to
An army officer was killed in a road accident in Baraigram, Natore on Tuesday evening.The deceased, Sergeant Mamunur Rashid, was posted at Ramu Cantonment, UNB reports. Inspector Suman Chandra Das, in charge of the Bonpara Police Investigation Center, said that Sergeant Rashid, serving in the
BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has started electioneering in his constituency Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chakaria-Pekua). On Tuesday morning, he arrived in Cox’s Bazar on a five-day visit to woo voters in favour of him ahead of the national election, UNB reports. On the first day, Salah
Government secondary school teachers have suspended their ongoing work stoppage, which was held over four demands including salary scale for ninth grade and the formation of an independent secondary education directorate. They announced that annual examinations will be held “from Wednesday&r
