Qualcomm (QCOM.O) on Tuesday said a London lawsuit alleging it had abused its dominant position to force Apple and Samsung to pay inflated royalties will be withdrawn. The British consumers' association called Which? had brought the case on behalf of around 29 million people who bought iPhones or
The would-be Finance and Planning Minister Mr. Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Tuesday that his top priority is to deregulate institutional powers to improve efficiency and restore momentum in the economy. “My first priority is deregulation,” he told the FE on Tuesday after being
Six people were injured in a clash between two factions of BNP over establishing supremacy at Chakdah village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Monday night. Atowar Rahman, inspector of Sreepur Police Station, said former president of no 1 ward of Gayeshpur union unit BNP Panjab Ali and gen
Professor Dr. Shamsad Mortuza has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). The Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, issued a gazette notification regarding hi
Bangladesh’s newly elected parliament has opened with an unusual split. While BNP lawmakers took the oath as members of parliament, they stopped short of pledging themselves to the proposed Constitutional Reform Council. In contrast, the Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) d
The government has approved the appointment of Nabil Mustafizur Rahman as Managing Director (MD) of the state-owned Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, formed through the merger of five Shariah-based banks. Currently, he is serving as Additional Managing Director (AMD) of United Commercial Bank PLC. The F
Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday represented the government of India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh led by Tarique Rahman, Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri accompanie
A Dhaka court has sentenced domestic worker Shurobhi Akhter Nahid to death for the murder of Afroza Begum and her househelp Diti in the capital’s Dhanmondi in 2019. However, another accused, housekeeper Bachchu Mia, was acquitted as the charges against him were not proven. Dhaka’s Sev
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), one of the country’s leading representatives of the private sector, has congratulated Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for securing a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election held on February 12, 2026 and on forming the n
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr Shafiqur Rahman is set to become the Leader of the Opposition in the 13th national parliament. Newly elected Member of Parliament from Cumilla-11 constituency and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat, Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, will serve as the Deputy Leader of the
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday. During the meeting, Tobgay thanked the Chief Adviser for holding a free, fair, peaceful and credible election at a critical time, said the Chief Adviser&rs
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our father was a s
