Those against caretaker govt are public enemies: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Saturday said the government's "threats" will not work this time as countrymen will not return home "until their voting rights are restored". Speaking at the divisional rally in Sylhet, he also said election must be held under a non-partisan caretaker government and warned

Studying abroad made tough as banks stopped opening student files

Bangladeshi students who want to create bank profiles, in order to go abroad for higher studies, cannot do this due to a foreign exchange crisis, students and bank officials have said. Several students and bank officials have confirmed to UNB that the situation arose following restrictions on opening LC and

Titas disconnecting gas lines in DNCC areas: Aims to realise Tk 400cr in arrear bills

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has started a drive to disconnect gas lines of about 20,000 customers in the Dhaka metropolitan area - to realise Tk 400 crore bills that are due. "We started the drive since September this year. From today, the drive will be conducted mainly

 COP27: Bangladesh among first to get Global Shield funding

The Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Finance Ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) that includes 58 climate vulnerable economies, and the Group of Seven (G7) on Monday officially launched the Global Shield against Climate Risks - an initiative for pre-arranged financial support designed to be quickly deployed in times

COP27: Bangladesh urges developed nations to double climate funding by 2025

Climate experts joining this year's COP27 from Bangladesh has said that they have asked the developed countries to double their funds to climate-vulnerable countries within 2025 under a new roadmap.Talking to UNB, experts said that they've demanded an increase in climate financing because the amount that was calculated earlier isn't

Lavrov’s Visit: Dhaka to focus on energy cooperation, Rohingya issue

Considering the current situation, Bangladesh will explore the possibility of cooperation in the energy sector with Russia during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's planned official visit here later this month. Bangladesh will also discuss food grains supply and quick implementation of the projects that are in the pipeline including the

BNP’s Faridpur Rally: Dhaka’s bus services with 5 southern dists halted by strike

Bus services between the capital city and five southern districts including Barishal have halted due to a strike enforced by transport workers and owners ahead the BNP's rally on Saturday in Faridpur. Transport strike has hit the southern districts of Barishal, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Barguna and Jhalkati since 6am Friday. This meant

BUET Students’s Death: Injury marks found on Fardin’s head, body

The body of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash bears several injury marks, according to the doctor who conducted autopsy this morning. "There are several injury marks on Fardin's head and body," said Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was