Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the city on Friday for New York to attend the 74th UN General Assembly where she may place new proposals to find a solution to the long-drawn Rohingya crisis as it is affecting Bangladesh badly, report agencies.A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the...
Read moreDespite increased onion output locally, importers and allied traders are swallowing all benefits depriving consumers and farmers alike, said market observers.Domestic yield has registered a 40-per cent rise in the past six years and more than 100 per cent in a decade, according to official figures.Onion production witnessed a major...
Read moreBANGKOK, Sept 20 (Reuters): Hundreds of thousands of students, office workers and other protesters took to the streets across the globe on Friday to demand urgent action to avert an environmental catastrophe from world leaders gathering for a UN climate summit.The global climate strike kicked off in the Pacific islands...
Read moreAs many as 508 people were infected afresh with dengue virus in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Friday, showing a sharp decline in the number of patients.Of the total, 165 were admitted to hospitals in the capital Dhaka, and 343 in other regions across the country. The...
Read moreThe government is set to buy six more ocean-going ships from China to expand the fleet of state-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, officials said.The purchase is intended to meet the growing demand for large vessels for the corporation. To expedite the process, the ministry of shipping has started negotiations with a...
Read moreSeveral hundred students marched on city streets on Friday demanding effective measures to combat global climate change and minimise its impacts on the Earth.Marking the Global Climate Week, the students from different educational institutions gathered at the National Press Club and later marched on the city roads voicing the demand...
Read moreTOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to clinch a deal on farm tariffs and digital trade when they meet in New York next week.Full details of the agreement have not been disclosed. Below are some key elements about the pending...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters): One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, DC, not far from the White House, police said.It was not immediately clear if a suspect had been taken into custody in the incident, but a law enforcement...
Read moreDonald Trump has denied a report alleging he made a promise to a foreign leader, which sparked a whistleblower's formal complaint, reports BBC.The complaint is reported to relate to a July phone call with Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelensky.The Washington Post said an intelligence official found the comment "so troubling"...
Read moreTHAKURGAON, Sept 20 (UNB) : A Bangladeshi youth was beaten to death allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Khathaldangi border in Haripur upazila of the district early Friday.The deceased were identified as Kamal Hossain, 32, son of Hakim Uddin of Geruadangi village in the upazila.Abdul Hamid,...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran's central bank, calling the measures the toughest ever imposed on another country by the United States."We have just sanctioned the Iranian national bank," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office."These are the highest sanctions ever...
Read moreActivists of Green Movement formed a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club in the city on Friday protesting against use of coal to produce electricity and calling for awareness over other environmental issues — FE photo
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