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No room for those joining Islami Bank after 2017

Some officials and employees of the Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC (IBBPLC) staged a demonstration in front of its headquarters in the capital on Tuesday, demanding their due promotions and benefits.They also demanded that no staff members who joined the IBBPLC after 2017 would be allowed to stay in the bank...

Hasina's destination still unclear

As fallen Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has yet to find her destination--in a repeat of exile in over three decades--India decided Tuesday to give her time to choose.Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said so while briefing an all-party meeting in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian...

Int’l community for continuation of democracy in BD

Different countries like the United States, Russia and Canada, and the United Nations have stressed on protecting lives and properties of people and ensuring steps to continue democracy.They made the call in separate statements issued on Tuesday, a day after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister of...

BNP has full confidence on students

BNP has full confidence in the students to propose the names of interim government, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday. "We have shown solidarity with their movement and continue to support them. I would like to say that all-party considerations should be given priority in this...

Editors' Council for measures against unwanted incidents

Editors' Council on Tuesday urged the President to take necessary measures so that no unwanted incidents like damage done to private and public property by unruly people happened after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister on Monday.The Council said such anarchy should be stopped immediately and the assets...

Palak ‘detained’ at HSIA

Former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak has reportedly been detained at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).Members for a government agency identified the Awami League leader and detained him at the airport on Tuesday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.An official working for a government agency on duty at the airport said Palak...

Shops and businesses mostly remain closed

Shops and businesses mostly remain closed on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide student protests. This photo shows a security guard watching his mobile phone in front of a shuttered shop at Baitul Mukarram Market in the city. — FE photo

36 more killed in clashes in 6 dists in two days

At least 36 more people were killed in political clashes, attacks, and acts of vandalism in different districts on Monday and Tuesday, reports UNB.The districts are Lalmonirhat, Khulna, Gazipur, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Noakhali. In Khulna, three people, including Koyra Upazila Chairman and Upazila Awami League President GM Mohsin Reza, were...

Container stockpiles build at Ctg port yards amid paltry delivery

As only 329 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers could be delivered on Monday, the Chittagong port yard was plagued with some 44,000 TEUs of boxes on Tuesday morning, officials say.The port has started functioning normally but is getting a smaller number of boxes from inland container depots. Due to...

BB lifts ban on journo's entry

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder did not come to the office on the first day of the opening of the office after the fall of the Awami League-led government, reports UNB.However, the BB has lifted the ban on the entry of journalists for a long time. On Tuesday,...

Hasina's US visa status unclear, UK clarifies asylum rules

Amid growing queries on visa status of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others the United States has said the visa records are confidential under US law, reports UNB."Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we do not discuss the details of individual visa cases," a spokesperson at the...

10 Rohingya people drown as trawler sinks at Teknaf

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 06: At least 10 Rohingya people drowned in Teknaf coastal area of the district when a trawler carrying them from Myanmar to Bangladesh sank in the Bay on Tuesday morning.The accident took place in the morning when a good number of Rohingyas were fleeing to Cox's Bazar...

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station in the city to file a general diary only to find its gate locked on Tuesday. — FE photo