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Stay alert, create command centre to monitor law and order

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus takes serious note of unrest and asks the law-enforcing agencies to create a command centre to intensively monitor law-and-order situation across the country.The head of post-uprising government gave the instructions while reviewing the law-and-order situation...

Private-sector helicopter services in a shambles

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

Once-booming private helicopter sector in Bangladesh seems in a shambles with fleets significantly downsized and hitting headwinds, insiders said, as some bigwig entrepreneurs land in a business quagmire.Recently, they said, four helicopters were sold off and many others got grounded...

Weather (2025-02-04)

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country during midnight to morning. Air navigation, inland river...

Japan to give $5m to monitor air pollution

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh and Japan on Monday signed an exchange of notes for implementing the 'Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring', for which Japan will provide USD 5.0 million as grant.SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and...

13 more dengue cases reported

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Thirteen more new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Monday morning, bringing the total number of cases to 1,200 this year, reports UNB.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), five of the new cases...

Italian citizen mugged in city; two held, valuables recovered

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Police have arrested two alleged muggers and recovered valuables stolen from an Italian citizen just 12 hours after the incident in the capital, reports UNB.The suspects, identified as Khorshed Alam (28) and Shahin Mia (22), were apprehended in separate raids,...

23 bodies on Libya's shores believed to be of BD nationals: Envoy

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Quoting The Red Crescent and local government representatives, Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said 23 bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, were washed up on Libya's shores, reports UNB."However, since they did not have any kind...

Saraswati Puja celebrated

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Saraswati Puja has been celebrated with great fervour in the capital and across the country, attracting a large number of devotees, report agencies. The festivities on the Jagannath Hall premises kicked off with the worship of Goddess Saraswati, the deity...

BTRC's Digital Security Cell renamed Digital and Cyber Safety Directorate

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

The Digital Security Cell of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has been renamed Digital and Cyber Safety Directorate. According to the regulatory body, the new name better reflects the unit's role in enhancing internet safety and strengthening cybersecurity. While its...

Girl's body recovered from Hatirjheel Lake

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

Police have recovered decomposed body of a schoolgirl (13) from Hatirjheel Lake area of the capital 17 days after her going missing and also arrested two persons over killing the eighth grader after gang-rape.The arrestees were identified as Robin Hossain...

Dense fog disrupts flight operations, ferry services

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

Local and international flights began landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) after a five-hour delay caused by dense fog on Monday.HSIA Executive Director Group Captain Muhammed Kamrul Islam told the FE the arrival of at least 7 flights and...

Court orders further probe into 17 cases

FE REPORT | 2025-02-04 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered further investigation into 17 cases filed over BASIC Bank loan scams as the key players involved with the loan-sanctioning process were not included as the accused.Judge Abul Kashem of Special Judge's Court-01 in Dhaka...

Ex-minister Sujan sent to jail, as remand ends

2025-02-04 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Jan 3 (BSS): A court in Panchagarh has sent former railway minister and ex-MP of Panchagarh-2 constituency Nurul Islam Sujan to jail after a three-day remand ended.Senior Judicial Magistrate Zahid Hasan passed the order on Monday after Manik Mia,...

Distributing AL leaflets will lead to arrests, press secy warns

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Chief Advisor's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has warned that anyone distributing Awami League leaflets will be arrested, reports bdnews24.com.He clarified that the leaflets contain content that could cause a disruption in law and order, which is why distributing them will...

BDP gets EC registration as political party

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh Development Party (BDP) has registered as a political party with the Election Commission (EC).The party received its registration certificate from EC Secretary Akhter Ahmed at the commission's headquarters in the capital on Monday, reports UNB. Speaking to the media,...

Jamaat pledges to honour students’ sacrifices

2025-02-04 00:00:00

FENI, Feb 3 (UNB): Jamaat-e-Islami will spare no effort to fulfill the aspirations of the students who fought during the July uprising, said the party's Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman."The parents of the martyrs hold their heads high, for not every...

Court orders to freeze 50 bank accounts of ex-MP Sadek

2025-02-04 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze 50 bank accounts of former Dhaka-13 lawmaker Sadek Khan, his wife Ferdous Khan and son Fahim Sadek Khan over graft allegations, reports BSS.Of the 50 accounts, 18 belong to Sadek, 24 to his...

Salman, Anisul, ex-MP Solaiman, six others on remand

2025-02-04 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has placed seven people including Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq on a two-day remand each in a case lodged over the murder...

Case filed, 16 arrested in Pabna

2025-02-04 00:00:00

PABNA, Feb 3 (UNB): A case has been filed over the snatching of an Awami League leader (AL) and former upazila chairman Abdul Wahab from police in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.Joint forces conduced a drive at various places in Sujanagar...

Eleven accused shown arrested in another case

2025-02-04 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Feb 3 (BSS): A Chattogram court has ordered to show 11 accused in lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case as arrested in another case filed for attacking police and vandalising the court premises.Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Md Abu Bakar Siddique...

42 leaders of AL, affiliated bodies held in Ctg

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Police have arrested 42 leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and its affiliates in Chattogram over cases in connection with the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, report agencies.The arrests were made in raids conducted from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon, the...

Rizvi for permanent ban on firing to control political programmes

2025-02-04 00:00:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has demanded a 'permanent ban' on the power of opening fire on political programmes, reports BSS."From now on, no brutal law of any barbaric ruler can be established in the country. The...

Germany's conservatives gather after protests over far-right help

2025-02-04 00:00:00

BERLIN, Feb 03 (AFP): Germany's conservative election front-runner riedrich Merz was set to outline his plans on immigration and the economy at party congress Monday after a weekend of mass protests against him, and with less than three weeks to...

Israel accused of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank

2025-02-04 00:00:00

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Feb 03 (AFP): The office of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Monday denounced as "ethnic cleansing" an ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank and urged the United States to intervene.In a statement, spokesman Nabil...

WHO chief counters Trump criticisms behind US pullout

2025-02-04 00:00:00

GENEVA, Feb 03 (AFP): The World Health Organization's chief hit back Monday at US President Donald Trump's reasons for pulling the United States out of the WHO-and again urged Washington to reconsider.The United States is by far the WHO's biggest...

Thousands flee homes as floods hit Australia

2025-02-04 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Feb 03 (BBC): A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall caused flooding in northern Queensland.Authorities say waters will continue to rise and have warned of a "dangerous and...

East Ukrainian crime boss killed in Moscow blast

2025-02-04 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Feb 03 (AFP): An east Ukrainian crime boss and separatist anted by Kyiv was killed with one other person in a blast at a luxury esidential complex in Moscow on Monday, Russian media reported.Armen Sarkisian, a known mafia boss...

Move set to prompt no-confidence motion that could topple his govt

2025-02-04 00:00:00

PARIS, Feb 03 (AFP): French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a no-confidence motion from the left that could topple his government after less than two months in...

Travis Head wins maiden Allan Border medal

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Travis Head has won his maiden Allan Border medal at the 2025 Australian Cricket Awards. Head managed to bag 208 votes in total, 50 more than Josh Hazlewood and 61 more than Pat Cummins, reports Cricbuzz.Head had a productive year,...

15th Mobil Cup Golf Tournament-2025

2025-02-04 00:00:00

Chief of Army Staff and President of Kurmitola Golf Club General Waker-Uz-Zaman, SBP, OSP, SGP, psc, poses with the winners of the 15th Mobil Cup Golf Tournament-2025 at Kurmitola Golf Club in the city recently. Director of MJL Bangladesh PLC...