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Seven key states likely to decide result

2024-10-08 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 07 (AFP): With just one month left in a deadlocked US presidential election, Donald Trump urged supporters Sunday in battleground Wisconsin to get out the vote, as Kamala Harris kicked off a week-long media interview blitz with a...

Muizzu gets red carpet welcome in India

2024-10-08 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 07 (AFP): Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was given a red carpet welcome on his first state visit to India Monday, a trip aimed at repairing frail ties between the South Asian neighbours.Pro-China Muizzu came to power a...

Sweltering heat kills five at India airshow

2024-10-08 00:00:00

BENGALURU, Oct 07 (AFP): Soaring temperatures at a hugely crowded airshow in India where organisers had hoped to break record attendance figures left at least five people dead, media reported Monday.Hundreds of thousands of people gathered along a beach in...

Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza, Beirut

2024-10-08 00:00:00

GAZA, Oct 07 (AP/AFP): A new round of airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs late Sunday as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region. Palestinian officials said a...

World's rivers face driest year in three decades in 2023

2024-10-08 00:00:00

GENEVA, Oct 07 (AP): The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged...

Nylon fence erected along 40 kms of Sundarbans to tackle human-wildlife conflict

2024-10-08 00:00:00

KHULNA, Oct 07 (UNB): The Forest Department has installed nylon fence in 40-km areas at critical locations in the Sundarbans to halt the entry of tigers, deer and other wild animals to locality and increase the tiger population in the...

Flooding worsens in M’singh as 50 more villages inundated

2024-10-08 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Oct 07 (bdnews24.com): Heavy rain and mountain runoff has worsened flooding in the Haluaghat, Dhobaura and Phulpur upazilas in Mymensingh district.At least 50 more villages have been inundated by the water, leaving nearly 150,000 people from the 23 unions...

Non-stop rains cause extensive damage to early-variety beans

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

PABNA, Oct 07: Early-variety beans have sustained extensive damage due to continuous rainfalls in Ishwardi and Atgharia upazilas of Pabna districts this season. Ishwardi and Atgharia upazilas of Pabna have a good name for producing beans and other vegetables of...

Emerging population issues

2024-10-08 00:00:00

It is quite alarming that population issues in Bangladesh are becoming more diverse and multifaceted. The country is currently experiencing significant opportunities due to changes in its age structure. In 2022, around 65.5 per cent of the population was of...

Importance of difficulties in life

2024-10-08 00:00:00

There is a contradiction between the laws of difficulties and patience. Our brains naturally follow the principles of relaxation and effortlessness. However, not everything in our lives unfolds according to our wishes. These events are determined by The Almighty Allah...

Monitoring essentials market

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) says the inflation rate has been showing a falling trend over the last two months (August-September) and that the decline in the prices of food and non-food items bears testimony to that. The Consumer Price...

Boosting efficiency, image of RMG sector

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

The rapid expansion of readymade garments industry (RMGI) over the past four decades has made significant contribution to the socio-economic uplift of Bangladesh. It is also a matter of satisfaction that a majority of workers employed in this sector are...

Prospect of establishing labour rights

2024-10-08 00:00:00

Labour leaders vented their frustration over the shrinking of prospect of putting in perspective the rights of the workers at a workshop titled, "Labour Law Amendment and Protection of Labour Rights" organised jointly by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies...

Corporate and social media

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

What is known as 'corporate media' today is not the same that media was in the past. At birth, infancy and when it came of age, it was not an outgrowth of the business model of the corporate world and...

Traffic jam now a common phenomenon on Benapole roads

2024-10-07 12:00:00

BENAPOLE, Oct 06 (bdnews24.com): Traffic congestion has become a regular phenomenon at Benapole, the largest land port in the country, due to mismanagement on the roads.Locals say that buses and trucks parked on the road cause traffic jams for up...

Betanir Padma Beel in Rangpur possesses a bewitching beauty

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-07 12:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 06: 'Betanir Padma Beel', a lotus water body- in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur district presents a quite mesmerising beauty to the beholders. Visitors get enchanted to enjoy the aesthetic loveliness of the beel (water body) bestowed by nature....

Gadgets & Services

2024-10-07 00:00:00

ASUS unveils first copilot+ PC ASUS, a global leader in technology, has launched its first ASUS Copilot+ PC, the ASUS Vivobook S 15. This revolutionary laptop was introduced in Bangladesh at the exclusive event "Next Level. AI Incredible" held by...

Utility payment more efficient now with bKash

DESK REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

The advent of digital technology in the financial sector has transformed countless aspects of people's lives, from day to day purchases to paying utility bills.Paying bills online eliminates tensions of missing deadlines, managing time during business hours for physical visits...

How to prevent future disruptions

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

From July 14 to August 5, 2024, Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented internet shutdown, disconnecting the entire country from the rest of the world for over five days. This period of total blackout, compounded by partial disruptions and social media blocks,...

BNP team meets diplomats of three Nordic countries

2024-10-07 00:00:00

A BNP delegation led by its standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury met the diplomats of three Nordic countries --Sweden, Denmark and Norway-in the city on Sunday, reports UNB.The meeting was held at the residence of Swedish Ambassador Nicolas...

Ex-principal secy Azad on seven-day remand in murder case

2024-10-07 00:00:00

A Dhaka court Sunday placed Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a seven-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in the capital, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief...

AL, Jubo League leaders arrested in murder case

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a leader of Awami League (AL) and a Jubo League leader in connection with the murder of Imon Hossain Akash from Pallabi area on Saturday during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports UNB.The arrestees are Mohammad...

GM Quader urges party men to stand by flood-hit people

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday urged his party leaders and activists to stand beside flood-hit people of the country, reports BSS."In people's sufferings, Jatiya Party does not sit ideally," said a press release quoted him as saying.He also...

Tourists urged to avoid three hill districts until Oct 31

2024-10-07 00:00:00

KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 06 (UNB): The district administrations have requested tourists to refrain from visiting hill districts Bandarban, Rangamati, and Khagrachhari from October 8 to 31, citing security concerns.Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner Md. Shahiduzzam said the decision was taken in light of...

Travel ban on ex-fisheries minister, NSI DG

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

A Dhaka Court on Sunday issued a travel ban on former fisheries and livestock minister Md Abdur Rahman, former National Security Intelligence (NSI) director general TM Jobaer and his spouse Fahamina Masud.The judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court...

Tuku returns home after long exile

2024-10-07 00:00:00

BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Sunday returned home from London after a long exile, reports UNB.The BNP leader arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Thai Airways flight at 02:00 pm. BNP leaders and activists...

Mahmudur Rahman demands ban on Chhatra League

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Amar Desh, on Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding a ban on Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), reports UNB."BCL has to be banned as a terrorist organisation within...

RAB to capture Quader, Nanak, Harun on info

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday said it would arrest Awami League leaders Obaidul Quader and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and former Dhaka city DB chief Harun-or-Rashid once they get specific information about them.RAB director (media and legal wing) Lt...

All parties fully backed interim govt: Mahfuj Alam

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam has said all political parties wholeheartedly extended support to the interim government for their efforts during the dialogue with the Chief Adviser (CA) on Saturday, reports UNB."All political parties extended their support to the...

Plot on for resurgence of fascist regime: Rizvi

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said an international conspiracy is ongoing to fuel the resurgence of the fascist regime in the country."The masters of Sheikh Hasina have started working in different ways to...