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Five to die for murder in Khulna

2024-10-29 00:00:00

KHULNA, Oct 28 (bdnews24.com): A court has handed down the death penalty to five men over the 2016 murder of Jahid Hossain in Khulna.Judge Md Jewel Rana delivered the verdict on Monday, according to state prosecutor Arifur Rahman Liton.The convicts...

Over 500 villages in Jashore, Khulna waterlogged

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Over 500 villages under five upazilas of Jashore and Khulna districts in Bhabodah and its adjoining have marooned this year due to waterlogging and siltation of riverbeds. The water logging caused immense sufferings to over 0.9 million (nine lakh) people...

Kirsten quits as Pakistan white-ball coach after six months in charge

2024-10-29 00:00:00

LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 28 (AFP): Pakistan's white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten resigned on Monday after just six months in the job and a week before a tour of Australia begins.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the former South Africa Test...

Shakib unsure about playing Afghanistan ODIs

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan indicated that he is in the dark as far as taking part in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, scheduled at UAE from November 06, reports Cricbuzz.Shakib, who desired to play his last Test...

Taijul ready for Tigers' Test captaincy

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh experienced left-arm spinner Taijul Islam said on Monday that he is fully prepared to take up Test captaincy after playing international cricket for 10 years, reports Cricbuzz.The question was raised after recently revealed that current all format skipper Najmul...

Tigers seek maiden Test win against South Africa

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh are set to take on South Africa in the second Test on Tuesday in a bid to register a win after losing the series opener in Dhaka, report agencies.This series is a part of the ongoing cycle of the...

Trump, Harris lean on traditional bases eight days before US vote

2024-10-29 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (AFP): A nail-biting US presidential campaign heads into its final week Monday, with polls showing little daylight between the two candidates as they ramp up appeals to their respective bases to turn out and vote.More than 41...

Sikh separatist claims Indian 'spy network' operates in US and Canada

2024-10-29 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters): Canada and the US must get tougher on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for trying to silence dissidents on foreign soil, a controversial Sikh separatist who was the target of an alleged India-led murder...

Egyptian President proposes two-day truce in Gaza

2024-10-29 00:00:00

BEIRUT (Lebanon), Oct 28 (Agencies): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has proposed a two-day truce in Gaza that would potentially pave the way for a long-term ceasefire, as Israel's genocide has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the northern areas...

Navigating constitutional predicaments in post-Hasina Bangladesh

CAF Dowlah | 2024-10-29 00:00:00

President Shahabuddin’s conflicting statements regarding Sheikh Hasina’s resignation have ignited a nationwide outcry and demands for his immediate removal, plunging the country into a profound constitutional crisis. The interim government’s muddled response has only deepened the turmoil. One adviser accused...

Setting up Jamuna University on the bank of Jamuna

2024-10-29 00:00:00

There are 55 public universities, 115 private universities, and 3 international universities, totalling 173 universities currently operating in our country. The number of public universities is nearly half that of private universities. Education costs are comparatively lower at public universities,...

Rehabilitating Dhobaura flood victims

2024-10-29 00:00:00

Dhobaura Upazila, located in Mymensingh district, recently experienced one of the most devastating floods in its history. Approximately 50,000 people across seven unions in the upazila were affected. This 15-day flood severely damaged nearly all paddy fields, fish farms, and...

Breaking market syndicates

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-10-29 00:00:00

The report that members of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, in short, Movement, in Khulna will sell essential commodities from non-profit sales centres raises our spirits. That is for the simple reason that it is the same students who took to...

Local currencies to promote intra-regional trade

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-10-29 00:00:00

Intra-regional trade among the member-countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is still negligible or minimal compared to their total trade volume. Trading between these countries account for only about 5 per cent of their total foreign trade....

Renewed emphasis on renewable energy

2024-10-29 00:00:00

The scrapping of 42 power-plant projects including 37 renewable in the pipeline by the interim government could give a wrong message to both investors and the people here but for its evaluation. Now it has made the right choice for...

Fakhrul urges govt not to make rash decision

FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 12:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the interim government should not make any impetuous decision on the removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin from his office."The highest forum of BNP will discuss the issue and...

Weather (2024-10-28)

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Light rain/drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy...

Moving car ploughs thru’ students on Airport Road

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Three students were injured when a private car hit them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near city's Airport Road on Sunday, reports UNB.The accident occurred near the third terminal of Shahjalal International Airport, said Mustafizur Rahman, inspector of Airport Police Station.The...

Ex-DMP chief Faruq turned away at airport

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Airport officials have reportedly stopped Khandker Golam Faruq, the former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), from flying out to Thailand, reports bdnews24.com.Immigration officials at Shahjalal International Airport turned him away at around 02:30am on Sunday."Faruq arrived at immigration to...

Prof Abul Quasem appointed Bangla Academy president

2024-10-28 00:00:00

 The interim government has appointed essayist, researcher, literary critic and social analyst Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq as the president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term, reports bdnews24.com.The 84-year-old Huq taught at the Department of Bangla at Dhaka University for...

ACC summons ex-state minister Sharif Ahmed

FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned Sharif Ahmed, former Awami League MP of Mymensingh-2 constituency and former state minister for housing and public works, on charges of abuse of power, embezzlement of government funds, and acquiring substantial illegal wealth including cars...

Strict monitoring from Nov 1 to enforce ban on polythene bags: Rizwana

FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00

Strict monitoring will be in place to ensure the ban on the use of polythene shopping bags starting from November 1. This announcement was made by Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, on...

Rampant plying of numerous battery-driven auto-rickshaws

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Rampant plying of numerous battery-driven auto-rickshaws has long been creating a nagging gridlock on the busy main road at Dakpara in Keraniganj off the capital. The snapshot was taken on Sunday. — FE Photo

Navy, Air Force recognised as symbols of trust: CA

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said Bangladesh Navy and Air Force have once again been recognised as symbols of trust by the people of the country, reports UNB.He said Bangladesh Navy and Air Force have stood by...

Barrister Suman sent to jail

2024-10-28 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent former independent lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman to jail after his bail was denied on completion of a five-day remand in a case over an attempt to murder, reports UNB.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan...

Ex-minister Mosharraf Hossain arrested

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Detectives have arrested former Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain in Bashundhara residential area of the capital, reports UNB.A team from the Detective Branch (DB) of the police held Mosharraf on Sunday, said Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the...

Jubo League man beaten to death in Rajshahi

2024-10-28 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 27 (UNB): Unidentified miscreants have beat and stabbed to death a Jubo League (JL) man in the city.The dead is Mim (25), son of Abdul Momen of Ramchandrapur area in the city.He was a close aide and relative...

BD condemns Israeli attacks on Iran

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Bangladesh has unequivocally condemned the recent Israeli military strikes on Iran, viewing these actions as a severe violation of Iran's sovereignty and a breach of the United Nations Charter and international law, reports BSS."Bangladesh calls upon regional and global stakeholders...

Forge unity to build country free from discrimination

2024-10-28 00:00:00

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has called for forging national unity to build discrimination-and corruption-free, youth-centric humane Bangladesh with the spirit of July revolution, reports BSS."Let us build a strong unity to make a discrimination-and corruption-free and humane Bangladesh," he...

Plots on to create constitutional crisis: Salahuddin Ahmed

FE REPORT | 2024-10-28 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has said conspiracy is going on to create constitutional crisis in the country. He also called upon all to remain vigil so that the collaborators of the fascist cannot get any...