SYDNEY, Aug 11 (AFP): An alliance of leading Australians has demanded the government impose a total ban on gambling ads in a country that racks up some of the biggest losses per person in the world.Gambling losses in Australia, with...
PRETORIA, Aug 11 (BBC): Mia le Roux has become the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa following a divisive competition which saw one finalist withdraw after being trolled over her Nigerian heritage.In her acceptance speech, Ms Le...
NEW YORK, Aug 11 (BBC): Donald Trump's campaign has said some of its internal communications have been hacked and suggested it was targeted by Iranian operatives.US news website Politico reported on Saturday that it had been emailed campaign documents including...
KYIV, Aug 11(AP/AFP): Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia's Kursk border region, Zelensky broke the government's silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to "push the war out into the aggressor's territory"...
DUBAI, Aug 11 (AP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country's new foreign minister and also sought to appoint a woman as roads and housing minister. If approved, she would be Iran's...
MOSCOW, Aug 11 (AFP): Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas will visit Moscow next week to discuss the Gaza war with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Palestinian envoy said.Russia's state-run TASS news agency cited the Palestinian ambassador in Moscow as saying...
NARSINGDI, Aug 11 (UNB): Two people were killed and 45 others injured when a bus lost control and fell off the overpass at Basail area of Narsingdi on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Nurul Islam, 50, son of Abul...
SUNAMGANJ, Aug 11 (UNB): The tourism sector in Sunamganj has been severely impacted, incurring losses of approximately Tk 0.5 bllion (50 crore) due to a significant drop in visitors amid the ongoing situation and three devastating floods that struck the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 11: Since after Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and left the country on August 05, Varendra Research Museum of Rajshahi, the country's first and one of the main archaeological museums in South Asia, has...
Bangladesh has seen its democratic reputation severely tarnished over the last sixteen years, as voting rights have been stripped away and three consecutive rigged elections could not be recognised as free, fair, and transparent. Under Sheikh Hasina's totalitarian regime, all...
In recent days, violent attacks on Sufi shrines across the country have alarmingly increased. Following the recent political changeover, fanatics have vandalised and set several shrines on fire in Sylhet, Comilla, and Chattogram. In the absence of media coverage and...
Neil Ray | 2024-08-12 00:00:00
The kitchen market has eased up a little to the relief of the consumers. Vegetables that were selling at Tk 80 -100 per kilogram a week ago ---in fact, for months ---are now priced Tk 10-40 less. However, the prices...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-12 00:00:00
Students of Bangladesh during their 36-day movement launched between July 1 and August 5 last demonstrated a new kind of power. It was a veritable tsunami of political nature, though not driven by any politics, that brought down the government...
Since early July, unrest and uncertainty have taken a heavy toll on the economy, causing severe disruptions to regular life and various sectors. Businesses have been struggling to maintain regular operations, with stakeholders across the economy, including traders, entrepreneurs, producers,...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-08-12 00:00:00
It has recently been revealed by geo-strategist Giorgio Cafiero that efforts are underway to generate greater security cooperation between Jordan and the West through the presence of NATO in Jordan. Other analysts have also been monitoring this development carefully given...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-08-11 12:00:00
The government has so far achieved 74 per cent of Boro procurement target set for this season and is expecting to build up a handsome storage in the public food warehouses.Experts also put emphasis on maximising public food stock to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
BENAPOLE: A group of miscreants shot dead an expatriate in front of his residence in Jashore Sadar upazila on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Meher Ali, son of Sabed Ali, of the same village. He was a Bangladeshi expatriate...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
The OPEC Fund is poised to provide a $30 million loan to the City Bank Ltd to support the country's private sector for trade financing, especially in agriculture and green energy, officials said. The proposed short-term loan will have interest...
FE Report | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
After a long break for the anti-quota student movement, long-distance public transport has started to run with the passengers fewer than expected.Transport companies allege that they are getting only 1.0 per cent of their desired passengers as people are still...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
The country's overall fuel consumption pattern in power plants reversed during the quota reform movement, with a sharp rise in electricity generation from coal-fired power plants.State-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) leaned significantly towards coal-fired power plants, cutting the share...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
The Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, headed by Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, has decided to ensure swift trial for those involved in the killings during the student and public protests in July and August. A meeting between Dr...
Interim government Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus visits the family of Abu Sayeed, a Begum Rokeya University student who was killed in police firing during the quota reform protests, in Rangpur on Saturday. He offers his condolences and calls...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
Many foreign consultants and contractors, mostly Indians working under various development projects in Bangladesh, left the country during the last few days over security concerns amid a student protest that has toppled Sheikh Hasina's government.The over two weeks' violent street...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed on Saturday Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed as the 25th chief justice of Bangladesh.Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, seniormost judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, was first appointed as judge of the Appellate Division...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
Restoring confidence and normalcy in the banking sector comes first before going for reforms, said Finance and Planning Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed after his maiden meet held Saturday with the top brass under his jurisdiction. Banking sector virtually remained in...
Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus Saturday made a clarion call for all to stand united and build a new Bangladesh with equitable opportunities for all sections of people."This is our responsibility to build the new Bangladesh," he said after meeting...
Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Maksud Kamal, along with the provosts of seven university halls, has resigned following student protests, reports UNB.The resignation letters were submitted to the Ministry of Education on Saturday, confirmed Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Dr....
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Day...
Services have resumed in 177 more police stations across the country as of 03:00 pm on Saturday, reports UNB.This brings the total number of operational police stations to 538 out of 639 nationwide, according to the Police Headquarters.Of these, 84...
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'moderate' zone on Saturday morning, reports UNB. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 83 at 9:03 am, Dhaka ranked 11th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air...
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