OUR CORRESPONDENTPABNA, Aug 10: Cucumber farmers in Meherpur district of greater Kushtia are set to suffer a crop failure this season upon using seeds that came out to be adulterated. Although the trees have already come into leaves and flowers...
DUBAI, Aug 10 (AP): Two suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, authorities said Friday.The Houthis did not immediately claim the assaults,...
SEOUL, Aug 10 (AFP): North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un insisted recovery efforts would be "based on self-reliance" despite offers of aid from abroad.Pyongyang last...
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (BBC): Russia has imposed a "counter-terrorism operation" regime in three regions to try to halt a surprise cross-border incursion by Ukrainian troops.The authorities in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on the border with Ukraine now can...
GAZA, Aug 10 (BBC/AFP/AP): An Israeli air strike on a school building sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City has killed more than 70 people, the director of a hospital has told the BBC.Fadl Naeem, head of al-Ahli Hospital where many...
YANGON, Aug 10 (Reuters): A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.Four witnesses, activists and a...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters): China's central bank will seek to "enrich" its monetary policy toolbox and will gradually increase buying and selling of treasury bonds in its open market operations, its second-quarter monetary policy implementation report said on Friday.The People's...
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters): Goldman Sachs' fund division is to leave investor engagement group Climate Action 100+, joining other financial services companies which have pulled out amid a political backlash in the United States.US members of global climate-focused coalitions have...
Babul Barman and Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
Listed manufacturing companies are looking forward to a sort of normalcy to recover from losses incurred during the suspension of production amid curfew, Internet outage, and vandalism carried out after the fall of the government. Representatives of several companies talking...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of the Palestinian resistant movement Hamas was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, hours after attending the inauguration of the newly elected Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. Both Hamas and Iran's Revolutionary Guards...
The violence across the country during the recent quota reform movement has resulted in the death of over 200 people, while thousands were injured. Many individuals who were not involved in the protests have also been shot dead in their...
There are reports of fires, looting, and robbery in different parts of the country. In Dhaka's Mohammadpur area, news of a robbery was announced through the mosque's microphone, urging everyone to be cautious and alert. Additionally, there have been reports...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
Business and politics are totally separate entities and should never mix. Unfortunately in Bangladesh, the two have become so mixed up that the line between the two has become almost blurred. This has resulted in a troubling synergy between politicians...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-08-11 00:00:00
In principle, free trade means the free movement of goods, services, capital and people across borders. In practice, it means national policies and regulatory objectives put greater or lesser constraints on the movement of each. It is how the Dictionary...
The administrative void that existed for three days following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister of the country ended when an interim government, headed by Dr Muhammad Yunus, took charge on Thursday evening. The Supreme Court, in response...
KHULNA, Aug 9 (UNB): Authorities have deployed 2,200 members of Ansar and Village Defense Party (VDP) across Khulna district to maintain law and order and traffic in the absence of police.The personnel have been assigned to various critical locations, police...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam has visited Central Police Hospital at Rajarbag in the city to see the policemen injured in the recent countrywide unrest, reports BSS.The IGP inquire about their condition and gave necessary instructions to...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Police has decided to reinstate a bunch of officers who were earlier suspended from their jobs for administrative reasons.The order for their suspension has been withdrawn.The latest decision to this end was made in an order issued by...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) on Friday urged the interim government to repeal or substantially amend the Cyber Security Act (CSA), 2023. The act continues the repressive measures of the Digital Security Act (DSA), 2018 and the...
Arafat Ara and Gulam Rabbani | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
The recent unrest and a rise in atrocities after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's regime have put the country's tourism sector in a dire strait for over a month. Panic gripped people across the country as a student protest over...
Chief Adviser of the newly-formed interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus and thirteen advisers paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar on Friday, reports BSS.At first, Dr Yunus placed the...
Members of Hindu community have announced a fresh programme to block Shahbag in the capital for ensuring their security.They made the annoucement at a rally on Friday Hindu communities will block Shahbag intersection in the capital at 3:00 pm today...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Prof Muhammad Yunus on being appointed as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, reports UNB."Heartiest felicitations to Professor Muhammad Yunus on his swearing-in as Chief Adviser of the Government of the People's...
Foreign Affairs Adviser of the newly-formed interim government Md Touhid Hossain has laid emphasis on maintaining a balance with the big powers in terms of relations, reports UNB.He also said Bangladesh needs to have good relations with all the countries."We...
Chief Minister of India's West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has sent her congratulations to Muhammad Yunus for his appointment as the chief adviser to the new interim government, reports bdnews24.com. In a message posted on her social media account, she said:"My...
The United States has welcomed Bangladesh's interim government chief adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus's call for an end to the recent violence, reports UNB.The US reiterated that they stand ready to work with the interim government and Dr. Yunus as it...
CUMILLA, Aug 09 (BSS): People of all strata of life are rejoicing and distributing sweets amid huge enthusiasm at Akubpur village under Muradnagar upazila on Friday since Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, one of the coordinators of Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement, took...
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu speaking at a press conference at the JaPa chairman's Banani office in the capital on Friday. — Focus Bangla
UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, has said the United Nations has a crucial role in supporting the Prof Muhammad Yunus-led transition government until a national election is announced in the coming months, reports UNB."The United Nations has a...
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