TANGAIL, Oct 04 (UNB): Four people were killed and some 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Kalihati upazila of Tangail early Friday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Nannu Khan,...
SYLHET, Oct 04 (UNB): The bodies of nine people killed during the recent student movement in Sylhet are set to be exhumed for autopsies.The bodies will be exhumed once the necessary preparations are complete, police said.Among them, six victims are...
Heavy rainfall on Friday afternoon caused severe waterlogging in several parts of capital Dhaka, leading to immense suffering for commuters, reports UNB.Many were seen wading through waterlogged streets in areas such as Mouchak, Malibagh, Shantinagar, Moghbazar, Kakrail, Paltan, Dainik Bangla...
Another 317 people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.Of the new patients, 50 were admitted in hospital under Dhaka North City Corporation while 114 were hospitalised in Dhaka South City Corporation, according to the...
Poet and thinker Farhad Mazhar was admitted to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the city due to health issues, reports bdnews24.com.He was admitted to the hospital at around 11:00 am on Friday, said Mohammad Romel, coordinator of 'Vaab boithoki'...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has called upon Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to facilitate the entry of more skilled and semi-skilled workers from Bangladesh into Malaysia, reports UNB.The President made the request during a meeting with the Malsysian PM at Bangabhaban...
Three-year-old Bayezid, who suffered burn injuries after a 'gas explosion' in Dhaka's Sukrabad, has died. This takes the death toll from the incident to three, reports bdnews24.com.The doctor declared Bayezid dead around 9:30 pm on Thursday. He had burns on...
The participants of the 14th Academic Council meeting of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), including its Vice Chancellor Air Vice Marshal A K M Manirul Bahar, posed for a photo session during the event recently. —...
Members of Green Voice formed a human-chain in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday, demanding ban on excessive use of motor horn to reduce sound pollution and save Dhaka. — FE Photo
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The century-old Kalurghat Bridge over the Karnaphuli River is finally going to be replaced with a new one at a cost of Tk 115.60 billion, as the interim government is likely to approve the first railway project after reviewing its...
Police have arrested a Juba League leader in connection with a case filed over the death of Emon, who was shot dead during the anti-discrimination student movement in the city's Mirpur-10 on August 4, reports BSS.The arrested was identified as...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) brought out a rally in the National Press Club area in the capital on Friday to drum up support for realisation of its various demands. — FE Photo
Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the media coordinator of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Bashundhara residential area early Friday, reports UNB.The arrestee has been identified as Imtiaz Selim,...
A Dhaka court on Friday placed Bangladesh Krishak League (BKL) central committee president Samir Chandra on three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Dulal Sardar during the student-led uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the...
GAZIPUR, Oct 04 (BSS): Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman on Friday called for uniting all people to build a discrimination and exploitation-free country."We want to build a discrimination and exploitation-free country. For this, we need to unite the 1.8 million...
Eminent Dhallywood actor, freedom fighter and politician Masud Parvez, popularly known by his stage name Sohel Rana, has launched his new political organisation titled 'Bangladesh Justice Party' ('Bangladesh Insaf Party' in Bangla), reports UNB.The formation of the party under the...
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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the world is playing a silent spectator's role after Israeli air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut. He further said question is also now in public minds about the role of the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (AFP): The United States and India are set to work together on supply chains for critical minerals that are key to clean energy technologies, the US Commerce Department said Thursday in a statement.US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo...
LONDON, Oct 4 (AFP):The UK government on Friday announced investment of nearly £22 billion ($28.8 billion) in projects to capture and store carbon emissions created by industry and energy production.The money will fund "carbon capture clusters" in Merseyside, northwest England,...
Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Paulo Fernando Dias Feres, has said that Bangladesh has yet to fully explore the potential of accessing Brazilian animal protein, particularly beef, reports UNB.He suggested that Bangladesh could consider Brazilian meat as a low-cost nutrition option...
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The prices of egg, vegetable, delicious hilsa, green chilli and other commodities have surged over the past week, making the items increasingly unaffordable for poor and low-income consumers.Apart from ongoing rainfall across the country, market observers said, insufficient market monitoring...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI) for sustainable and eco-friendly housing development. Director General of HBRI Md Ashraful Alam was present as the chief guest at the event. Deputy...
HONG KONG, Oct 4 (Reuters); Some China-focused hedge funds are reporting explosive returns in September, thanks to a sharp rebound in Chinese stocks driven by Beijing's aggressive stimulus package.The surge in stocks, which fuelled a 25 per cent record jump...
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Islami Bank Bangladesh dominated the weekly turnover chart of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) this week, with three other banks also making the top turnover list, as investors actively traded banking stocks.The three other banks are BRAC Bank, Social Islami...
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Stocks continued their downward spiral this week, sparking protests from investors, as a series of strict regulatory measures, policy changes, and rising interest rates have dampened investor sentiment, contributing to volatility in the market.The market has remained bearish over the...
Philippines accuses China of assaulting Vietnamese fishermen in S China SeaMANILA, Oct 04: The Philippines accused Chinese maritime officials on Friday of carrying out an "unjustified assault" on Vietnamese fishermen in the contested waters of the South China Sea, adding...
FAYETTEVILLE, Oct 04 (Agencies): Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina for the fourth time in a month, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to firm up support in a state he was winning handily a few months ago but...
SEOUL, Oct 04 (AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if attacked by the South and ally the United States, state media reported Friday.Relations between the two Koreas are at one...
NEW DELHI, Oct 04 (Reuters): Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.The visit will be the first by an Indian...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (Reuters): Authorities in Pakistan sealed off the capital, Islamabad, and blocked cellphone services on Friday to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, officials said.It would be the latest in a...
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