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China wants to import sea fishes, jute products from Bangladesh

2024-10-04 00:00:00

China has expressed keen interest to import sea fishes, shrimps, crabs, jute products and mangoes from Bangladesh.The interest was evinced as Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen made a courtesy call on Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter at her...

Sri Lanka's Jayawickrama handed one-yr ban

2024-10-04 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Oct 03 (Agencies): Sri Lankan spin bowler Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from cricket for a year by the sport's world governing body after he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge.The International Cricket Council said the 26-year-old spinner, who...

Mbappe left out of France squad for Nations League games

2024-10-04 00:00:00

PARIS, Oct 3, 2024 (AFP): France captain Kylian Mbappe has been left out of his team's UEFA Nations League matches this month after coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday named his squad.The Real Madrid star returned from a short spell on...

Stepping away from captaincy will be beneficial for Babar: Younis

2024-10-04 00:00:00

Former Pakistan skipper Younis Khan has endorsed ex-captain Babar Azam's decision to resign from captaincy, stating that it will be "beneficial" for him, according to Pakistani Tv channel Geo Tv.The veteran cricketer has also proposed the names of wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad...

Bowlers come to the party as Tigresses end ten-year wait

2024-10-04 00:00:00

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Oct 03 (Agencies): Bangladesh kicked off the Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run win over tournament debutants Scotland in the searing heat of Sharjah on Thursday.An unwanted 16-match, decade-long losing streak in T20...

Argentina court gives permission to move body of Maradona

2024-10-04 00:00:00

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 03 (AP): A court has authorized the removal of the remains of soccer legend Diego Maradona from a private cemetery so they can be placed at a public mausoleum that is under construction in Buenos Aires.The court...

A farmer busy putting his water spinach

2024-10-04 00:00:00

A farmer busy putting his water spinach, harvested from a landfill in the city's Matuail area, into a bag for sale in the nearby market — bdnews24.com

Two youths electrocuted in Habiganj

2024-10-04 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Oct 3, 2024 (BSS): Two youths died after being electrocuted at Goakara village under Lakhai upazila of the district on Wednesday night.The deceased were Faraj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Rauf Mia, and Jamshed Mia, 35, son of Hazi...

Two Indian nationals detained along Rajshahi border

2024-10-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 03 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained two Indian nationals from Yusufpur border outpost area (BOP) in Charghat Upazila of Rajshahi.The detainees were Ainal Haque, 55, son of Abdur Rahim, and Shoaib Nabi Sheikh,40, son of...

Hilsa galore at Cox's Bazar fish landing centre, but prices high

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-04 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Oct 03: Local fishermen are returning to the district fish landing centre from the Bay of Bengal with trawlers full of hilsa during its peak season.But, the price of the national fish is still high despite its peak...

News in Brief -2024-10-04

2024-10-04 00:00:00

Palestinian activist wins prizefor peaceful resistanceSTOCKHOLM, Oct 03: Palestinian activist Issa Amro on Thursday accepted the Right Livelihood prize-considered by some an alternative Nobel-for his "nonviolent resistance to Israel's illegal occupation" in the West Bank, the jury said. Amro was...

S’pore ex-minister jailed for graft

2024-10-04 00:00:00

SINGAPORE CITY, Oct 03 (BBC): Subramaniam Iswaran, a senior cabinet minister in Singapore's government, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison in a high-profile trial that has gripped the wealthy nation.Iswaran, 62, pleaded guilty to accepting gifts worth more...

Trump 'resorted to crimes' to overturn 2020 election

2024-10-04 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 03 (AFP): Donald Trump launched a "private criminal effort" to subvert the 2020 US election and should not be shielded by presidential immunity, Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing unsealed on Wednesday.Smith, in a 165-page...

Deadly Israeli strike on central Beirut: 9 killed

2024-10-04 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Oct 03 (BBC/AFP): Overnight Israeli air strikes on central Beirut killed nine people, Lebanese officials say. Israel carried out a deadly air raid Thursday on a Hezbollah rescue facility in central Beirut, Lebanese sources said, after multiple Israeli ground...

At least 50 dead

2024-10-04 00:00:00

GOMA, Oct 03 (AP): A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were on board...

Link between alienation and addiction

2024-10-04 00:00:00

From a young age, children are exposed to devices that release large amounts of dopamine in the brain, a chemical that makes us feel good. Many millennial parents might not realise this, but this exposure can lead to addiction over...

Holding CUCSU elections

2024-10-04 00:00:00

The Chittagong University Central Student Union, known as CUCSU, was established in 1966 with the aim of enhancing students' education, fostering leadership, and giving them a platform to voice their concerns and rights. Unfortunately, these ideals have long been neglected....

Unethical practice by medical professionals

Shiabur Rahman | 2024-10-04 00:00:00

Acceptance of commission by doctors from diagnostic centres and different benefits from pharmaceutical companies has long been an open secret in the country. Media reports suggest the commission from diagnostic centres ranges from 30 per cent to 50 per cent...

Navigating the political miasma

Nilratan Halder | 2024-10-04 00:00:00

Eminent citizens, the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), the Udichi and progressive social and political organisations have come down heavily on the interim government for dissolution of the 10-member coordination committee it formed for revising the primary and secondary school textbooks....

Peace in garment sector still elusive!

2024-10-04 00:00:00

Despite reports of relative calm in the readymade garment (RMG) hubs of Ashulia and Gazipur, the reality on the ground speaks for a different picture. Workers have continued to take to the streets, organising protests and blockading highways-a clear indication...

Transforming Bangladesh's banking sector

Syed Md Aminul Karim and Md Ariful Islam | 2024-10-04 00:00:00

In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced significant changes and developments across its financial landscape, but amid the progress, corruption continues to plague the banking sector. The country is at a pivotal moment, as it must tackle systemic issues to ensure...

IMF assists BB task force to address vulnerabilities in financial sector

2024-10-03 12:00:00

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in collaboration with other development partners - the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), USAID, and the UK's FCDO - is assisting the task force formed by Bangladesh Bank (BB) to address vulnerabilities in the...

Ex-MP Henry, husband on 7-day remand

2024-10-03 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 02 (UNB): A court in Sirajganj on Wednesday placed ex-MP for Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry and her husband Md Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the death...

Diamond World MD Dilip sent to jail

2024-10-03 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Diamond World Limited Managing Director (MD) Dilip Kumar Agarwala to jail in connection with a case filed over the murder of 16-year-old Hridoy Ahmed during the recent anti-discrimination student movement in the capital's Badda...

Salman Rahman placed on seven-day remand

2024-10-03 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a total seven-day remand in two separate cases of attempt to murder filed with Nababganj Police Station and Dohar...

Fakhrul acquitted in arson case

2024-10-03 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven other party leaders and activists were acquitted on Wednesday by a lower court in an arson case filed at Paltan Police Station, reports UNB.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman acquitted...

Arrest collaborators of AL regime: BNP

FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday reiterated its demand to the interim government to arrest the former authoritarian Awami League regime's collaborators, who are still in their positions at different government organisations.The party also asked the collaborators to resign without...

Badruddoza Chowdhury hospitalised

2024-10-03 00:00:00

Former President and veteran politician Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka city's Uttara area with lung infections on Wednesday, reports UNB.He was admitted to the Uttara Medical College for Women and Hospital after his condition...

Shibir announces DU committee

DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir announced a 14-member committee for its Dhaka University (DU) unit on Wednesday, two weeks after it revealed its president and secretary for the unit.Abu Sadique Kayem, DU's Shibir unit president, and SM Farhad, secretary, also shared...

Travel ban on ex-MP, BB deputy governor

FE REPORT | 2024-10-03 00:00:00

A Dhaka court imposed a travel ban on several high-profile individuals, including Abdus Sobhan Golap, former member of parliament (MP), and Sitangshu Kumar Sur, an ex-Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor, along with his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and their daughter...