A Dhaka Court on Friday set September 22 to submit a probe report in a case filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 22 others over killing of a 26-year-old student, Md Sifat Hossain, amid a student movement in...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
A Dhaka court on Friday placed former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan on eight-day remand in a case filed over the killing of hawker Md Shahjahan in New Market area of the capital during the anti-quota student movement.Arfatul Rakib,...
Shoppers return to a holiday market in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Friday, a sign that life is slowly returning to normal despite struggling sales. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday that party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia would fly abroad soon for receiving advanced medical treatment.Mentioning her long struggle for democracy, he said, "No woman leader in the world...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
The finance ministry has asked the central bank to take necessary steps to provide more than $7.6 million for an instalment to the ICBC and Exim Bank of China under a buyer's credit syndicated loan agreement.Under the agreement, more than...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Short-term corporate borrowing from external lenders has reversed a months-long decline, rising slightly to $11.40 billion as of June, according to central bank data, as firms seek to steer domestic economic challenges and tap into stabilising global financial conditions.According to...
Dhaka's Ramna Park is once again filled with families seeking respite on a Friday afternoon, a welcome return to everyday life after a tumultuous month of protests, curfews and the subsequent downfall of the government. — FE Photo by Shafiqul...
Nigeria has recorded 39 cases of mpox since the beginning of the year, a health official said as concern mounts over the global spread of the disease, report agencies.The cases were across the country and have not been fatal, according...
BOGURA, Aug 16 (BSS): A murder case has been filed here against 101 persons, including Awami League (AL) president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former minister Obaidul Quader, for killing a teacher during the anti-discrimination student movement.Sekandar Ali,...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mod reaffirmed Delhi's support for a democratic, stable, peaceful and progressive Bangladesh during his telephone conversation with the head of Bangladesh's present interim government."Prime Minister receives telephone call from the Chief Adviser, Interim Government of Bangladesh,"...
Lt-General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has replaced Brig-Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hussain as home adviser as some interim government portfolios have been redistributed, according to a handout from the Chief Adviser's Office.The reshuffle came following the swearing in of four new...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Over 600 people were killed during the recent student protests in Bangladesh and most of the killings occurred in actions carried out by security agencies and ruling- party cadres to curb the movement, says a UN report. "According to available...
SYFUL ISLAM and YASIR WARDAD | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
Severe carrier-capacity crunch has further pushed up airfreight rates for cargo transport from Dhaka to Bangladesh's main export destinations, disrupting air shipments, stakeholders say. According to them, last month's political upheaval, which led to the formation of a new government,...
UN chief calls for banning nuclear testing "for good"UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for banning nuclear testing "for good" in an observance message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on Aug....
WARSAW, Aug 16 (AFP): A Polish deputy prime minister on Friday denied his country's involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022."Poland did not take part in anything. It has to...
LARGO, United States, Aug 16 (AFP): Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made an upbeat show of unity Thursday as they held their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic Party's candidate in November's election.Chants of...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (AFP/Reuters): Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year, after the World Health Organization declared an international emergency over its spread."The affected person has come from a Gulf country,"...
GENEVA, Aug 16 (Agencies): The United Nations on Friday said the deadly Israeli settler attack on a village in the occupied West Bank was "horrific", adding that "by and large, we are seeing impunity" for such attacks.One UN rights official...
BANGKOK, Aug 16 (Reuters): Thailand's parliament elected political neophyte Paetongtarn Shinawatra as its youngest prime minister on Friday, only a day after she was thrust into the spotlight amid an unrelenting power struggle between the country's warring elites.The 37-year-old daughter...
MUMBAI/KOLKATA, Aug 16 (Reuters/PTI): Police in the Indian state of West Bengal on Friday arrested hundreds of protesters angry over the rape and murder of a medic last week, while a doctors' association urged more than a million colleagues nationwide...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 (AFP): Members of Congress on Thursday called on Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg to give them details regarding ads for opiods and other illicit drugs on the tech titan's platform.A letter signed by 19 lawmakers pressed for...
BEIJING, Aug 16 (AFP): Carmaker BMW will recall 1.4 million vehicles in China due to faulty airbags, the country's market regulator announced on Friday.Cars that have had steering wheel refits may have defective airbags from Japan's Takata Corporation that could...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 16 (BSS): The authority decided to open Chattogram Custom House (CCH) Saturday for the convenience of importers and exporters.This was disclosed in an office order signed by Deputy Commissioner Imam Ghazzali on behalf of the Chattogram Customs Commissioner...
JAKARTA, Aug 16 (AFP) : Indonesian President Joko Widodo hailed his economic track record on Friday in a final state of the nation address before he leaves office in October after a decade in power.Widodo, more popularly known as Jokowi,...
Six more readymade garment (RMG) factories of the country have achieved the recognition of the LEED certification this month, raising the number of the LEED-certified factories to 226, reports UNB. As of July this year, the number of the LEED-certified...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-08-17 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 16: A project has been taken to construct four bypasses and a flyover at five important points on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway at a cost of Tk 80 billion (Tk8,000 crore).A loan agreement has been signed with the Japan...
MUMBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters): Indian government bond yields ended higher on Friday, tracking US peers, after strong economic data curtailed expectations of an aggressive Federal Reserve rate cut next month.The benchmark 10-year yield ended at 6.8700 per cent, compared with...
Japan stocks led gains in Asia on Friday to notch their best week in four years, after Wall Street rallied overnight as fresh economic data eased recessionary fears, reports CNBC.The Nikkei 225 jumped 3.64 per cent to cross 38,000 for...
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