Since the interim government assumed office, the first foreign delegation set to visit Bangladesh -- a high-profile one at that -- will be a US inter-agency team on September 14-15. According to media reports that cited top sources in Washington,...
Afrin Noor and Hasnat M Alamgir | 2024-09-13 00:00:00
Little research in occupational health and safety has been done to date in Bangladesh to identify the types of events, causes, or the specific groups of workers at risk of developing allergies or irritations at work, despite the persistent and...
WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (AFP): Kamala Harris and Donald Trump return to the campaign trail Thursday, with the Democrat hoping her dominant display in their first presidential debate will boost her chances in the knife-edge US election.The rivals are heading to...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 (AFP): Several Pakistan MPs detained under new protest laws after demonstrating in support of jailed former premier Imran Khan were allowed to attend parliament Thursday.Ten MPs were arrested this week, some from their offices in the National...
TOKYO, Sept 12 (AFP): The race to become Japan's next prime minister kicked off Thursday with a record nine candidates including the son of a former premier and a nationalist vying to be the country's first woman leader.Whoever wins the...
GAZA, Sept 12 (BBC): The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says six of its employees have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school it runs in central Gaza.Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said a total of...
KURIGRAM, Sept 12 (BSS): The bodies of three children, who went missing while taking bath in the Brahmaputra river on Wednesday in Nageshwari upazila of the district, were recovered from the river on Thursday.The deceased were Atik Hasan, son of...
KHULNA, Sept 12 (UNB): Severe erosion is threatending an embankment along the Kopotakkho River in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna triggering fear of flooding in vast areas.Locals urged the authorities concerned to take measures to renovate the embankment as a large...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-13 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 12: The much-talked-about Tahirpur-Badaghat frontier road in Sunamganj district has been run-down and usable for 30 years, leaving commuters in trouble.The road constructed in 1993 from Tahirpur upazila headquarters to Badaghat border has badly been hit by floods...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCHANDPUR, Sept 12: Chandpur Shilpakala Academy, the district-level state-sponsored cultural centre, has been kept shuttered down over one and a half months ago following vandalism in the aftermath of the changeover of the Sheikh Hasina-led autocratic regime. Non-functioning of...
Bangladesh allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz handed his 'man of the series' prize money for the Pakistan Test series to the family of a rickshaw puller who was martyred during the student-led Anti-Discrimination movement, report agencies.Miraz was key behind Bangladesh's landmark...
Bangladesh paceman Shoriful Islam will miss the two-Test series in India this month with a groin injury he suffered in Pakistan, the country's cricket board said on Thursday, report agencies.Shoriful had suffered a groin injury during the first Test against...
FE REPORTChief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday accorded a reception to the Bangladesh cricket team at his office in Tejgaon, Dhaka, following their 2-0 Test series victory against Pakistan in August-September 2024.Welcoming the cricketers at the reception, the...
MUMBAI, Sept 12 (Reuters): India's palm oil imports in August fell more than a quarter from a month ago, primarily driven by sufficient domestic stocks and negative margins that discouraged refiners from purchasing more of the tropical oil, a leading...
PARIS/BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters): Chicago wheat futures extended gains on Thursday to a two-month high as news that Egypt bought a large amount of Russian wheat this week reinforced expectations that supplies in the Black Sea export zone are ebbing...
Meena Bazar, one of the country's leading supermarket chains, has inaugurated its latest flagship outlet in Bashundhara Residential Area, says a press release. The new store, located in the JCX Business Tower on Japan Street (opposite the Walton Corporate Office),...
Oil prices rose by more than 1 per cent on Thursday to extend a rebound spurred by concern over Hurricane Francine's impact on U.S. output, though a gloomy demand outlook capped gains, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures for November rose 94...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature...
Transparency International US and Transparency International Bangladesh have said the US can show its genuine partnership by playing a proactive role in helping the people of Bangladesh recover the assets that rightly belong to them and that are so desperately...
Director General (DG) of the Directorate of Primary Education DG Md Abdus Samad has been made Officer on-Special Duty (OSD) on Wednesday. He has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Administration, reports UNB.
Veteran journalist Shafik Rehman has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) due to multiple health issues, reports UNB.Dr Rafiqul Islam, BNP's Health Affairs Secretary, visited Shafik at the hospital on Wednesday on behalf of the party's acting...
FE REPORTThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate the corruption of four former Members of Parliament (MP), including State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain, for amassing wealth by abusing their positions.The other three MPs are Mohammad...
The Ministry of Public Administration has canceled the appointments of eight newly appointed Deputy Commissioners (DCs) out of a total of 59, reports UNB. The announcement was made by Senior Secretary Dr. Md. Mokhlesur Rahman during a press briefing at...
THAKURGAON, Sept 11 (UNB): The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has returned the body of Joyonto Kumar Singha, a Bangladeshi schoolboy who was fatally shot along the Baliadangi border in Thakurgaon. The body was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh...
East West University (EWU) has again demonstrated its commitment to social responsibility and humanitarian efforts, says a statement. In response to the devastating floods that have recently affected the Feni, Cumilla, and Noakhali districts, EWU has contributed over Tk 3.3...
Tahmid Shakib | 2024-09-12 00:00:00
Some students are against the ban of student politics in higher education institutions-a demand that came to surface after the fall of the Awami League (AL) regime-but they support an embargo on student politics affiliated with parties which contest for...
Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen met Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at her office in the ministry on Wednesday. — PID
SM NAJMUS SAKIBThe road traffic in the city has been in a complete mess as both pedal and battery-run autorickshaws and easy-bike dominate the main roads amid a poor presence of traffic police.Auto rickshaws have been found plying even the...
NARAIL, Sept 11 (UNB): A case has been filed against 90 people including former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on charge of carrying out attacks on students and people during the anti-discrimination student movement. Sheikh Mostafa...
KHULNA, Sept 11 (BSS): An activist of anti-discrimination students' movement Kadrul Hasan, who had been missing since Thursday, has been found in an unconscious state in the city.Police and local people said Ahsanullah, an Imam of Madinabad Jame Mosque under...
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