Kamala Harris moves to shore upkey swing-state supportDEARBORN, July 29: Osama Siblani's phone won't stop ringing. Just days after President Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, top officials...
NEW YORK, July 29 (BBC): US President Joe Biden has unveiled a sweeping proposal to reform the Supreme Court, calling on lawmakers to establish term limits and form an ethics code "to restore trust and accountability" on its nine justices.The...
SYDNEY, July 29 (AFP): Covid-19 is still driving Australia's above-average mortality rate, research showed on Monday, with experts predicting the disease's impact will continue to be felt for years to come.The Australian Actuaries Institute found that five percent more people...
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Israel's President Isaac Herzog there needed to be "immediate steps" towards a ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas militants in Gaza."The Prime Minister said there must be immediate steps towards...
CARACAS, July 29 (BBC): President Nicolás Maduro has won Venezuela's presidential election, according to partial results announced by the electoral council.The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso - who is a close ally of Mr Maduro -...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
Dr Rupa Chanda was a Professor of Economics at IIM Bangalore since 1997 to 2021. Prior to joining IIMB, she was an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. Currently she is serving as a Director of Trade,...
The residents of Dhaka continue to suffer significant hardships due to waterlogging, a problem exacerbated by the blame game among various government agencies. This recurring issue surfaces whenever there is sustained rainfall, leaving residents to deal with the aftermath. The...
The World Tiger Day was observed on Monday highlighting the importance of tiger conservation. These majestic animals, the largest and most recognisable of the big cats, are facing critical threats such as habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflict. The celebration...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
New research by Forbes Advisor has ranked Dhaka the sixth riskiest city on earth for tourists. However, Dhaka was never a great tourist attraction to be shocked by this poor ranking by an international rating body. True, it has been...
Rafeen Huq | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
The country's economy was passing through a challenging time well before the start of the 'quota reform' movement. The situation has become far more difficult following the violent protests that have claimed many lives and left public and private properties...
Dhaka has added yet another dubious sobriquet to its already infamy-laden epithets. The Forbes Adviser has found it to be the sixth riskiest city for tourists among the world's 60 cities it has considered on the basis of seven key...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions; at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places...
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan visited operational activities of the air force members, deployed in aid to civil power, at the Shah Amanat International Airport in the port-city on Sunday. — ISPR
Mahtab Bin Alamgir, son of Mohammad Alamgir and Hasina Alamgir, died of cardiac arrest at a residence in the capital's Mohammadpur on Friday. He was 61, says a press release.He was laid to rest at Bogura Road Graveyard in Barisal...
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in the 24 hours until Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 55 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 272 more patients were hospitalised with viral...
Today (Monday) is Global Tiger Day that reminds all of the urgent need to protect tigers and their habitats. A target was set by the world leaders from 13 tiger range countries at the 2010 Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit to...
The Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) has condemned the false and misleading propaganda being spread by certain vested groups through various foreign media and social media platforms, aiming to tarnish the image of the Bangladesh Army both domestically and...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 28: Police have arrested 50 more people in Chattogram over the past 24 hours - from Saturday evening to Sunday evening - on charges related to clashes and arson attacks during the recent quota reform movement. Among the...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday to dispose of a representation that sought probe into allegations of accumulation of huge wealth and laundering it abroad by former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. The HC bench of...
Spanish Ambassador Gabriel Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchero met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban in the capital on Sunday. – PID
FE REPORT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified suspicious transactions in 116 bank accounts held by former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed and his family members.The anti-graft body mentioned these findings in a report submitted to a High Court (HC)...
DB Chief Harun-or-Rashid has assured families of the detained quota reform movement coordinators that their loved ones are safe and there is no need for concern, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference at his DB office in the capital on...
A Dhaka court has placed three people including former president of Islami Chhatra Shibir Rashedul Islam Rashed on a seven-day remand in an explosives act, reports BSS.The two other remanded accused are Jamaat-e-Islami treasurer Khandaker Mizanur Rahman and executive committee...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting with the presidents and general secretaries of the Dhaka south and north city units, Dhaka district unit, all associate bodies and mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations at the...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded on Sunday that the government release all detained opposition leaders and students from prison unconditionally. It also called upon the government to stop torturing them (leaders and students, during remand. Secretary General of BNP Mirza...
A Dhaka court has placed eight people including BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar and former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur to a five-day remand each...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP had a plot to capture 'Ganabhaban' like Sri Lanka, if the curfew had not been enforced on the night of July 19 to control the situation created centering the quota...
Special doa and prayers were offered on Sunday at all mosques, temples, pagodas and churches across the country seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of those who were killed in violence centering the quota movement and wished recovery of...
Bangladesh Police have made a major reshuffle with transferring two additional inspector generals of Police (AIGPs), five additional deputy inspector generals (ADIGs), and 48 Superintendents of Police (SP) ranking officials.The Public Security Division of the Home Ministry issued four separate...
The Anti-discrimination Student Movement has announced their next course of action programme, reports UNB.Rifat Rashed, Abdul Hannan Masud and Mahin Sarker, 3 coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, held the briefing on Saturday evening, in the background of three of...
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