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Misery in life without metro-rail in Dhaka after violent quota protest

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Fardu Khan, a regular passenger of Dhaka Metro Rail, was continuously negotiating with ridesharing motorcyclists around 8am to travel to his office shortly in Karwan Bazar, reports bdnews24.com.The riders at Pallabi in Mirpur were asking for Tk 250, while Khan...

Assuming that her husband is detained at the Detective Branch headquarters

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Assuming that her husband is detained at the Detective Branch headquarters, Sharmin Akter on Sunday brings medicines for Nazim Uddin Shahin who was picked up from their Ati Bazar home the previous night. Amid a police crackdown, the family has...

France's Pauline Ferrand Prevot and bronze medallist

2024-07-29 00:00:00

France's Pauline Ferrand Prevot and bronze medallist Sweden's Jenny Rissveds take a selfie as they celebrate on the podium after the women's cross-country mountain biking event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Elancourt Hill venue in Elancourt, on Sunday....

HC orders report on embezzlement of Tk 1.0b of Homeland Insurance clients

2024-07-29 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) ordered the authorities concerned on sunday to investigate the allegations of embezzlement of more than Taka 1.0 billion of the clients of Homeland Life Insurance Company Limited and submit a report on August 27.A High Court...

Remittances drop significantly in six days from July 19 to 24

2024-07-29 00:00:00

The country has seen significant drop in remittances from July 19 to 24. During the period a total of $78 million was received over six days, reports UNB. But in the first 18 days of July, the country received an...

5 coordinators for quota movement in safe custody: DB

FE REPORT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has urged the parents of five coordinators for the quota reform movement not to be worried about their sons as they are now in safe police custody."We've taken them (the coordinators) in our custody...

Juvenile freed from 7-day remand, sent to correction facility

FE REPORT | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

A Dhaka juvenile court on Sunday cancelled a seven-day remand order for Hasnatul Islam Faiyaz, ruling that he is a juvenile. The teenager was arrested over the killing of a police constable during violent anti-quota protests in Dhaka's Jatrabari area...

BR will have to refund passengers Tk 500m

Munima Sultana | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will have to pay Tk 500 million to passengers as demurrage from its total loss of Tk 563.64 million caused since the spread of violence for suspending trains after ticket sale.According to estimation, tickets valued at...

Tax collection misses mark despite VAT uptick

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

Tax-revenue collection faced Tk 274.29-billion shortfall even against a pared-down target for the immediate-past fiscal year though VAT receipt made a quantum leap.In June, the final month of the financial year, the VAT wing boasted a record growth of 47.2...

Briefing 2024-07-29

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Prayer Timings (2024-07-29)

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Mobile internet restored after 10 days of outage

FE Report | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

Mobile internet services have been restored in the country after a 10-day suspension.Around 3pm on Sunday, users of Robi, Grameenphone, Banglalink and Teletalk in Dhaka reported regaining access to the internet on their phones.State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information...

Student leaders 'not arrested,' to be released if out of danger

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has clarified that the five coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement "have not been arrested," and they would be released once the police deemed them out of danger, reports UNB.Speaking to journalists at his office in...

Govt to seek $700m from AIIB for deficit financing

SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh will soon seek US$700 million in budget support from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with the pivotal need to replenish the country's foreign-exchange reserves, officials have said.Sources at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) say the loan to fill...

PM consoles members of mayhem victims’ families, provides aid

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday consoled the family members of the deceased persons killed in the mayhem by BNP-Jamaat terrorists taking the advantages of the recent quota reform movement as they met her at her official residence Ganabhaban in...

Money outside banks rising amid disconcerting road ruckus

JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-07-29 00:00:00

An ambiance of uncertainty amid the latest road ruckus only accelerates the switch of cash from bank vaults into private coffers as some ATM booths went dry for some recent days. The volume of out-of-bank currency, euphemistically called 'mattress money',...

US-Japan talks focus on boosting military ties

2024-07-29 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 28 (AP): Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats held talks in Tokyo on Sunday on further bolstering their military cooperation, including by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces and strengthening American-licensed missile production in...

Eleven killed in central China landslide

2024-07-29 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, July 28 (AFP): A landslide caused by flooding in central China's Hunan province destroyed a local guesthouse and killed 11 people on Sunday, with at least one person still missing, state media reported. Official broadcaster CCTV said it had...

California fire rapidly reaches state's top 10 biggest ever

2024-07-29 00:00:00

CHICO, July 28 (AFP): A fire raging out of control in northern California has rapidly become among the biggest ever in the western US state, authorities said Saturday.The so-called Park Fire had burned almost 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares) as of...

Israel blames Hezbollah, vows response

2024-07-29 00:00:00

GOLAN HEIGHTS, July 28 (Reuters): A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese...

Harris raises $200m, signs up 170,000 volunteers

2024-07-29 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 28 (AP): Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $200 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week, an eyepopping haul in her race against the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.The campaign, which...

Trump courts crypto industry votes

2024-07-29 00:00:00

NASHVILLE, July 28 (BBC): Donald Trump has told one of the largest cryptocurrency events of the year that if he is re-elected president he will fire the chairperson of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the first day.Trump...

Maduro's challenger has wide lead over him in polls

2024-07-29 00:00:00

CARACAS, July 28 (AFP/BBC): Venezuelans vote Sunday between continuity in President Nicolas Maduro or change in rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia amid high tension following the incumbent's threat of a "bloodbath" if he loses, which polls suggest is likely.Concerns were further...

England beat West Indies by 10 wickets to win third Test

2024-07-29 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, July 28 (AFP): England captain Ben Stokes hit a whirlwind unbeaten fifty as his side thrashed the West Indies by 10 wickets in the third Test at Edgbaston on Sunday.Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0...

Mushfiq, Mominul likely to visit Pakistan with Bangladesh A team

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh two most experienced batters Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul are highly likely to be the part Bangladesh A team in a bid to prepare them well for the national team's upcoming Test series against Pakistan, reports BSS.Incidentally Bangladesh A team...

Ireland beat Zimbabwe in one-off Test

2024-07-29 00:00:00

BELFAST, July 28 (AFP): Andy McBrine starred with both bat and ball as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in a one-off Test in Belfast on Sunday after recovering from a dramatic top-order collapse.Set just 158 to win in the...

Triathlon swimming training session cancelled

2024-07-29 00:00:00

PARIS, July 28 (Xinhua): Practice sessions for the swimming leg of the Olympic Triathlon had to be cancelled on Sunday due to poor water quality in the River Seine, where the swimming leg is due to be held.The Paris 2024...

Sri Lanka beat defending champions India

2024-07-29 00:00:00

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, July 28 (PTI) Captain Chamari Athapaththu's turbo-charged fifty combined well with the steadfast half-century of Harshitha Samarawickrama as a resilient Sri Lanka carved an eight-wicket win over defending champions India to bag their maiden women's Asia Cup...

Biles dazzles on Olympic gymnastics return

2024-07-29 00:00:00

PARIS, July 28 (AFP): Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through a left calf injury to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start.The US superstar, aiming to add to the four gold...

BCB confident of hosting Women's T20 World Cup

2024-07-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that they are confident of hosting the upcoming ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup as per schedule as they feel there is no reason to worry despite the political unrest in the country, reports Cricbuzz.Earlier, reported...