PARIS, July 26 (Reuters): Saboteurs struck France's TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks that caused chaos on the country's busiest rail lines and heightened security concerns ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in Paris later...
LONDON (Reuters): Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged China to prevent its companies from supporting Russia's military, his office said on Friday following a meeting between Lammy and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.The two spoke on the sidelines of an...
GENEVA (Reuters): Around 80 countries reached agreement on Friday on rules governing global digital commerce including recognition of e-signatures and protection against online fraud, but failed to bring the United States on board.After five years of negotiations, coordinators Australia, Japan...
LOS ANGELES, July 26 (AP): Hollywood's video game performers announced they would go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters): G20 financial leaders will say on Friday there is a rising likelihood of a global economic "soft landing", but warn wars and escalating conflicts could endanger this outlook, according to the final draft of a joint...
Travel agencies across the country have incurred a loss of Tk 6 billion in six days amid the curfew, holidays, and internet service interruption around the quota protests, reports bdnews24.com.According to the members of the Association of Travel Agents of...
Asia-Pacific markets mostly rebounded Friday, after Thursday's sell-off saw some indexes in the region hit their lowest level in months, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 was the notable outlier, extending losses for an eighth straight day to 37,667.41, down 0.53 per...
Global equity funds witnessed fresh investments in the week through July 24 despite a selloff in leading technology stocks as investors remained optimistic about a still-strong second-quarter earnings season, and potential Fed rate cuts, reports Reuters.According to LSEG data, investors...
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Singer Bangladesh saw its second-quarter net profit drop 45 per cent year on year to Tk 257 million, thanks to higher finance costs amid rising interest rate.In the same quarter (April-June) of the previous year, the electronic and home appliance...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-27 00:00:00
Stocks slipped on both the bourses this holiday-shortened week dogged by worries about what lies in the days ahead as recent anti-quota protests turned into deadly violence, leading to imposition of curfew, Internet blackout and an unscheduled three-day holiday.Investor sentiment...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy...
One more person died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 51 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 148 more patients were hospitalised with viral...
The capital Dhaka ranked 58th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQ score of 52 at 9:00 am on Friday morning, reports UNB.The air quality was classified as 'moderate', according to the AQI index.When...
Bangladesh Air Force Women's Welfare Association (BAFWWA) President Saleha Khan distributed food items among poor and underprivileged people in the areas around Dhaka Cantonment in the capital on Thursday. — ISPR
Two teenage boys have drowned in the Kaptai Lake of Rangamati town, reports bdnews24.com.The two victims are 15-year-old Edison Saha, a tenth grade student from Rangamati Government High School, and Arnob Chowdhury, another student in the same grade at Shah...
A total of 11 cases have been filed in connection with the clashes between quota reform protesters and law enforcers, and the looting of weapons from Narsingdi prison, report agencies. Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, Narsingdi superintendent of police (SP), disclosed this...
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr A S M Maksud Kamal visited Rokeya Hall and Sir A F Rahman Hall of the university in the capital on Friday to see the rooms damaged during the recent anti-quota movement. — Focus Bangla
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Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) demanded on Friday a fair investigation into the violent clashes that happened over the student movement for quota reform in government services.The association also pressed for ensuring exemplary punishment to those responsible for the killing of...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-07-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 26: The prices of daily essentials escalated in the port city of Chattogram last week due to countrywide political unrest and a curfew in force.As a result, people on low incomes are spending their days in utter misery...
A mourning procession of Left Democratic Alliance crossing the road in front of the Baitual Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on Friday to commemorate the quota movement deceased. — Focus Bangla
A Dhaka court has sent former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur to jail in a case lodged over vandalising and setting fire to Setu Bhaban in the capital's Banani area on July 18, reports...
A Dhaka court has sent six leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami including Sultan Salauddin Tuku to jail in a case lodged over rampaging state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban at Rampura in the capital, reports BSS.The five other accused are BNP...
The 53rd birth anniversary of Bangabandhu's grandson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy is today (Saturday), reports BSS.Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eminent nuclear scientist Dr M A Wazed Miah, played the...
Devotees offering prayer in the Baitual Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on Friday, as Awami League arranged special munajat in all mosques across the country, seeking salvation of the deceased and quick recovery of the persons, injured during the...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said every incident of recent attacks and sabotage will be investigated to ensure justice, reports UNB.He also said no genuine students will be harassed during the investigation. "Those who killed PS of Gazipur ex-mayor Jahangir...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has called upon all to continue the ongoing one-point movement for unseating the government through mass upsurge.JCD, an associate body of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), made the appeal in a statement, signed by its president...
Describing the killing of quota reform protesters by law enforcers as 'mass murder', BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has demanded the army be returned to the barracks, lifting of the curfew that has now been imposed for a...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said those who were involved in the violent acts during quota reform movement will be brought to justice, reports BSS."Legal action will be taken against those involved in the violent acts. Trial...
India has deeply appreciated "excellent cooperation" received from the government of Bangladesh, noting that over 6700 Indian students returned home safely, reports UNB."So far, we have had over 6700 Indian students who have come back from Bangladesh. We have received...
Street vendors stand idle on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, as sales plummet in the wake of anti-quota protests that sparked widespread violence and a curfew. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
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