The government on Thursday launched the final phase of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign in Barishal, Chattogram, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Rangpur divisions, with the support of the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF and WHO to protect 6.2 million girls...
Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus has called for an "urgent attention" to the Rohingya crisis, including convening an international conference, to find a sustainable solution to the crisis and ensuring "safe and dignified" return of the Rohingya people to...
Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the advisory council at his office in the capital on Thursday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The icddr,b's breakthrough research has been instrumental in the World Health Organization's (WHO) approval of Cecolin, the fourth HPV vaccine. This significant milestone strengthens global efforts to combat cervical cancer, which claims a woman's life every two minutes, with 90...
A Dhaka court has sent Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to jail in a case lodged over an alleged attempt to murder one Shahjahan Majhi in Dohar, reports BSS.Dhaka Senior Judicial...
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Secretary General Mamunul Haque has been acquitted in a rape case filed with Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Jasmine Ara Begum of the Narayanganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal delivered the verdict in the case on...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed November 17 for hearing on three separate review petitions challenging its verdict that annulled the caretaker government system in the constitution. The hearing was initially scheduled for Thursday, but Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman sought...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, currently on an official visit to Ottawa, held discussion with Canadian officials on strengthening defense cooperation and improving visa facilitation services for Bangladeshi nationals, particularly for students, reports BSS.The army chief engaged in discussions...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member, said on Thursday that they just want to establish a govt elected by the people and would allow required time to the interim government for holding general election.If that time...
Family members of the victims who were killed in the police custody during the Awami League (AL) regime, have demanded justice against those extra judicial killings, reports BSS.They formed a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) here...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 24: Jubo League (JL) Leader Firoz, also known as 'Dakat Firoz', was arrested on Thursday by a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a case filed over leading to the death of 16-year-old grocery shop worker, Saimon,...
Gathering before OMS (open market sale) trucks rises following sky-rocketing trends in the prices of essential commodities for weeks. The snap shows people trying desperately at Laxmibazar in Dhaka city to buy rice and flour at subsidised rates. — FE...
The Advisors' Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) has approved several key proposals for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and fertiliser to meet domestic demands.In a meeting held on Thursday, chaired virtually by Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed,...
Four more deaths due to dengue were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 268 this year.Among the recent fatalities, two occurred in the Dhaka North...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The government has set a six-month timeline to withdraw over 10,000 old vehicles from streets by replacing them with new vehicles and explore the scope of introducing electric vehicles for reducing air pollution in the city.The authorities were directed to...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The High Court has constituted a committee to investigate allegations of irregularities in the allocation of plots at Purbachal New Town in the name of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.Justice Miftah Uddin Chowdhury, a retired HC...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
Prices of some rice varieties, vegetables and fish have registered a rise further in the last one week, much to the misery of low-income families.Coarse, medium and finer rice varieties showed a price hike of Tk 4.0-6.0 per kilogram last...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed its rules allowing importers to arrange loans from overseas sources for industrial imports through purchases/sales contracts without letter of credits (LCs), officials said.Importers may also enjoy a maximum 60 days credit facility against commercial imports...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The handling of imported goods by private Inland Container Depots (ICDs) fell sharply, nearly 32 per cent, in the last six years, jeopardising returns on investment in these establishments.Each of the ICDs had to invest not less than Tk 3.0...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
Age limit for entering public service rises to 32 years on a government decision following an entrenched movement by jobseekers on the demand. A press release issued Thursday from the Cabinet Division carried the decision made by the interim government's...
Rezaul Karim from Washington, DC | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) will provide a grant amounting $250 million with an eye on helping to recoup the losses Bangladesh suffered due to the recent flood, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed told reporters on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., United...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
An economic slowdown now compared to previous months has prompted the IMF to revise down its growth forecast for Bangladesh in the current fiscal year. "The reason for revising down our growth forecast is response to what we saw in...
A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, along with Standing Committee members Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, in the long-standing Gatco corruption case. Judge Abu Taher of Dhaka Special Judges'...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
As the severe cyclonic storm Dana makes landfall in the Indian state of Odisha, Bangladesh is facing a reduced threat from the oceanic storm.Director of BMD Dr. Md Sadequl Alam said the cyclone is likely to make landfall in Odisha...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
The interim government has decided to elicit political consensus to settle the demand for abdication of President Sahabuddin following his reported double talk on former premier's resignation, while agitations continue. An adviser of the stand-in government informed reporters Thursday when...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-10-25 00:00:00
A Thai company engaged in the maiden expressway construction in Dhaka will finally have to transfer all shares to two Chinese partner firms as the duo wins an international arbitration, ending a deadlock.Officials hope the arbitration verdict, delivered on October...
LAXMIPUR, Oct 24 (BSS): A five-year-old boy was killed after a truck ran him over in Sonapur Chaitailla Digirpar area on Raipur-Laxmipur regional highway in Laxmipur Sadar upazila on Thursday.The deceased was Md Musa, 5, son of Shahadat Hossain, a...
BARGUNA, Oct 24 (BSS): A man died as a tree fell on him in bad weather in Betagi upazila here on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Ashraf Ali, 61, of Kismot Koruna area in Betagi upazila.Officer-in-Charge of Betagi Thana Md...
MOULVIBAZAR, Oct 24 (UNB): Some 0.3 million ( 3 lakh) people, living in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar district and Balaganj upazila of Sylhet district have been suffering badly as the Moulvibazar-Rajnagar-Kheyaghat Bazar Road has become unfit for movement due to...
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