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A day after a bad night's sleep

FE LIFESTYLE | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

While the country's situation is tumultuous, the people of Bangladesh have forgotten to sleep at night, scrolling social media to know what is happening around them. While almost all of us are suffering from sleep deprivation, it'll take some time...

Coping with anxiety and uncertainty during challenging times

NUSRAT MUNIA | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

In times of uncertainty, anxiety can be a pervasive and unsettling force. And who knows better than the whole generation Z of Bangladesh, who have recently spent weeks of sleepless nights? Such a force within is like an emotion that...

Weather (2024-08-07)

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met...

An army personnel showing a place to keep goods

2024-08-07 00:00:00

An army personnel showing a place to keep goods, taken away from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the capital, as some people came to the PMO on Tuesday to return those. — FE Photo

Onlookers gathered after a number of bodies were found

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Onlookers gathered after a number of bodies were found on the road in front of Jatrabari Police Station in the capital on Tuesday following sporadic clashes in the area on the previous day. — FE Photo

MBSTU VC, five others resign

2024-08-07 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Aug 06 (UNB): The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), prof. Dr. Md Farhad Hossain and five others of the university resigned from their posts on Monday night.Those who resigned are-university proctor Prof. Dr...

Decision on HSC exams today

2024-08-07 00:00:00

The decision on holding the rest of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will be taken today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The suspended HSC and equivalent examination were scheduled to resume from August 11."But whether the examinations will be held as per...

Don't attack innocent police

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Legal action will be taken after arresting the culprits involved in killing students and general people, said Sohel Rana, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, reports UNB."Following the victory of students and people, I am sure that the new...

UP chairman dies while fleeing mob in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

A Union Parishad (UP) chairman and upazila unit Awami League (AL) leader of Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila has died by drowning in a pond, in which he jumped after a mob of local Anti-AL group was looking for him to attack...

Arrest Hasina, send to BD

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan urged the Indian government to arrest Sheikh Hasina and send her to Bangladesh. He said, "Killer Hasina has fled to India. I urge the Indian government to arrest her...

AAG Morshed resigns

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Additional Attorney General (AAG) Sk Md Morshed resigned from his post on Tuesday. He sent his resignation letter to the President through Attorney General A M Amin Uddin, showing personal reason. He was appointed AAG on 24 January 2021. [email protected]

India reaches out to BD army chief

2024-08-07 00:00:00

India has reportedly made contact with Bangladesh's military leadership, led by Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, and requested that peace, law and order, and normalcy be restored as soon as possible in the country, The Hindustan Times reports.Citing India's top government...

212 BNP-Jamaat activists freed on bail in Pabna

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

PABNA, Aug 6: More than two hundred leaders and activists of various parties, including BNP and Jamaat, who were arrested in various police stations in Pabna during the quota reform movement, have been released on bail. They got bail from...

EU appeals all parties to reject communal violence, protect rights of all

2024-08-07 00:00:00

The European Union (EU) Heads of Mission in Dhaka has expressed concern about incoming reports of multiple attacks against places of worship and members of religious, ethnic and other minorities in Bangladesh, reports UNB."EU heads of Mission in Dhaka are...

BNP rally today

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a rally today ( Wednesday) at Naya Paltan in the capital.Member of BNP media cell Sairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to the FE.He said that BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman will address the...

Yunus declares BD 'liberated' after Hasina's resignation

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus described Bangladesh as a "free country" following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday after weeks of violent protests, reports UNB."We were an occupied country as long as she (Sheikh Hasina) was there....

AL-BNP clash leaves one dead in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 06: A BNP activist died and several others, including a BNP leader and a student, were injured during a clash with Awami League (AL) activists in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Zainal Ali,...

Law and order deteriorates in port city

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 06: The law-and-order situation has worsened in the port city in the absence of police from discharging their routine duties following the fall of the Awami League government.Spot accounts of the situation revealed on Tuesday students were controlling...

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station in the city to file a general diary only to find its gate locked on Tuesday. — FE photo

10 Rohingya people drown as trawler sinks at Teknaf

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 06: At least 10 Rohingya people drowned in Teknaf coastal area of the district when a trawler carrying them from Myanmar to Bangladesh sank in the Bay on Tuesday morning.The accident took place in the morning when...

Hasina's US visa status unclear, UK clarifies asylum rules

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Amid growing queries on visa status of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others the United States has said the visa records are confidential under US law, reports UNB."Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we do not discuss...

BB lifts ban on journo's entry

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder did not come to the office on the first day of the opening of the office after the fall of the Awami League-led government, reports UNB.However, the BB has lifted the ban on...

Container stockpiles build at Ctg port yards amid paltry delivery

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

As only 329 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers could be delivered on Monday, the Chittagong port yard was plagued with some 44,000 TEUs of boxes on Tuesday morning, officials say.The port has started functioning normally but is getting a...

36 more killed in clashes in 6 dists in two days

2024-08-07 00:00:00

At least 36 more people were killed in political clashes, attacks, and acts of vandalism in different districts on Monday and Tuesday, reports UNB.The districts are Lalmonirhat, Khulna, Gazipur, Kushtia, Chuadanga and Noakhali. In Khulna, three people, including Koyra Upazila...

Shops and businesses mostly remain closed

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Shops and businesses mostly remain closed on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide student protests. This photo shows a security guard watching his mobile phone in front of a shuttered shop at Baitul Mukarram Market in the city. — FE...

Palak ‘detained’ at HSIA

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Former state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak has reportedly been detained at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).Members for a government agency identified the Awami League leader and detained him at the airport on Tuesday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.An official working for...

Editors' Council for measures against unwanted incidents

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Editors' Council on Tuesday urged the President to take necessary measures so that no unwanted incidents like damage done to private and public property by unruly people happened after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as Prime Minister on Monday.The Council...

BNP has full confidence on students

2024-08-07 00:00:00

BNP has full confidence in the students to propose the names of interim government, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday. "We have shown solidarity with their movement and continue to support them. I would like to...

Int’l community for continuation of democracy in BD

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Different countries like the United States, Russia and Canada, and the United Nations have stressed on protecting lives and properties of people and ensuring steps to continue democracy.They made the call in separate statements issued on Tuesday, a day after...

Hasina's destination still unclear

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

As fallen Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has yet to find her destination--in a repeat of exile in over three decades--India decided Tuesday to give her time to choose.Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said so while briefing an all-party meeting...