FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Some officials and employees of the Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC (IBBPLC) staged a demonstration in front of its headquarters in the capital on Tuesday, demanding their due promotions and benefits.They also demanded that no staff members who joined the IBBPLC...
FE REPPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
A significant shake-up in the top ranks of the Bangladesh Army has been made in the changed political landscape of the country.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed the changes through a media release on Tuesday.Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan has been...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Panic grips Dhaka city with scanty economic activity on Wednesday in the absence of law-enforcers during the transitional period following a regime change.Public-private offices, banks and financial institutions resumed activities on the day following the withdrawal of the curfew, but...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia moves to freedom from incarceration in an abrupt change of fortune as her political archrival relinquishes power amid student-people uprising.She was released Tuesday by an executive order from her internment in the...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Clients complained difficulties in withdrawing funds from both bank counters and ATMs amid after-closure cash crunch as bankers refrained from refilling money on security grounds during power transition, sources said. Commercial banks reopened Tuesday after a general holiday declared during...
Bangladesh High Performance (HP) suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Pakistan Shaheens in their Australia tour after their team batters came up with an insipid batting display in Darwin on Tuesday, reports BSS.The HP team earlier beat Australia's domestic team Northern...
PARIS, Aug 06 (AFP): Armand Duplantis says the defence of his Olympic pole vault crown in world-record style came as no surprise as he had visualised it a "million times" when practising as a child in his own backyard.Coached by...
PARIS, Aug 06 (AP): Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles.The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find a way to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade. They just weren't sure...
TAHITI, Aug 06 (Xinhua): French surfer and Tahiti native Kauli Vaast surfed to victory in the Olympic surfing men's finals on Monday, while Caroline Marks continued the US monopoly on the women's Olympic title.The Olympic surfing competition reached its final...
LONDON, Aug 06 (AFP): Argentina international midfielder Guido Rodriguez became West Ham's sixth summer signing on Tuesday.The 30-year-old, who was part of the Argentina squad which won the World Cup in 2022 and the 2021 and 2024 Copa America titles,...
GENEVA, Aug 06 (AFP): More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was...
The UAE, India and Sri Lanka are in the shortlist to be back-up venues in case the International Cricket Council (ICC) is forced to shift the women's T20 World Cup later this year out of Bangladesh, report agencies.Bangladesh has been...
The Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is now extremely busy, with a rapidly increasing number of passenger vehicles and goods-laden trucks. Narsingdi is known for its nationwide cloth market, textile industry, and spinning mills. With a significant export-oriented textile industry located here, there...
The people in general are deeply concerned and anguished over the recent reports of widespread attacks on Hindu houses and business establishments across at least 29 districts in the country. Reportedly, in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, the house of Pradip Chandra...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
After the tumultuous protests that ended with the exit of the prime minister, it is time to pick up the pieces. The economic fallout has been devastating to the economy and it is too early to put a figure on...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Globalisation as was known more than two decades back is now believed to have taken a tilt with geopolitics shaping things in a way quite different from what it was before. Economists consider this a transition of global order, especially...
The unprecedented bloody encounters between students and government forces of the past weeks that left a trail of devastation and deaths have finally put an end to the more than 15 years long authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina with her...
KHARTOUM, Aug 06 (AFP): Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed nine people in northern Sudan, as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between rival security forces, a medic told AFP Tuesday."Nine people have died...
BAGHDAD, Aug 06 (AFP): A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.The rocket fire on Monday was the latest in a...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 06 (AFP): A Polish man accused of drunkenly punching Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen goes on trial in Copenhagen on Tuesday, risking prison time and deportation if convicted.The suspect, whom Danish authorities have ruled cannot be named in...
MAIFADOUN, Aug 06 (BBC): Israel says it has carried out an air strike against what it said was a "military structure" used by the armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.The Lebanese health ministry said four people were killed in the...
LONDON, Aug 06 (BBC): The wave of violent unrest and disorder across parts of the UK continued on Monday night as police came under attack in Belfast, Darlington and Plymouth.Six people were arrested in Plymouth while several officers suffered minor...
MIAMI, Aug 06 (AFP): At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding.A 13-year-old boy died when a tree was blown onto a mobile home...
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (AFP): Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic -- and bruising -- bid for the White House.Walz had...
NEW YORK, Aug 06 (Reuters/BBC): The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, at what Secretary...
MANIKGANJ, Aug 06 (BSS): Harvesting of jute is going on in full swing in all the seven upazilas of the district this season.Sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a total of 4,765 hectares of land was brought...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Aug 06: Water lily, the national flower of the country, is usually seen during the rainy season when beels and haors, paddy fields, canals, ponds and lakes are full to the brim with water.During the rainy days, water lily...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 06: The overall flood situation in the district has improved somewhat as the water levels of local rivers have started to decline.Sources said the water levels of Bakkhali and Matamuhuri rivers and Rejukhal have started to come...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has implemented the Employment Injury Scheme Pilot (EIS-PILOT) to help compensate workers in the readymade garment (RMG) industry who sustain workplace injuries or lose their lives. This programme aims to give RMG employees and their families some measure of...
BENGALURU, Aug 05 (Reuters): India's Bharti Airtel reported first-quarter profit above expectations on Monday as more users paid for faster and higher margin 4G and 5G services.Consolidated net profit for the first quarter rose more than two fold to 41.60...
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