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Country-rating dependent on political stability

2024-08-18 00:00:00

As the country rejoices the end of an era of managed elections and ever-increasing economic cronyism and autocratic rule, the reports are still coming in on the hefty price people have paid in blood and the fallout of political turmoil...

Political crisis in Bangladesh & the way forward

Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-08-18 00:00:00

On Monday, August 5, Bangladesh’s long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a popular mass uprising against her increasingly brutal authoritarian rule. She along with her sister Rehana had flown to India landing at Hindon Airforce base, outside...

Ukraine boosting positions in Russia's Kursk, says Zelensky

2024-08-18 00:00:00

KYIV, Aug 17 (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces were "strengthening" their positions in Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive.His comments come a day after Russian officials accused Ukraine of destroying...

Modi calls for unity among Global South partners to meet aspirations of humanity

2024-08-18 00:00:00

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted his country's "path-breaking initiatives" for the Global South and proposed a Global Development Compact for the Global South, reports UNB.He hoped that discussions held among the Global South partners would be duly...

Israeli strike in south Lebanon leaves 10 dead, five injured

2024-08-18 00:00:00

NABATIEH, Aug 17 (Reuters): Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh city in south Lebanon, state news agency NNA said on Saturday.The...

Gaza truce deal closer than ever: Biden

2024-08-18 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (BBC/AFP): Joe Biden has said he is "optimistic" that a Gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. "We are closer than we've ever been," the US president said following the latest round of talks, adding he was...

China to impose export controls on strategic minerals on Sept 15

2024-08-18 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters): China will impose export limits on antimony and related elements in the name of national security, its commerce ministry said on Thursday, Beijing's latest move to restrict shipments of critical minerals in which it is the...

Gold rallies to record high on softer dollar

2024-08-18 00:00:00

Gold prices soared to an all-time high on Friday as the dollar weakened on growing expectations for an interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September, and as tensions in the Middle East bolstered demand for bullion, reports Reuters. Spot...

Slowing global jet fuel consumption adds to oil demand concern

2024-08-18 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters): Global jet fuel demand is poised to soften as a slowdown in consumer spending hits travel budgets, a shift that could weigh on oil prices in the months ahead.Global oil demand has struggled to meet...

Weather (2024-08-17)

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy...

Mother, son killed in Cumilla bike accident

2024-08-17 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Aug 16 (BSS): A woman and her son were killed and father was injured after being hit by a covered-van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sadar Dakshin upazila of the district on Thursday.The dead are Mariam Akter (20), wife...

50 hospitalised with dengue

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Fifty dengue patients were hospitalised with dengue fever in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports BSS.Of the new patients, 14 were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while the rest were outside the capital, according to the Directorate General of...

Army rescues confined woman in B'baria

2024-08-17 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 16 (UNB): Bangladesh Army has rescued an elderly woman who was locked in a room for three months by her own children in Brahmanbaria.Jahanara Begum (70) is the widow of late Haji Md Abdu Mia of Gorkanghat area...

People of various ethnic communities of plain land marched in a procession

2024-08-17 00:00:00

People of various ethnic communities of plain land marched in a procession from Shahbag to the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Friday to press for their various demands. — Focus Bangla

Govt to resolve schooling problem in CHT: Adviser

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (CHT) Adviser Supradip Chakma has said the government will mitigate the crisis of school education in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), reports BSS."We want to ensure quality education for our children. Multimedia classrooms and digitisation education system...

BD sets goal to eradicate HIV by 2030

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Thirty-five-year-old Ramiza (not real name) was a sex worker. Her parents died in a fatal road accident while she was only nine and a half years old. She took shelter at her maternal uncle house after the incident. Her grandmother...

UN to support interim govt: Spokesperson

2024-08-17 00:00:00

The United Nations (UN) as said they are willing to support the interim government and people of Bangladesh as required, reports UNB."Regarding what you said about support for Bangladesh, I can certainly confirm that we remain willing to support the...

Interim government's advisory council meeting

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the interim government's advisory council at Bangabhaban in the capital on Friday. — PID

Address gaps in laws, methods to protect children

FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00

Najat Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, called on the new interim government on Friday to seize the current transition as an opportunity to address the existing gaps in laws and methods to protect...

I love Bangabandhu, so went to Dhanmondi 32

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Abdul Quddus Makhan was attacked by a group of youths while paying his respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 on Aug 15, reports bdnews24.com."I love Bangabandhu, so I went," said Makhan after the attack.On Friday,...

Student movement coordinators to visit violence victims

2024-08-17 00:00:00

The Anti-discrimination Student Movement will visit those injured in recent violence at different hospitals as part of their Resistance Week programme, reports bdnews24.com.Abu Baker Majumder, one of the group's coordinators, announced the programme early on Friday morning.In his statement, he...

Hafiz, Zahid made BNP standing committee members

2024-08-17 00:00:00

BNP has inducted its vice chairmen Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and Dr AZM Zahid Hossain into the party's standing committee, the highest policymaking body, reports UNB.BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at...

Any activist involved in Dhanmondi attack will be expelled, says Sarjis

2024-08-17 00:00:00

The Anti-discrimination Student Movement will expel any of its coordinators or deputy coordinators if they were involved in the untoward incident that erupted at the Bangabandhu Museum when some people came to pay their tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,...

BNP to form peace brigades to prevent return of AL

2024-08-17 00:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the opposition leaders and workers to create 'peace brigades' in their respective area saying that ousted autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina is plotting to incite chaos in the country from India, reports...

Village policemen form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Village policemen form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, calling for a national pay scale, food rations and to be placed under the home ministry. — Photo Focus Bangla

Mpox vaccine maker seeks approval for use in teens

2024-08-17 00:00:00

COPENHAGEN, Aug 16 (AFP): Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Friday it was seeking European approval to use its mpox vaccine in children aged 12 to 17, after the WHO declared the current virus surge a global public health emergency.The World...

Tk 30m cash recovered from ex-secy Shah Kamal's house

FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police recovered Tk30 million in cash and foreign currencies worth Tk1.0 million from the residence of former Senior Secretary of the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry Md Shah Kamal. A team of DMP, acting on a tip-off, raided...

Report on murder case against Hasina, 22 on Sept 22

2024-08-17 00:00:00

A Dhaka Court on Friday set September 22 to submit a probe report in a case filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 22 others over killing of a 26-year-old student, Md Sifat Hossain, amid a student movement in...

Maj Gen Ziaul put on 8-day remand

FE REPORT | 2024-08-17 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan on eight-day remand in a case filed over the killing of hawker Md Shahjahan in New Market area of the capital during the anti-quota student movement.Arfatul Rakib,...

Shoppers return to a holiday market

2024-08-17 00:00:00

Shoppers return to a holiday market in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Friday, a sign that life is slowly returning to normal despite struggling sales. — Focus Bangla