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...
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...
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the interim government's advisory council at Bangabhaban in the capital on Friday. — PID
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 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 in Dhaka on Friday, calling for a national pay scale, food rations and to be placed under the home ministry. — Photo Focus Bangla
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...
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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...
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...
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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 in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Friday, a sign that life is slowly returning to normal despite struggling sales. — Focus Bangla
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday that party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia would fly abroad soon for receiving advanced medical treatment.Mentioning her long struggle for democracy, he said, "No woman leader in the world...
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The finance ministry has asked the central bank to take necessary steps to provide more than $7.6 million for an instalment to the ICBC and Exim Bank of China under a buyer's credit syndicated loan agreement.Under the agreement, more than...
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Short-term corporate borrowing from external lenders has reversed a months-long decline, rising slightly to $11.40 billion as of June, according to central bank data, as firms seek to steer domestic economic challenges and tap into stabilising global financial conditions.According to...
Dhaka's Ramna Park is once again filled with families seeking respite on a Friday afternoon, a welcome return to everyday life after a tumultuous month of protests, curfews and the subsequent downfall of the government. — FE Photo by Shafiqul...
Nigeria has recorded 39 cases of mpox since the beginning of the year, a health official said as concern mounts over the global spread of the disease, report agencies.The cases were across the country and have not been fatal, according...
BOGURA, Aug 16 (BSS): A murder case has been filed here against 101 persons, including Awami League (AL) president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former minister Obaidul Quader, for killing a teacher during the anti-discrimination student movement.Sekandar Ali,...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mod reaffirmed Delhi's support for a democratic, stable, peaceful and progressive Bangladesh during his telephone conversation with the head of Bangladesh's present interim government."Prime Minister receives telephone call from the Chief Adviser, Interim Government of Bangladesh,"...
Lt-General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has replaced Brig-Gen (retd) Sakhawat Hussain as home adviser as some interim government portfolios have been redistributed, according to a handout from the Chief Adviser's Office.The reshuffle came following the swearing in of four new...
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Over 600 people were killed during the recent student protests in Bangladesh and most of the killings occurred in actions carried out by security agencies and ruling- party cadres to curb the movement, says a UN report. "According to available...
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Severe carrier-capacity crunch has further pushed up airfreight rates for cargo transport from Dhaka to Bangladesh's main export destinations, disrupting air shipments, stakeholders say. According to them, last month's political upheaval, which led to the formation of a new government,...
UN chief calls for banning nuclear testing "for good"UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for banning nuclear testing "for good" in an observance message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on Aug....
WARSAW, Aug 16 (AFP): A Polish deputy prime minister on Friday denied his country's involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September 2022."Poland did not take part in anything. It has to...
LARGO, United States, Aug 16 (AFP): Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made an upbeat show of unity Thursday as they held their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic Party's candidate in November's election.Chants of...
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