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Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture: Commission

2024-12-21 00:00:00

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has said the victims of enforced disappearance have gone through inhuman torture in secret detention centres in a systemic manner, reports BSS."The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and...

Bicycle exports picking up

SAIF UDDIN | 2024-12-21 00:00:00

The country's bicycle export earnings have started showing a sign of recovery on the back of increasing demand in Europe, the key destination for the two-wheeler, stakeholders have said.According to them, there had been excessive stocks of the vehicle of...

Two BCL leaders sent to jail

2024-12-21 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has sent two central leaders of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to jail, reports BSS.They are BCL central organising secretaries Siam Rahman and Anowar Hossain Naieem.Police produced them before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on expiry of...

Tk 29m distributed among families of uprising martyrs

2024-12-21 00:00:00

KHULNA, Dec 20 (UNB): The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has provided financial assistance of Tk 29 million to 58 families of martyrs from the anti-discrimination student movement in Khulna division.Each family received a cheque for Tk 0.5 million.The event was...

'Law to be enforced strictly to check use of polythene bags'

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Tapan Kumar Biswas, chairman of Polythene Bag Monitoring Committee formed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, has said apart from raising public awareness about the use of biodegradable bags, law will be strictly enforced to stop polythene...

Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad staged a demonstration

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad staged a demonstration at the foot of Raju Sculpture in the Dhaka University on Friday, demanding ban on participation of Awami League and Jatiya Party in the election. — bdnews24.com

Hasina must land in jail: Farroque

FE REPORT | 2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson's adviser Zainul Abdin Farroque has said fallen autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina must have to land in jail even for a single day."Sitting in India, Sheikh Hasina is taking coffee and walking in the park in...

DNA test confirms death of MP Anwarul Azim

2024-12-21 00:00:00

DNA analysis has confirmed that the flesh and bones recovered by the West Bengal police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) during their investigation into the murder of Bangladeshi MP Md Anwarul Azim (Anar) belonged to the slain lawmaker, Hindustan Times reports.According...

Gono Odhikar Parishad organised a demonstration

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Gono Odhikar Parishad organised a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday to protest against 'rehabilitation of the councillors, elected without public mandate during the Sheikh Hasina regime'. - Focus Bangla

EC ramps up preparations for national election

2024-12-21 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC), under the stewardship of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, has embarked on preparations for the nation's 13th parliamentary election, setting the wheels in motion for what it promises to be a festival time in...

Over 780 civilians killed in paramilitary siege in Sudan: UN

2024-12-21 00:00:00

GENEVA, Dec 20 (AFP): At least 782 civilians have been killed and more than 1,100 wounded in a months-long paramilitary siege of the capital of Sudan's North Darfur, a United Nations report said Friday.Since April of last year, Sudan has...

Palestinians accuse Israeli settlers of mosque arson in West Bank

2024-12-21 00:00:00

NABLUS, Dec 20 (AFP): Palestinian officials reported on Friday that Israeli settlers had set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, an act Israeli police said was under investigation.According to Abdallah Kamil, the governor of Salfit, the attack...

US Congress scrambles to try to avert looming shutdown after Trump demand rejected

2024-12-21 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters): The US Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation's debt...

Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugees

2024-12-21 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Dec 20 (AFP): Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port.The group, including 25 children, were taken...

Australian research sees bird flu fatal for vast majority of pregnant women

2024-12-21 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Dec 20 (Xinhua): Contracting bird flu is fatal for a vast majority of pregnant women, an Australian research has said.The research, which was published on Friday by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne, systematically reviewed over 1,500...

World must 're-evaluate' sanctions to help rebuild Syria: UN

2024-12-21 00:00:00

GENEVA, Dec 20 (AFP): International sanctions imposed on Syria must be reassessed to help the country rebuild following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, the head of the UN's migration agency said Friday. "So to rebuild the situation, there will...

Biden to visit Italy during final days in office

2024-12-21 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (AFP): US President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet separately with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis, the White House said Thursday, in what will likely be his last overseas trip before...

Rahul Gandhi faces police probe over parliament scuffle

2024-12-21 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (Reuters): India's Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said on Friday.Police were...

Fighters from Myanmar civil war aggravate bitter ethnic conflict in India

2024-12-21 00:00:00

IMPHAL (India), Dec 20 (Reuters): Indian militant groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border to Manipur state this year, Indian security officers said, inflaming the bitter 19-month ethnic...

Man Utd's Mount out for several weeks

2024-12-21 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP): Mason Mount is facing another lengthy spell on the sidelines, compounding his misery during another stop-start season at Manchester United.The former Chelsea midfielder has been a peripheral figure since arriving at Old Trafford in July last...

(From L) Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong

2024-12-21 00:00:00

(From L) Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, French defender Jules Kounde and Spanish defender Alejandro Balde take part in a training session on the eve of the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid at...

Australia axe McSweeney, call up Konstas for fourth India Test

2024-12-21 00:00:00

MELBOURNE, Dec 20 (AFP): Opener Nathan McSweeney was dropped from Australia's squad for the fourth Test against India on Friday, with teenager Sam Konstas getting his first call-up.Fast bowler Jhye Richardson was also included in the 15-man lineup to give...

Young Tigresses beat Nepal to seal Asia Cup final

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh Women's Under-19 team confirmed the Asia Cup final berth after thrashing Nepal by 9 wickets in Super 4 phase clash at Kuala Lumpur on Friday, reports BSS.The young Tigresses will now take on India in the final tomorrow (Sunday)...

MSC record fourth straight win, Abahani edge past Kings

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) recorded their fourth straight win in the Bashundhara Group Bangladesh Premier League football beating Bangladesh Police Football Club by 3-1 goals in a match held at Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Friday, reports BSS.In...

Tarique hails BD cricket team for WI series win

FE REPORT | 2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman congratulated Bangladesh national cricket team for winning the T-20 series against West Indies with 3-0 victory. Member of BNP media cell Sairul Kabir Khan said Tarique Rahman felicitated the Bangladesh team in...

Bowling attack gives us confidence to sweep West Indies series: Liton Das

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh stand-in captain Liton Das said the bowlers' superb form gave him the confidence to sweep West Indies in the T20 International series for the first time, reports BSS.The Tigers won the first match by seven runs and the second...

Tigers register historic T20 series win

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh clinched an 80-run victory over the West Indies on Friday in the third T20I, completing a historic 3-0 series sweep at the Arnos Vale Ground, reports UNB.Jaker Ali led the effort of Bangladesh with his career-best knock, and bowlers...

Global equity funds face huge outflows ahead of Fed rate decision

2024-12-21 00:00:00

Investors liquidated equity funds at the fastest rate in 15 years in the week to December 18, driven by caution and profit-taking in anticipation of a hawkish outcome from the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting after a recent market rally,...

BRAC BANK HOLDS BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN DRILL

2024-12-21 00:00:00

BRAC Bank has recently organised Annual Business Continuity Plan Drill 2024 to test and streamline its preparedness in the event of a disaster. The daylong drill included a simulation in which critical units vital to banking operations, such as account...

Hami Industries' stock keeps rising despite its financial struggles

FE REPORT | 2024-12-21 00:00:00

Hami Industries, a junk stock, has been flying high on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) despite enduring financial losses and failing to pay dividends for over a decade.The financial indicators of the 'Z' category company remain deeply negative, with losses...