TEL AVIV, July 14 (Agencies): The new British foreign secretary called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Sunday, his second international trip since Labour’s resounding victory in elections earlier this...
MOSCOW, July 14 (AFP): The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of a "paradox" in...
WASHINGTON, July 14 (AFP): World leaders reacted with shock to the wounding of Donald Trump in an assassination attempt against the former US president at an election rally.Presidents and prime ministers globally spoke out against political violence and expressed their...
Jatrabari Jhotika Sangsad returned to a winning run in the Bashundhara Group Senior (First) Division Football League outplaying Uttar Baridhara Club by 3-0 goals at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Shipahi Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur on Sunday, reports...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14 (AP): Luis Suárez still has a knack for big plays.The 37-year-old Suárez, Uruguay's career scoring leader, tied the score two minutes into second-half stoppage time, and Uruguay beat Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2...
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Agencies): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is going to audit the recently-concluded T20 World Cup at its next board meeting in Colombo next week. The board members have expressed disappointment over how the tournament was organized...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handing over the cheque of 1st runners-up of the Sheikh Hasina Inter-bank Football Tournament-2024 to Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank (FSIB), Md. Masudur Rahman Shah, Deputy Managing Director of FSIB...
The Copa America 2024 is already in its final stage and today (Monday, as per BST), it will be the day of the grand final between Argentina and Colombia. Beyond the pride of winning the oldest national team tournament in...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., July 14 (Agencies): Lionel Messi is one win from leading Argentina to a record 16th Copa America title. Colombia will do everything in its power to make sure that doesn't happen in a matchup that pits the...
JASHORE, July 14 (UNB): A 48-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants at Nauali village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Ferdousi Khatun, wife of Altab Hossain, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Spain...
KURIGRAM, July 14 (UNB): "We are heading to my sister's house in Guzimarir Char for refuge," said Rokeya from Haquer Char, a woman who just recently lost her homestead to the recent flood that stranded around 0.2 million (2 lakh)...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
SYLHET, July 14: Farmers have started cultivation of transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy in Sylhet division in a bid to recoup the crop losses caused by the recent and ongoing floods, officials and a number of farmers said.Contacted, additional director of...
It is deeply concerning to know about the widespread leaking of question papers for government recruitment exams, including the prestigious Bangladesh Civil Service exams, over the past 12 years. This alarming situation, disclosed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), underscores...
The metro rail service in Dhaka is hailed as the most efficient, fastest, and reliable mode of transport for its residents. It benefits millions of passengers. A megacity with a population exceeding 20 million and projected to grow further due...
Neil Ray | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
If Aristotle's famous saying, "One swallow does not make a spring" holds, one demon owl (barn owl) should not make a winter either. Right now developments all around are nightmarish with the exposure of dubious elements one after another in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
The annual inflation rate last month was 9.72 per cent, a welcome decline from seven-month high at 9.89 per cent in the previous month of May. Despite this temporary easing in comparative terms, there is nothing reassuring for the common...
Friday morning's torrential downpour -- the heaviest monsoon rainfall of the season so far -- was expected to provide the much-needed respite from the scorching heat. Momentarily it did, but the city dwellers had to suffer flooding of roads and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
The Labour Party has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, sweeping hundreds of seats across the country and ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Sir Keir Starmer subsequently has been appointed Prime Minister, ending a tumultuous era...
Zaidi Sattar | 2024-07-15 00:00:00
Recently Bangladesh Bank dropped a bombshell on the data front. Bangladesh export data was sharply revised downwards raising concerns all around. If the revision involved a minor correction it could be glossed over. But the revision for July-April 2024 took...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Both the number of deposit accounts owned by women and the amount of money they kept in those accounts with non-bank financial institutions fell in the January-March quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, according to Bangladesh Bank...
A Bangladesh Biman Airlines flight carrying Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to Dhaka has been cancelled due to a mechanical glitch.The Boeing-777 model flight BG-3956 was approaching the runway for takeoff at 1pm local time on Friday, Boshra Islam,...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the university teachers would make their decision about their ongoing strike after an organisational meeting, reports UNB.Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this after a meeting with the public...
Parts of Dhaka remain flooded on Saturday morning, a day after heavy rain exposed the city's poor and inadequate drainage system. This photo was taken from Dhaka Medical College Hospital area at 11:00 am — FE Photo
The water level of the Padma River in Faridpur and Rajbari has surpassed the danger mark at the Goalanda Point due to runoff from upstream and water from the Jamuna River. Several new areas in the region have been inundated...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
The Mongla Port Authority has failed to procure three ships and two boats in five years, thus waiting to dissipate a cost overrun of Tk 1.69 billion.The authorities have recently sought a revision of the project seeking one more year's...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Quota reformists will hold a mammoth march before submitting a memorandum to the President today (Sunday), demanding rational changes in the government job quota system.Simultaneously, the agitating students will also march towards offices of deputy commissioners across the country and...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
The government has again allowed the import of potato and onion to help stabilise the prices of these items in the local market, State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu said on Saturday. "Imports were suspended during the harvesting seasons...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Access of people and businesses to funds squeezes as Bangladesh's "financial deepening" is on the decline with its domino effect on the economy, says economist Dr. Ahsan H Mansur. In such a tight situation, people are not having wider choice...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-07-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's overseas-employment sector was hit hard by the closure of the Malaysian manpower market with the overall outflow of workers falling more than 58 per cent in June from the previous month under its impact, official data showed.The number of...
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