A Dhaka court has placed detective branch (DB) of police inspector Arafat Hossain on a three-day remand in a case lodged for allegedly attempting to kill one Robiul Sunny, reports BSS.Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Rabeya Begum passed the order on Friday...
Gonosonghoti Andolon's Mohammadpur Unit has published a list of 22 people who were killed, 227 injured and missing of two persons in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in the city's Mohammad and Adabor areas, reports BSS. The party released the list...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Selima Rahman said on Friday that deposed autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina engaged in hatching conspiracy against the country and its people even sitting in India."She (Sheikh Hasina) is not sitting idle in India,...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the...
Participants of the painting competition - organised at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka on the occasion of the World Ozone day 2024 - busy with their colours and canvases on Friday. — Focus Bangla
The makeshift stalls at Doel Chattar on Dhaka University campus displaying various traditional handicraft items on Friday, which have high demand among the connoisseurs. — FE Photo
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh Hindu Jagoron Manch (BHJM) blocked the Shahbag intersection of the capital on Friday, to protest against all atrocities against the Hindus, including torture as well as destruction of houses, businesses and temples. The blockade programme placed four demands, including...
The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Police has arrested two suspected militants in the Shah Ali Mazar area of Mirpur, Dhaka, and seized some "bomb-making" materials, reports UNB.The arrestees are Rezwanul Islam (23) and Md Mahmudul Islam...
Japan has announced that it will provide $1 million more in aid for flood victims in the eastern region of Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.Iwama Kiminori, Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, shared the decision of the Japanese government in a video message on...
The education boards in the country have prepared an outline of the evaluation system that will be used to judge HSC exams after they were cancelled. They have also forwarded the outline to the Ministry of Education.The evaluation proposal was...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Prices of eggs and fish increased last week again battering the consumers further.Rice, veggies, chicken and other essentials remained static maintaining previous highs, according to market sources.Though private companies start importing eggs, as 0.231 million has recently been imported, it...
National Workers Unity and National Garment Workers Welfare Federation jointly organised a rally in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday to protest against creating a volatile situation in the RMG sector as well as planned...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The National Thalassemia Survey 2024 has revealed that 11.4 per cent of the participants are carriers of the disease, based on the findings of the six haemoglobin variants. Despite medical advancements, thalassemia remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality....
Inqilab Mancha organises a programme at the foot of Raju Sculpture in TSC area of Dhaka University on Friday, demanding quick treatment and rehabilitation of those injured in the mass uprising. — Focus Bangla
THAKURGAON, Sept 13 (BSS) : The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Rangpur Region and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) North Bengal Frontier held a courtesy meeting at the Banglabandha-Phulbari ICP on the Bangladesh-India border around 12pm on Thursday, said a...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has sought the central bank's intervention in encashment of Tk 13.54 billion stuck-up fixed deposit receipts (FDR) to help address its liquidity problem, sources said.According to the CPA, such a significant amount of its fund remained...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The country's realtors and urban planners are having a row over incorporation of certain provisions of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for Dhaka.Representatives of the Real State and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) opined that unless the floor area ratio...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Mobile banking transaction in Bangladesh dropped by over 21 per cent in July, primarily due to several days of internet shutdown and slowdown aimed at curbing the anti-discrimination student-mass movement.According to the central bank's data, Tk 1.23 trillion was transacted...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
A total of 150 Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Libya, and 26 from the UAE on Friday. In Libya they had been detained at the Gunfuda detention center. They were brought back with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 13: Six people were killed in separate landslides in Cox's Bazar's Sadar Upazila and a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya.The heavy showers and water-logging disrupted the normal life of the city, with empty streets and halted car...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
The foreign-funded projects have come under interim government's close scrutiny as it wants to drop less-important and low-priority projects from the ongoing and pipeline lists, officials said on Wednesday.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) this time has started scrutiny of the...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Credit-card transaction trends in Bangladesh showed a noticeable decline in July across all categories as its economic activities were going through slowdown or sluggish movement.In the analysis of credit- card transactions for July 2024, it is evident that domestic transactions...
Police Headquarters has issued a directive about the filing of cases with different police stations and in courts after the changeover in the government.The letter signed by Deputy Inspector General Kamrul Ahsan said any suspects not found to be involved...
Construction workers in a long wait for hiring as the demand for labour has dropped to some extent amid the country's sluggish economic activities. The photo was snapped from Lalbagh area of the capital on Friday. — FE photo by...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 13: Almost all of the low-lying areas of the port city were submerged due to heavy rain on Friday. The meteorological office said that the rain would continue for two more days.The heavy showers and the waterlogging disrupted...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's current interim government eyes enhanced IMF credits as a fact-finding mission from the Washington-based Fund arrives here shortly for reappraisal of progress on an ongoing lending package worth US$4.7 billion, officials say. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is...
FE REPORT | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh will discuss issues of financial and development assistance with a high-level US delegation arriving here today under the leadership of Donald Lu, who had conducted whirlwind diplomacy in crisis time.The team includes representatives from the United States Department of...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2024-09-14 00:00:00
Cumulative government debt to private power producers rented by the past regime balloons as the contentious capacity charge amounted to Tk 360.74 billion by the last fiscal yearend.This hefty back pay on account of electricity generation under special arrangements for...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday as mainland Chinese markets hit their lowest since 2019 and Australian markets neared an all-time high, reports CNBC.Mainland China's CSI 300 slipped 0.42 per cent to 3,172.47, its lowest level since January 2019.In contrast,...
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