Amid the light to moderate rainfall on Saturday night and early Sunday, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 32th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 69 at 09:10...
Residents in Chattogram, Cumilla, and several other areas are experiencing significant disruptions due to continuous heavy rainfall caused by low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, reports UNB.The relentless downpour has led to severe waterlogging in various parts of these...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The dean of Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University (DU), Professor Nisar Hossain, and the dean of Faculty of Arts, Dr. Abdul Bashir, resigned on Monday."I was ready to resign. I did not want to go against the students,"...
Shahbagh Police Inspector (Operations) Md. Arshad Hossain has been temporarily suspended following a widely criticised incident where he was seen covering the mouth of a student protester during the quota reform movement near the city's Supreme Court area, reports UNB.The...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
A Chattogram court acquitted 607 accused in 15 cases filed during the Quota Reform Movement, with six police stations under the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) on Monday. Police on Thursday submitted the final report of the cases to the Chattogram...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered the banks to freeze the accounts of former Health Minister Zahid Maleque, Computer World BD Chairman Mohammad Ali Sikdar alias Liakat Ali Sikdar, and their family members.Their family members include Zahid Maleque's...
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adiver Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced Bangladesh and the UK will deepen collaboration on climate change and environmental conservation, reports UNB.She emphasised the need for capacity building, rainwater harvesting, and desalination initiatives, ensuring that these benefits...
A youth taking care of his relative, admitted with dengue at Mugda Medical College and Hospital on Monday, as the number of victims of the mosquito-borne disease is on rise in the capital. — FE Photo
The interim government is grappling with significant difficulties in resuming academic activities at more than 40 public universities across Bangladesh, Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said on Monday, reports UNB."Out of 55 public universities in Bangladesh, the top-level officials...
The All-European Awami League (AL) has condemned the cases filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.The body said the cases filed against Sheikh Hasina are false.In a joint statement, signed by M Nazrul Islam and Mojibur Rahman, president...
KUSHTIA, Aug 19 (UNB): A case has been filed against 76 individuals, including former MP Mahbubul Alam Hanif and several other prominent figures, in connection with the killing of Yusuf Sheikh, reports UNB.An additional 20 to 30 unidentified persons were...
RANGPUR, Aug 19, 2024 (BSS): Nagarik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna has demanded bringing necessary reforms in the state system before holding a parliamentary election in the country."The polls should be held within six months," he told reporters after offering...
SYLHET, Aug 19 (UNB): A case has been filed against 19 individuals, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Sylhet Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Azbahar Ali Sheikh in connection with the killing of journalist ATM Turab. The case also...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a discussion, organised by Abdus Salam Talukder Smrity Sangsad at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Monday, marking the 25th death anniversary of the party’s former secretary general. —...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC), seeking its directives to ban activities of Bangladesh Awami League and cancellation of the party's registration with the Election Commission (EC) for the indiscriminate killings of students during the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Monday asked the Election Commission (EC) to register the Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) as a political party without any delay. The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque issued the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday that a handful of persons and a vested quarter were hatching conspiracy to foil the victory of the student-mass uprising to topple the Sheikh Hasina-led autocratic regime."These...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said he looks forward to working closely with Bangladesh interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in the coming days on all matters of mutual interest, both in bilateral and multilateral domains, reports...
Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury visited the Central Police Hospital in the capital on Monday to see the police personnel, injured in clashes during the recent movement. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said the European Union (EU) would cooperate in bringing back the money, siphoned off abroad from the country during the Awami League (AL) regime.BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said this to media...
In light of the continued absence of numerous Union Parishad chairman across the country, the Local Government Division has issued a directive allowing Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to delegate financial and administrative powers to the respective Union Parishad's Panel Chairman to...
Several key points in Dhaka, including Farmgate, Bijoy Sarani, Karwan Bazar, Bangla-motor, Siddheshwari, and Motijheel, experienced severe traffic congestion on Monday, as protests and the reopening of educational institutions brought the city to a standstill, reports UNB.Protesters have taken to...
An SUV valued at approximately Tk 20 million was found abandoned in front of Baitul Aman Mosque in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, on Sunday morning, sparking widespread curiosity, reports UNB. The vehicle, a Land Cruiser with the license plate Dhaka Metro-Gha 21-8456,...
Some unidentified miscreants attacked East West Media Group office in Dhaka's Bashundhara Residential Area on Monday afternoon, reports UNB.Around 2 pm, a group of people with hockey sticks forced open the main gate, entered the office and carried out vandalism,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19: Chittagong port has upheld the position of the 67th busiest container port among 100 top ports globally this year, according to the latest Lloyd's List.Last year too, the country's prime seaport occupied the same slot in the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Local apparel exporters have urged the revenue board to form a taskforce to streamline customs services to sustain the industry's competitiveness amid plummeting garment demand and prices and escalating production costs."Customs procedures must be made easier, faster and free from...
Village police members block a road outside the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday, demanding a national pay scale, food rations and to be placed under the home ministry. The protest is one of several ongoing demonstrations to hit the capital...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Police arrested former Social Welfare minister of the Awami League government, Dr Dipu Moni, from Baridhara area in the capital, Dhaka. She was arrested in a case filed in Chandpur, a detective branch (DB) official preferring anonymity told the FE.She...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Summit Communica-tions has paid Tk 100 million to the telecoms regulator BTRC as share-transfer fee following the change of government.The previous authorities were planning to waive these fees and charges of share transfer and equity to Summit, according to BTRC...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
Three more cases were filed on Monday against Sheikh Hasina, her cabinet members and police high-ups for committing crimes against humanity, mass killing and murder.A petition has been filed with the International Crimes Tribunal against Hasina and 26 others for...
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