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Call for global brands to consider goings-on in BD

MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Two global organisations that work to improve labour rights and conditions in the garment supply chain urged both buyers and suppliers to navigate this transitional period following a regime change.The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)...

Aftershocks of carry trade at heart of market rout could still have reverberations

2024-08-07 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters): Investors said the aftershocks of a massive carry trade that has reverberated through global financial markets wasn't done yet, with more unwinding in the days ahead raising the risk of shake-outs to other assets.The Nasdaq...

Indian benchmark indexes fail to track global recovery amid profit booking

2024-08-07 00:00:00

BENGALURU, Aug 6 (Reuters): India's benchmark equity indexes fell on Tuesday, contrasting a broadly positive global momentum, dragged by profit booking with analysts citing valuation concerns and global uncertainties as factors denting sentiment.The NSE Nifty 50 index shed 0.26 per...

Most Middle Eastern markets rebound as Fed calms investor nerves

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Most stock markets in the Middle East rebounded on Tuesday, clawing back some of their losses from the previous session when fears of a possible US recession spooked investors, as comments from the Federal Reserve officials soothed their nerves, reports...

Global market rout has more to do with end of cheap funding than US economy

2024-08-07 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters): A meltdown in world equity markets in recent days is more reflective of a wind-down of carry trades used by investors to juice their bets than a hard and fast shift in the US economic outlook,...

Asia shares look for relief rally after rout

2024-08-07 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Aug 6 (Reuters): Asian share markets were hoping for a relief rally on Tuesday as futures pointed to an opening bounce on the hard-hit Nikkei and central bank officials said all the right things to soothe market nerves.Nikkei futures...

Stocks soar on investor euphoria over political change

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

The prime index climbed 3.77 per cent, the biggest single-day gain in more than 43 months, on the very first trading day after the end of Sheikh Hasina's regime on Tuesday, riding on renewed optimism.Market analysts said spontaneous participation backed...

Health hazards of toilet scrolling

DR IMTIAZ AHMED | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Do you use a mobile phone while clearing your bowel in the toilet? Such a person is probably one in a million. Most of us like to spend that time scrolling social media, watching or reading something on the screen,...

A day after a bad night's sleep

FE LIFESTYLE | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

While the country's situation is tumultuous, the people of Bangladesh have forgotten to sleep at night, scrolling social media to know what is happening around them. While almost all of us are suffering from sleep deprivation, it'll take some time...

Coping with anxiety and uncertainty during challenging times

NUSRAT MUNIA | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

In times of uncertainty, anxiety can be a pervasive and unsettling force. And who knows better than the whole generation Z of Bangladesh, who have recently spent weeks of sleepless nights? Such a force within is like an emotion that...

Weather (2024-08-07)

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met...

An army personnel showing a place to keep goods

2024-08-07 00:00:00

An army personnel showing a place to keep goods, taken away from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the capital, as some people came to the PMO on Tuesday to return those. — FE Photo

Onlookers gathered after a number of bodies were found

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Onlookers gathered after a number of bodies were found on the road in front of Jatrabari Police Station in the capital on Tuesday following sporadic clashes in the area on the previous day. — FE Photo

MBSTU VC, five others resign

2024-08-07 00:00:00

TANGAIL, Aug 06 (UNB): The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), prof. Dr. Md Farhad Hossain and five others of the university resigned from their posts on Monday night.Those who resigned are-university proctor Prof. Dr...

Decision on HSC exams today

2024-08-07 00:00:00

The decision on holding the rest of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations will be taken today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The suspended HSC and equivalent examination were scheduled to resume from August 11."But whether the examinations will be held as per...

Don't attack innocent police

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Legal action will be taken after arresting the culprits involved in killing students and general people, said Sohel Rana, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, reports UNB."Following the victory of students and people, I am sure that the new...

UP chairman dies while fleeing mob in Chandpur

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

A Union Parishad (UP) chairman and upazila unit Awami League (AL) leader of Chandpur's Shahrasti upazila has died by drowning in a pond, in which he jumped after a mob of local Anti-AL group was looking for him to attack...

Arrest Hasina, send to BD

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan urged the Indian government to arrest Sheikh Hasina and send her to Bangladesh. He said, "Killer Hasina has fled to India. I urge the Indian government to arrest her...

AAG Morshed resigns

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Additional Attorney General (AAG) Sk Md Morshed resigned from his post on Tuesday. He sent his resignation letter to the President through Attorney General A M Amin Uddin, showing personal reason. He was appointed AAG on 24 January 2021. bikashju@gmail.com

India reaches out to BD army chief

2024-08-07 00:00:00

India has reportedly made contact with Bangladesh's military leadership, led by Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, and requested that peace, law and order, and normalcy be restored as soon as possible in the country, The Hindustan Times reports.Citing India's top government...

212 BNP-Jamaat activists freed on bail in Pabna

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

PABNA, Aug 6: More than two hundred leaders and activists of various parties, including BNP and Jamaat, who were arrested in various police stations in Pabna during the quota reform movement, have been released on bail. They got bail from...

EU appeals all parties to reject communal violence, protect rights of all

2024-08-07 00:00:00

The European Union (EU) Heads of Mission in Dhaka has expressed concern about incoming reports of multiple attacks against places of worship and members of religious, ethnic and other minorities in Bangladesh, reports UNB."EU heads of Mission in Dhaka are...

BNP rally today

FE REPORT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a rally today ( Wednesday) at Naya Paltan in the capital.Member of BNP media cell Sairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to the FE.He said that BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman will address the...

Yunus declares BD 'liberated' after Hasina's resignation

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus described Bangladesh as a "free country" following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday after weeks of violent protests, reports UNB."We were an occupied country as long as she (Sheikh Hasina) was there....

AL-BNP clash leaves one dead in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Aug 06: A BNP activist died and several others, including a BNP leader and a student, were injured during a clash with Awami League (AL) activists in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Zainal Ali,...

Law and order deteriorates in port city

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 06: The law-and-order situation has worsened in the port city in the absence of police from discharging their routine duties following the fall of the Awami League government.Spot accounts of the situation revealed on Tuesday students were controlling...

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Two men came to Shahbagh Police Station in the city to file a general diary only to find its gate locked on Tuesday. — FE photo

10 Rohingya people drown as trawler sinks at Teknaf

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, Aug 06: At least 10 Rohingya people drowned in Teknaf coastal area of the district when a trawler carrying them from Myanmar to Bangladesh sank in the Bay on Tuesday morning.The accident took place in the morning when...

Hasina's US visa status unclear, UK clarifies asylum rules

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Amid growing queries on visa status of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others the United States has said the visa records are confidential under US law, reports UNB."Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we do not discuss...

BB lifts ban on journo's entry

2024-08-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder did not come to the office on the first day of the opening of the office after the fall of the Awami League-led government, reports UNB.However, the BB has lifted the ban on...