FE REPORT | 2024-07-28 00:00:00
Forbes Advisor has identified Dhaka as the sixth most hazardous city for tourists this year.The study has evaluated 60 global destinations based on seven major risk factors: crime, personal safety, health, infrastructure, natural disasters and digital security.Bangladesh has received a...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-07-28 00:00:00
Shadows loom over a fledgling industry here as New Delhi seeks duty privilege to export its Masterbatch goods to Bangladesh that suffers huge bilateral trade deficit.Local entrepreneurs aired their concerns and also pointed out that India imposed anti-dumping duty on...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-28 00:00:00
The government has announced new timings for both the government and non-government offices for the next three days beginning today (Sunday).According to the new schedule, office activities will continue from 9:00am to 3:00pm until Tuesday.Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain provided...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; at a few places over Mymensingh, Khulna and Barishal divisions and at one or two places over...
KHAGRACHHARI, July 27 (UNB): An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot dead by miscreants at Santi Bikash Karbaripara in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari district in the early hours of Saturday. The dead is Junel Chakma (31), organiser...
RANGPUR, July 26 (UNB): The administration of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), has provided financial assistance to the family of Abu Sayed, a student of the university's English department, who lost life first during the students' countrywide quota reform protest.Abu...
JASHORE, July 27 (UNB): Police arrested three people in connection with an incident of gang rape of a sixth-grader at Monirampur upazila in Jashore district.The arrestees are Pranto Biswas (22), son of Kartik Biswas of Khoshalnagar village of Jhikargacha upazila,...
Bangladesh Navy Family Welfare Association (BNFWA) President Nadia Sultana distributes food items among poor and underprivileged people at Nabik Colony and Mirpur-10 in the capital on Saturday — ISPR
Two persons died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning, according to the daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports BSS.Ninety eight people were also hospitalised in the same period.During the period, 74...
Police have arrested 2536 people in Dhaka in connection with unrest centering students' demonstrations for quota reform in government jobs, reports UNB.They were arrested from July 12 to 26 from different parts of the capital, said KN Roy Nioty, ADC...
CHATTOGRAM, July 27 (BSS): At least five shops and a dwelling house were gutted in a devastating fire at Manikpur village of Kanchonnagar union under Fatikchari upazila of the district in the early hours of Saturday.Kamal Uddin Chowdhury, Station Officer...
Security has been tightened at Khulna district jail considering the current situation in the country including the recent attacks in Narsingdi jail, reports UNB."Surveillance has been increased in and around the jail while the leave of all staff of the...
Passengers stand in a long queue at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city on Saturday to receive refund money of tickets as train movement to India remains halted during the ongoing countrywide shutdown over the students' protests for quota abolition...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-28 00:00:00
The prices of vegetables have declined somewhat, but rice, fish, onion and potato have remained static maintaining their previous highs.On the other hand, the value of farm eggs has showed a slight decline but that of broiler remained static.Last week,...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said BNP-Jamaat activists created anarchy over quota reform movement in the country, reports UNB.The minister came up with the remarks while speaking at a human chain programme against terrorism and anarchy in front of the...
CHATTOGRAM, July 27 (BSS): A total of 847 people have so far been arrested from the port city in 30 sabotage cases filed with different police stations in Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) area and district during last seven days.CMP Media...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court has placed BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie on a 7-day remand for his alleged involvement in vandalising and arson attacks on Bangladesh Television (BTV) during quota movement across the country on...
Veteran Awami League leader and coordinator of the 14-party alliance Amir Hossain Amu has said there will be no discrimination in treatment of those who were injured during the quota reform movement, reports UNB.He also said there will be no...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demanded on Saturday that the government withdraw all cases filed against the detained opposition leaders and students and release them immediately. He made the demand in a statement issued on...
Relatives beckoned just after seeing the people arrested over the students' movement for job quota reform when a prison van carrying them arrives on the premises of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Dhaka in the city on Saturday. — FE...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the relation between BNP and Jamaat is inseparable and it has been proved through BNP's call for unity incorporating Jamaat, reports BSS."Anti-liberation forces are collaborators of BNP," he said in a...
RUPALI BANK CEO VISITS AIRPORT BOOTHS AND BANK BRANCHES Rupali Bank CEO Mohammad Jahangir visited a number of branches of the bank located at Postogola, Tikatuli, Newmarket, Science Laboratory, Mirpur and Gabtali in Dhaka city on Friday and Saturday. He...
The Shippers' Council of Bangladesh has expressed concerns about container congestions at various ports caused by disruptions from recent anti-quota protests and curfew imposed by the government, says a press release.At an emergency meeting on Friday, the Board of Directors...
CHATTOGRAM, July 27 (UNB): The East Zone of Bangladesh Railway has suffered a loss of Tk 217 million during the nationwide violence that took place alongside anti-quota protests, as 40 bogies of different trains were damaged and four bogies set...
Despite government claims of 10,000 MW renewable energy projects in various stages of implementation, a Power Cell document reveals that only 4,000 MW worth of projects are fully planned for completion by 2030, reports UNB.According to the Sustainable and Renewable...
Entertainment platforms, including online-based Over-The-Top or OTT media services, have faced economic losses due to the internet outage across Bangladesh amid the violence surrounding the quota reform protests, reports bdnews24.com.Those in the industry believe the loss could exceed hundreds of...
BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters): Chinese electric vehicle battery giant CATL recorded faster profit growth in the second quarter, even as EV demand slows in the world's largest auto market while geopolitical tensions cast clouds over its overseas expansion.CATL's net profit...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has distributed silos and cattle feed to vulnerable livestock families across five districts of Jamuna River basin to mitigate the impacts of monsoon floods, reports UNB.The distribution is part of...
PARIS, July 27 (AFP): American great Katie Ledecky edged defending champion Ariarne Titmus to be quickest into the Olympic 400m freestyle final Saturday, setting the scene for a titanic battle for gold.The veteran, who was stunned by the Australian in...
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will become the first host board in the modern era to pay a touring fee in bilateral cricket when Zimbabwe arrive for a one-off Test next year, ECB chief Richard Gould said, reports...
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