GAZA, July 06 (Reuters/AP): Hamas has accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source...
Rounak Marium | 2024-07-07 00:00:00
Mir Tamiz Ahmed Shezan left a stable banking career to venture into the seafood market, co-founding Motsho with Mahir Abrar Nikhat and Tasin Ishmam Ahmed. Their mission is to provide world-class export-grade seafood to Bangladesh's local market. Despite the country's...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-07-07 00:00:00
The total number of Palestinians dead now exceeds 38,000, of which more than 15,000 are children. The number of casualties is well above 120,000 with most of the 2.3 million Gaza population displaced. According to a statement issued on June...
Monsoon drizzle is a delight for many, but in Bangladeshi cities, it has become a source of public suffering due to water-logging. Even a brief spell of heavy rain submerges roads and areas with water rising up to two to...
From January to May 2024, 201 women and children were raped, including 50 who have been gang-raped. Tragically, 9 victims died as a result, and 2 committed suicide. Additionally, 44 people were victims of attempted-rape and 17 boys were also...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-07-07 00:00:00
A recent study by the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) titled 'Persistent Threat: PFAS in textiles and water in Bangladesh' sheds light on a critical issue that demands immediate attention from policymakers and...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-07-07 00:00:00
Last Monday, a new fiscal year started in Bangladesh, carrying the burden of high inflation along with the official expectation that the excessive inflationary pressure will be moderated by the end of the year. On a day before or the...
That the government entities have been juggling with data is not actually news. It had long been suspected that crucial export data, deliberately or otherwise, were not collated and disseminated properly. This has, firstly, made the economic outlook appear rosy,...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-07-06 12:00:00
The ceramic industry is a deeply fossil-fuel driven industry, i.e. gas-dependent. It cannot be run on solar power. In fact, no heavy industrial production unit can for that matter. And while the government keeps harping about renewable energy as being...
Light to moderately heavy rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions over the country 06:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met...
Despite rains for hours and weekends, Dhaka's air quality turned ‘unhealthy’ on Friday morning, reports UNB.Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 10th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of...
Passengers getting out of a rickshaw that tumbled on a waterlogged road in the capital's Jurain area under Shyampur on Friday. The road has long been in a deplorable condition, causing sufferings of the commuters. — FE Photo
SYLHET, Jul 05 (UNB): Academic activities came to a halt at about 500 educational institutions of mostly primary and secondary levels across Sylhet as the third wave of flooding hit the district this year.Moreover, the unprecedented flooding caused damages to...
The government has extended the tenure of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun by one year, reports UNB.The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Friday.Abdullah's new tenure will begin on July 12, 2024,...
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died of heart attack while participating in the national chess competition at the Bangladesh Chess Federation building in the city on Friday, report agencies. He collapsed all of a sudden at 5:52pm when he was playing against...
NAOGAON, July 05 (UNB): Three Bangladeshis from Naogaon's Atrai upazila were killed in a factory fire in the Musaasa neighborhood of Riyadh. The fire, which broke out around 5:00 pm (local time) on Wednesday, left their families in deep mourning.The...
Bangladesh will host a trade and investment summit in Beijing during Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's upcoming state visit to China, reports UNB.PM Hasina will inaugurate the trade summit aimed at boosting Chinese investment and find ways to reduce trade...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-07-06 00:00:00
The disbursement of agricultural loans dropped by nearly 7.13 per cent in May 2024 from that of April, reveals data available with the Bangladesh Bank (BB).However, credit disbursement witnessed a 13.65-per cent increase year on year during the July-May period...
Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain has said Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979 is being amended, reports BSS.He said this while replying to journalists after the end of the meeting of secretaries at the Secretariat on Thursday.Mahbub Hossain said it is...
JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY, July 05, (UNB): The central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) formed a two-member committee to investigate the recent controversy of the JnU unit of BCL, including alleged question paper leaks, tender business, and extortion.On Thursday, the information...
CHATTOGRAM, July 5 (UNB): A journalist has filed a case against Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, a former member of parliament (MP) from Chattogram's Banshkhali, on charge of threatening to kill him over the phone.Journalist Shafqat Hossain Chatgami, who is also the...
Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of several opposition parties, has extended its full support to the ongoing public university teachers' movement against the new universal pension scheme 'Prottoy' and a section of university students' anti-quota agitation, reports UNB.Zonayed Saki, chief coordinator...
Students under the banner of Biosomyabirodhi Chatra Andolon staged a demonstration at Jahangirnagar University on Friday, demanding reinstatement of the 2018 government circular abolishing quota system. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-07-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi lamented that Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has to take 'Indian approval' for her upcoming China visit."Sheikh Hasina is going to China to get financial assistance. She wants US$ 20...
LONDON, July 5 (UNB): Four Bangladesh-origin candidates have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament.The result was published on the official website of the British Parliament on Friday morning.The four winners are Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali,...
Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud has said BNP leaders do not understand the essence of connectivity, reports UNB.He made the remarks while speaking at an expanded divisional meeting of the Awami League in Nilphamari on Friday afternoon.Regarding criticism by BNP...
The government is going to honour 22 individuals as 'Agriculturally Important Persons' (AIP) for their outstanding contributions to the development of the country's agriculture sector in 2021, reports UNB.The gazette of the selected persons has already been published.The award will...
BANGKOK, July 5 (AFP): More than 700,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia have been cleared for mining since 2001, including large tracts of primary forest, a new analysis using satellite data has found.The TreeMap, a conservation start-up, used high-resolution imagery...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-06 00:00:00
The agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have suspended all classes, examinations and other academic activities in protest against the 'Prottoy pension scheme'.Although no protests took place on Friday, weekend and evening courses were suspended with no classes or exams...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-06 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 05: A youth's leg was severed while another youth wounded critically in an air conditioner (AC) explosion in KBH Plaza in the port city on Friday noon.The victims are identified as Mohammed Gafur, 35, and Touhidul Alam, 39,...
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