Online abuse of politically active Afghanwomen triples after Taliban takeoverISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug. 2021, according to a report...
SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 20 (BBC): At least 21 people have died in the Dominican Republic after heavy rain over the weekend which displaced thousands of residents, officials say.An investigation has been launched after nine people died when torrential rain caused...
SEOUL, Nov 20 (AP): South Korea's military warned North Korea not to go ahead with its planned spy satellite launch, suggesting Monday that Seoul could suspend an inter-Korean agreement to reduce tensions and resume front-line aerial surveillance in response.North Korea...
NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (AP): India and Australia are set to hold talks focused on bolstering their strategic, defense and security ties on Monday in New Delhi.Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong and defense minister Richard Marles arrived to meet with...
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (AFP): If either Joe Biden or Donald Trump prevails in the November 2024 US elections, the next president will be the oldest in history to take the oath of office.But while Biden's age and public slips and...
QUSRA, West Bank, Nov 20 (AP/AFP) - When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants' deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank.Overnight, the territory was...
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 20 (Reuters): Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty.Milei,...
Bangladesh has recently observed the World Children's Day by holding a number of programmes on November 20. This day is dedicated to the little ones who make our life enjoyable every day with their innocence. However, children's life is far...
With the advent of colder weather, cases of pneumonia, diarrhoea and respiratory illness have been reported across the country particularly among children. In Dhaka Shishu Hospital, the number of pneumonia patients is reportedly on the rise, with 59 admissions for...
To live a healthy life, we need to eat nutritious food. But the food items available in the canteens of Dhaka University do not seem to have much nutrition. And residential students of the university have to consume canteen food...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-11-21 00:00:00
A textbook is a book that contains study materials for a particular subject. And what study materials textbooks on different subjects should contain are determined by the school curriculum board. Ideally, there should be trained teachers in schools to impart...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-11-21 00:00:00
Culture is a fundamental component of identity but it's a by-product of socio-economic realities. Human groups not only share beliefs, values and norms but also use the same to differentiate from each other.Culture has been described as an onion with...
When demand for second-hand accommodations ---residential flats to be precise---outstrips that for new units, it signals a decline in the purchasing capacity of intending buyers in the first place. This may as well indicate either the present owners' dire need...
Simon Mohsin | 2023-11-21 00:00:00
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been a pivotal force in infrastructure development for the developing world, especially the emerging economies. In September 2013, China's President Xi announced the One Belt and One Road Initiative (OBOR), which later became...
Southeast Bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Asmara (BD) Private Limited at Uttara in the capital recently. Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank, and Manish Kumar Ojha, managing director of Asmara (BD) Private Limited, exchanged...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday declared illegal a government decision that suspended the monthly payment order (MPO) given to Hasina Begum, an Assistant Professor of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and also former acting principal. The High Court bench of...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed an appeal petition filed against a High Court verdict that declared Jamaat's registration as a political party with the Election Commission (EC) illegal.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
The government has launched a real-time air-0quality index to monitor air quality across the country. This initiative aims to inform the public about the health effects of air pollution levels and enable actions to control air pollution and protect public...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 19: Chittagong port, the country's premier maritime gateway for international trades, has witnessed a recent decline in ship-berthing activities, due mostly to a slowdown in import volumes. According to industry stakeholders and sources, the ongoing dollar crisis is...
Friends and colleagues of two Palestinian journalists Hasouna Slim and Sari Mansoor, killed in an Israeli strike, mourn over their bodies during their funeral in Deir al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
Eleven arson attacks were reported in the 15 hours from 6:00 pm on Saturday as the first day of the BNP-led opposition-called 48-hour hartal passed off on Sunday.Leaders and activists of the opposition brought out processions in different places of...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
Microfinance institutions disbursed a total of Tk2.49 trillion in loans in FY23, marking a 26.41-percent increase from the previous fiscal year, according to the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). The microcredit regulator says the growth reflects the expanding reach of microfinance...
This year's reported cases of dengue in the country surpassed the 300,000 mark, marking the most severe outbreak of the disease on record, reports UNBThe DGHS recorded 3,01,255 dengue cases and 2,94,757 recoveries this year till Sunday morning.Six more deaths...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
Technocrat ministers and advisers to the prime minister are dropped to trim the cabinet in the interim period leading to general election in Bangladesh, informed sources said. They were learnt to have submitted their resignation letters Sunday to the Cabinet...
SAIF UDDIN | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
People who intended to buy apartments were showing increased interest in second hand ones in recent times as an affordable alternative to new properties that has become exorbitantly expensive, real estate sector insiders have said. Less hassle in the process...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that Bangladesh will not be affected if the United States imposes sanctions against the country.Responding to a query about the possibility of US sanctions, the foreign minister on Sunday said the government has...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-20 00:00:00
Awarding licences to digital banks before formulating regulations is like putting the cart before the horse, says Dr Ahsan H. Mansur. At a media workshop on digital financial services, the renowned economist voiced concerns over the lack of formal rules...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh would be the 9th largest consumer market by 2030 with the government working with the goal of overtaking many established markets in the world, report agencies."We've been working with a goal so...
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