Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to take measures against the individual who has threatened a foreign diplomat through his public speech, reports UNB.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam confirmed it on Friday.He said Bangladesh respects all norms...
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The health authorities in Bangladesh reported 11 deaths due to mosquito-borne dengue fever on Friday, taking the total fatalities to 1,460 this year.Three of the new deaths were from Dhaka. As of November 10, Dhaka's total deaths climbed to 857,...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
At least 64 buses were either set ablaze or vandalised from October 28 to November 10 in the capital amid political rallies, blockades and strikes by the BNP, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)."Three phases of blockades and one-day...
GAZA STRIP, Nov 10 (AFP/Reuters): Palestinians said Friday a deadly strike hit Gaza's largest hospital compound as heavy fighting between Hamas and Israel has sent tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes.Gaza's Hamas government, which reported a toll of...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Different labour organisations and alliances staged a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday to demand a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 to Tk 25,000 for the readymade garment workers. They vehemently opposed the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Even amid record-high patenting activities across the globe, Bangladeshis filed only 418 patent applications in 2022, according to a global report. The country's number of appeals last year was less than the submission in 2021, according to the World Intellectual...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
The United Nations (UN) has requested Bangladesh to submit its annual report and action plan on addressing the possible challenges after graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) status in 2026, according to sources.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) under the...
Inaugurating the "Mrityunjoyee Prangyan" which consists of a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Frideay that this sculpture of Bangabandhu was merely not a sculpture, it was a history to...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Deal with Saudi company Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) is expected shortly to run the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) and more porting facilities in Bangladesh are up for foreign operators, sources say.Meanwhile, negotiations on the agreement between Chittagong...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Imperious US dollar overshoots set exchange rates in Bangladesh as speculation reigns over the forex market, with kerb-market price rising up to Tk 128 per greenback, sources say. According to economists and bankers, speculators rule the roost on the forex...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
The beach town of Cox's Bazar has been decked up with banners, festoons and billboards to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who will inaugurate the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line today (Saturday).The newly built rail route features an iconic oyster-shaped rail-station...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Rising inflationary pressure outweighs wage rates in Bangladesh despite month-on-month income growth over 27 months, analysts say, leaving particularly low-paid people in a shambles.The higher inflation rate than the wage growth as indicated in the Wage Rate Index (WRI) has...
NATORE, Nov 10 (UNB): The sugarcane crushing programme began at North Bengal Sugar Mills Ltd of Natore with a target of production of 13,000 metric tonnes (MT) of sugar this current season.The authorities concerned started the crushing amid the crisis...
Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained a man with 1,790 pieces of yaba from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday afternoon, reports UNB.The detainee is Mannan Hossain , 39 , son of late Nurul Alam of Cox's Bazar 's Teknaf...
Different labour organisations staged a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday, rejecting the recently-fixed minimum wage of Tk12,500 for apparel workers and demanding justice for the workers killed in the ongoing movement —...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
At least 502 people were killed and 838 injured in a total of 464 road, rail and waterway accidents across the country in October this year, according to a report by the passenger welfare platform Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.The report...
Eight persons were killed in separate road accidents in Lakshmipur, Chattogram, Bagerhat and Dinajpur, on Friday, report agencies.In Lakshmipur, two businessmen riding on a motorbike were killed as a speeding truck ran over them in Ramgati upazila of Lakshmipur on...
The United States remains committed to ensuring a fair and free national election in Bangladesh and maintains a neutral stance towards all political parties in the country, according to the State Department, report agencies Vedant Patel, a spokesperson for the...
People from all walks of lives under the banner of ‘Bangladesher Protibadi Janogon’ stage a protest against brutal killing of Palestinian people by Israel, at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city on Friday — FE photo
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has said now everyone respects Bangladesh as the progress attained in the last 15 years is visible to all, reports UNB."Today's Bangladesh is a changed one from what it was 15 years ago. Now all...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained Rezaul Karim Paul, vice-president of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, last night in a case lodged over subversive activities, reports BSS."A team of RAB-10 detained Paul, 48, from the capital's Dhanmandi area last night," RAB deputy...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Friday said not only the CEC but also the assistance of field level officials are required for holding a free, fair and peaceful national election, reports BSS."Our message is that election must...
BOGURA, Nov 10 (UNB): The central body of Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League on Friday suspended its six leaders and activists of Bogura district unit following a factional clash between two groups at Government Azizul Haque College in...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP activists attack the people and burnt public transports in the name of movement and the party leaders are announcing blockade programmes from caves, reports BSS."It is not the work...
SYLHET, Nov 10 (UNB): A total of 17 cases were filed accusing around 1200 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat in Sylhet over the past 12 days since the BNP and likeminded parties started imposing countrywide blockades, according to police.Fifty of...
A Dhaka court on Friday sent three BNP leaders including its Dhaka North city unit member secretary Aminul Huq to jail in a case lodged over snatching of police weapons.The other two accused are- Jatiyabadi Jubo Dal Dhaka North city...
Various political parties and organisations placing wreaths at the memorial at Nur Hossain Square in the capital on historic Nur Hossain Day on Friday.
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