Bangladesh has been plagued by persistent and devastating fire tragedies, spanning from overcrowded slums to industrial complexes. The frequency and intensity of these incidents demand immediate attention and comprehensive solutions.Non-compliance with safety regulations is a primary factor contributing to these...
The decision to make DNA reports mandatory in the investigation of murder, rape, and sexual assault cases is commendable. However, despite the rising number of such cases annually, the scope of DNA testing has not expanded. According to a recent...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-03-10 00:00:00
In response to a recent question in the national parliament, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain (Rimi) made a startling disclosure. She said that over half of the girls in Bangladesh are married off before the age...
The government's much-hyped automated petroleum pricing has fallen short of expectations of most experts and economists. The plan was to introduce a mechanism that would regulate fuel prices in accordance with the rise and fall of fuel prices in the...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-03-10 00:00:00
Various possible solutions were advanced to the "German question" in the years after 1945. European integration of Germany within the wider Western world was considered the most viable way forward for Germany. In 1951, Germany became one of the founding...
WASHINGTON, March 8 (TASS): US President Joe Biden said he is determined not to use US troops in Ukraine in his State of the Union address."They are not asking for American soldiers. In fact, there are no American soldiers at...
WASHINGTON, Mar (AP): A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and...
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Majlish city unit brought out a procession from in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital after Jum'a prayers on Friday with the slogan "Protect the sanctity of Ramadan" — Focus Bangla
A Bangladeshi farmer has died from his injuries sustained in a grenade attack by an armed man from Myanmar amid the conflict between the Arakan Army and security forces, reports bdnews24.com.Anwar Salam Mobarak, 32, passed away on Thursday night after...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
People are paying dearly as "big fish" and intermediaries gobble up a significant portion of government benefits, including incentives for expatriates' income and their remittance, too. Such stark alert came from former Bangladesh Bank governor Mohammad Farasuddin at a function...
At least seven people have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a bus, a motorcycle and a battery-run autorickshaw, locally known as Easybike, in Pirojpur Sadar Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.Several others were injured in the incident occurred on the Parerhat...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
There were some 5,376 fires nationwide in 1996, a figure that rose to 27,624 last year, representing a 413 per cent increase over 27 years. This rise in fires coincides with Bangladesh's growing industrialisation and urbanisation roughly over the past...
PARIS, Mar 8 (AFP): World food prices dropped for the seventh month in a row February as falling cereal prices outweighed more costly sugar and meat, the Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.The United Nations agency said its FAO Food...
ARAFAT ARA | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
The government is considering introducing cards for outbound workers to raise their awareness about insurance policies and ensure timely claims, according to officials.Many workers, they say, struggle to remember the details of their policy while going abroad. Consequently, there are...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged women to contribute equally to building the country and society alongside their male counterparts, reports UNB. "Today, if we want to progress economically, men and women must work together to build a country,"...
US and Israeli citizens gather in front of the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv to demand that the US stop arming Israel and an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, on Friday, amid the ongoing conflict...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
All intermediaries within the country's agri-food value chain are less interested in using digital finance for transactions than cash, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).The IFPRI found that 80-90 per cent of buying transactions...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
Realtors are now blaming the rising bank lending rates for a slowdown in their business, as higher rates are weighing down sales despite people's huge unmet demand for houses, industry sources say.Lending rates have now spiked to around 13 per...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-03-09 00:00:00
Government securities market size has ballooned with its borrowing rising by Tk 375 billion in the first eight months of this fiscal. The development indicates the government's spendthrift expenditure despite its austerity stance.Officials and money-market analysts have said the government...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Saturday), according to the Met Office. Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The highest temperature...
SYLHET, Mar 08 (UNB): A 45-year-old expatriate was stabbed to death over land dispute in Sylhet's Dakshin Surma upazila on Thursday night.The deceased is Abdul Qaiyum, son of Abdul Majeed of Rustampur area of the upazila.The incident took place at...
Journalist and valiant freedom fighter Syed Ahmed Atal died on Friday while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) in a city hospital, reports BSS.He was 71.The veteran freedom fighter breathed his last as he was on life support...
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 08 (UNB): A 19-year-old girl has died after her husband allegedly hit her in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district.Tahmina Begum, of Shialkhoa union of the upazila, died on Thursday evening while being treated at Rangpur Medical College Hospital,...
SYLHET, Mar 08 (UNB): Health and Family Welfare Minister Professor Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Thursday said that the standard of medical professionals in Bangladesh is not lower than in any other country in the world."Thousands of qualified doctors are...
The 3rd death anniversary of Sabrina Islam Chowdhury, wife of Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Mercantile Bank PLC, will be observed today (Saturday), says a press release. Sabrina Islam Chowdhury passed away on this day in...
As many as 11 people, including children, have been injured after a fire broke out at a residential building in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred at a building in Shankar Dewanji Haat under the Chandgaon Police Station at around 12:45am...
Dhaka, March 08 (UNB)--Bangladesh reported one more COVID-19-linked death and 49 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,492 and caseload to 2,048,847 according to the Directorate General...
The disciplinary committee of Jagannath University (JnU) permanently cancelled the hall seat of Tasmeem Sanjana Srishti, a student of the 12th batch of the music department, as her involvement was found in assaulting another girl student, reports UNB.She has been...
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