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HC scraps expulsion order against five IU BCL activists

2023-07-28 00:00:00

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, July 27 (UNB): The High Court (HC) has scrapped an expulsion order against five students -- a former leader and four former activists of Islamic University (IU)'s ruling Awami League-backed student body Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) - over...

Letting the elderly people age gracefully

Shihab Sarkar | 2023-07-28 00:00:00

To age gracefully is a process which most of the elderly people around the world long to experience as they reach the sunset of their life. To people in the rich and developed countries the dream doesn't seem elusive. True...

Healthy food for children

2023-07-28 00:00:00

Making children eat healthy is a battle. They love snacks like potato chips but hate healthier homemade options. While enjoying an occasional handful of chips may not cause much damage to someone consuming a healthy diet, the real danger arises...

Encouraging pedestrians to use over-bridges

2023-07-28 00:00:00

A number of foot over-bridges have been constructed in Dhaka city. But most of these footbridges are hardly used by pedestrians. Ignoring the bridges and braving the running vehicles, many of them cross the streets risking their lives. Jaywalking has...

Behaving rashly in a 'gentleman's game'

Zahid Huq | 2023-07-28 00:00:00

Cricket is regarded as a gentleman's game. Not that those who take part in games other than cricket are crooks and ruffians. Cricket might have earned such a noble status because players in the early days of cricket that originated...

Europe and America now feel the heat

Nilratan Halder | 2023-07-28 00:00:00

Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group finds that the current heat waves sweeping parts of Europe and North America would have almost been impossible but for the human-caused climate change. In the new rapid analysis of extreme temperatures, the...

Freeing railway lands from grabbers

2023-07-28 00:00:00

The High Court's directive to the concerned bodies of the government to prepare a list of the persons illegally occupying railway lands in the country and submit the same to the court within 30 days sounds loud and clear to...

Adequate surgical skills needed to prevent iatrogenic fistula

2023-07-27 12:00:00

RANGPUR, July 26 (BSS): Experts at a discussion have stressed the need for enhancing surgical skills of obstetric and urologist surgeons to ensure safe cesarean surgeries for preventing the increasing number of new iatrogenic fistula cases.The call came at the...

Global rice mkt set for govt deals

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Global rice importers are likely to seek direct deals with governments in exporting countries as India's ban on shipments of a key variety is squeezing supplies and igniting concerns over food security, reports Reuters.Buyers from Africa to Asia are likely...

Driving-licence seekers

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Driving-licence seekers endure a long queue, patiently waiting their turns, at the BRTA office in Mirpur city on Wednesday. However, the process of obtaining their digital licences on the scheduled date often proves to be a hassle. Many of them...

Dr Yunus pays Tk 124.6m tax on donations

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Dr Muhammad Yunus has paid Tk 12,46,72,608 to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as tax on donations after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ordered him to pay the amount after dismissing a leave-to-appeal in this regard, reports...

Construction of Bay Terminal likely to begin this year: CPA

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, July 26: The construction of the long-awaited Bay Terminal of Chattogram seaport is likely to begin this year, hopes its implementing agency, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).Land acquisition for the Bay Terminal is yet to be completed because the...

Policy for Bangladeshi diaspora on the way

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

The government is going to formulate a policy for diaspora Bangladeshis aiming to create scope for investment in private sector and boost up inward remittance through the formal channel.The policy titled 'National Diaspora Policy of Bangladesh-2023' is now in the...

BNP, AL front bodies' rallies tomorrow

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Tension built centring the separate public rallies of opposition BNP and three front organisations of the ruling Awami League, scheduled for today (Thursday), in Dhaka was largely deffused last night when political rivals decided to hold their programmes tomorrow (Friday)....

Country that didn't support our war now intriguing: PM

2023-07-27 00:00:00

ROME, Jul 26: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said those who had not supported Bangladesh's liberation war want to play drakes and ducks with the country. "The players can't be allowed to play", she said, adding that the people...

Briefing 2023-07-27

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Prayer Timings (2023-07-27)

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Encroached on a water body along the main road in Aminbazar area

2023-07-27 00:00:00

A section of vested quarters has encroached on a water body along the main road in Aminbazar area of the city, which is now being used as a parking space. The photo was taken on Wednesday. — FE photo By...

Govt expresses dismay over 13 envoys' statement

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) called upon the foreign missions which recently issued a joint statement on an incident in Dhaka-17 by-election to go by the Vienna Convention and refrain from any 'undiplomatic behaviour' in Bangladesh."We expressed dissatisfaction over...

BB asks banks to cut family-member directors to three

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the banks to bring down the number of directors from a family to three from existing four. The central bank asked the banks to comply with the directive as per the Bank Company (Amendment) Act...

Govt hospitals to raise dengue beds

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

The government on Thursday reported 14 more deaths, including 10 from Dhaka, in the mosquito-borne dengue fever while a record number of new cases were reported across the country.With this, the total casualties stood at 215, including 172 from Dhaka,...

BD puts lucrative baits for IOCs in new PSC

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh Wednesday endorsed the draft model production-sharing contract (PSC) with lucrative baits to invite international tenders for hydrocarbon exploration in deep and shallow waters in the Bay of Bengal.Officials said the cabinet committee on economic affairs approved in principle the...

BD pharmaceutical exports expand to 131 countries

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry diversifies export market across the globe with health products reaching 131 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, America, Australia and Africa, insiders said.The medicine manufacturers have already widened markets not only to South Asian nations like Sri...

Foreign credit squeeze upsets private businesses' expansion

JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Short-term external credit squeeze under the hovering uncertainties both in domestic and global markets upsets private enterprises' business expansion with its cascading impact on Bangladesh economy's rebound, sources said. The entrepreneurs, mostly from export-oriented units, said under such ambience of...

Weather (2023-07-27)

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram & Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Mild heat...

BD logs 38 Covid cases -

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Bangladesh has recorded 38 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,044,169, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,469 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data...

New CAG Nurul Islam takes oath

FE REPORT | 2023-07-27 00:00:00

Newly appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Md Nurul Islam has taken oath. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique on Wednesday administered the oath at the Judges' Lounge of the Supreme Court. Appellate Division judges and other officials of...

Conduct mobile courts to prevent road accidents, demands Nat'l Committee

2023-07-27 00:00:00

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways on Wednesday demanded drives against all types of illegal vehicles, including buses without route permits, and unlicensed drivers to prevent road accidents and save lives, reports UNB. The organisation has called...

Conference on 'Bakeman's 3rd International Language League'

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Prof Dr Abdur Rob Khan, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr AQMA Rahman Bhuiyan, Chairman of the Department of English and Modern Languages of NSU, Md Shafiqul Islam Tushar, Chief Marketing Officer of Akij Bakers Limited,...

New navy chief calls on President

2023-07-27 00:00:00

Newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Nazmul Hassan on Wednesday called on President Mohammed Sahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the city, reports UNB.Congratulating the new navy chief, the president said that the role of Bangladesh Navy in extracting...