A total of four people were killed in separate road accidents in Khulna and Kurigram districts on Saturday and Friday night, reports UNB.In Khulna, two people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a collision between a bus...
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking-2023 was observed in the districts on Sunday with the theme "People First: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention, reports BSS.In Manikganj, marking the day, the district administration and district narcotics control office...
Workers busy collecting dried-out plastic shards at Kamrangirchar in the city — bdnews24.com
KURIGRAM, July 30 (UNB): A 46-year-old mother of two from Kurigram, the poorest as well as most backward district in the country, obtained 3.60 GPA (grade point average) and passed this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. Rahima...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 30: High yield of jute this season compared to previous years fails to make Rajshahi farmers happy as they are facing huge trouble to rot and process raw jute in the absence of adequate water in water bodies...
Pilot lands tourist plane in sea offFrance after engine breakdownMARSEILLE, July 30: A pilot landed his tourist plane in choppy waters off southern France on Sunday after the aircraft's engine broke down, with all occupants surviving unharmed, firefighters said. The...
PARIS, July 30 (AFP): Scientists said on Friday they have genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking the first time "virgin birth" has been induced in an animal.The offspring of the flies were...
BEIJING, July 30 (Reuters): Chinese forecasters on Saturday warned of the approach of Tropical Storm Khanun, expected to rapidly gain typhoon strength and strike China's densely populated coast sometime next week.Khanun, now more than 1,000km (620 miles) east of the...
NIAMEY, July 30 (BBC): Niger's coup leaders have warned regional and Western powers against military intervention to reinstate the ousted president.A statement claimed that regional body Ecowas was preparing to approve a "plan of aggression against Niger".The bloc of West...
JERUSALEM, July 30 (Reuters): Israel will build a 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to metropolitan Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
DUBAI, July 30 (AP): Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia's war on the country, an official said Saturday night. The kingdom and Kyiv did not...
MOSCOW, July 30 (BBC): Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he does not reject the idea of peace talks on Ukraine. Speaking after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg, he said African and Chinese initiatives could serve as a basis...
Bangladesh has turned out to be one of the top three countries where people are most active on Facebook. It is preceded by respectively India and the Philippines, according to a report released by Facebook's parent company Meta. The report...
Fardin Noor Parash, a third-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was supposed to represent Bangladesh in the World Debate Championship in Spain in December, 2022. But unfortunately, his body was found floating on Shitalakkhya River on...
Neil Ray | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Primary evidences point to, according to the police, suicides together by a day labourer and his wife, a domestic help, whose bodies were found hanging from the roof of a rented tin-shed room in East Rampura on Wednesday last. The...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
The US-based international credit rating agency, Moody's, in May downgraded Bangladesh's sovereign rating to B1 from its previous rating at Ba3. Notably, since this US Financial Service company began its credit rating for Bangladesh in 2010, it was the first...
Over the past two decades, development of the country's railway has remained confined to rhetoric. That the journey by train between Dhaka and Chattogram would take just an hour was hyped for quite sometime. But when railways tracks are single-gauge...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-07-31 00:00:00
Literacy helps not only with regard to critical thinking but also in being able to address trauma and psycho-social challenges faced by victims during a conflict or a crisis arising from a war-like situation or impact of climate variability or...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 12:00:00
Front organisations of Awami League hold a peace rally in the city on Friday. — Focus Bangla Brushing aside the one-point demand of BNP for the government's resignation, Bangladesh Awami League (AL) on Friday vowed to thwart any attempt of...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun Friday said the government is working to promote ship recycling industry to international standard, reports BSS."Ship recycling industry is a promising sector for Bangladesh. In this industry, Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in terms...
Noting that the election is Bangladesh' political business, European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore has expressed their hope that the forthcoming national election will be "free, fair and free of violence.""So, our expectation will be that the...
A young man was killed and four others injured Friday during clashes between two groups at Gulistan in Dhaka after a rally by three affiliate organisations of the Awami League, reports bdnews24.com. Salahuddin Mia, chief of Paltan Police Station, said...
Jubo League, the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League, will organise peace rally in the capital's Abdullahpur, Tongi, Gabtali and Aminbazar this (Saturday) morning, reports UNB.The peace rally will start at 11am, said Mainul Hossain Nikhil, general secretary of Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
The biggest-ever Bangladesh Startup Summit 2023 begins in Dhaka city today (Saturday) with an eye to expanding startup interactions among enterprises, venture capitalists, angel investors, regulators and experts.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to open the two-day event, organised by...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
The government on Friday reported 4 more deaths, including 2 from Dhaka in the mosquito borne dengue fever.With this, the total casualties stood at 229, including 179 from Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Besides, 1,503 new...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the government has been working to continue to run the country's judiciary, legislature and administration independently since the Awami League assumed state power, report agencies. The premier also thanked the judiciary for the...
FE REPORTThe World Bank (WB) will provide US$300 million as loan to help Bangladesh improve the efficiency of gas distribution and end-use through pre-paid metering systems for residential and industrial consumers and reduce methane emissions along the natural-gas value chain....
Papua New Guinea qualify for 2024 T20 WCPapua New Guinea have qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup after beating Philippines by 100 runs in Port Moresby to guarantee a first-place finish in the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. Quickfire fifties...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
Fourteen congressmen of the United States (US) sent a letter to the US envoy to the United Nations (UN) calling for deployment of UN peacekeeping forces during Bangladesh's upcoming national election "to prevent intimidation, harassment or assault of voters".The letter...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a sit-in at all the entry points of the capital today (Saturday) to realise its one-point demand for immediate resignation of the government and holding of the next national elections under a neutral...
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