TEL AVIV, Nov 27 (AP/Reuters/AFP): International mediators were pressing to extend a cease-fire in Gaza that has halted the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in decades but is set to expire after Monday, as Israel and Hamas prepared for a fourth exchange...
DHAKA (Nov 27): Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to "eliminate competition" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday, reports AFP.As well as the thousands arrested -- many...
Eight more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,606 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 920 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas returned to Dhaka Monday after a holiday, reports UNB.He reached Dhaka on a regular flight of SriLankan Airlines at 11:50 am, a source at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said.It could not be known immediately...
Jatiya Party (Ershad) has announced the names of its candidates for 287 constituencies out of 300 for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7, reports BSS.Jatiya Party secretary general Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu announced the names in...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 27: The tourism industry in greater Chattogram, encompassing the hill districts of Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari, and Cox's Bazar, faces severe setbacks due to the current hartals and blockades. Political unrest ahead of the impending national elections has...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has declared a 24-hour road, rail, and waterway blockade set to commence tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, followed by a daylong hartal on Thursday. This protest is in response to the Election Commission's (EC) announcement of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to work out a master plan for every upazila on land use, reports BSS.She gave the directive at a cabinet meeting with herself in the chair at her office in...
YASIR WARDAD | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
The harvest of early-winter potato varieties has begun, but the arrival of new potatoes is yet to provide any price relief to the local market. Stored potatoes continue to sell at Tk 45-55 per kilogram across the country.Newly harvested potatoes...
Untreated industrial waste spews forth from a sewage pipe into the Buriganga River. The photo was taken from Dhaka's Shyampur area. — FE Photo
Foreign powers have been 'meddling with' the preparation of the upcoming 12th general election, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, reports bdnews24.com.While the Election Commission prepares to hold national elections in January, interference from foreigners was 'unfortunate but a...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on Monday inked a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) to strengthen strategic cooperation in the energy sector of Bangladesh. JBIC Chief Representative of Delhi Kurihara Toshihiko and...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
China emerges as a new destination for Bangladeshi students to pursue higher education and do jobs in the second-largest global economy-in virtual reaffirmation of the maxim 'Go to far-off China if to acquire knowledge'. The flow of students to China...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
Age-old double-taxation agreements turn deadweight by leaving little scope to tax digital businesses not having permanent establishments in Bangladesh, thus shrinking avenues for revenue mobilisation.As such, taxmen say, the revenue authority felt the need for upgrading the Double Taxation Avoidance...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
Continuously rising cost of deposit under changing interest regime worsens banks' liquidity stress and prompts them to opt for short-term lending and long-term fundraising to avert squeeze on their net interest margin (NIM).Bankers say that, following policy-rate rises, they are...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Monday was recorded at 33.2 degrees Celsius...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 27 (UNB): A Rohingya man was shot to death and five others were injured in a clash between adherents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) at Ukhiya Rohingya camp in...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
For the first time, an Income Tax Fair was held on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus on Monday. JU administration and the JU Teachers' Association (JUTA) jointly organised the fair in collaboration with the National Board of Revenue Tax Zone-11...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that on September 14 granted six months' bail to Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed Karim in a corruption case. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
On Monday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld its Chamber Judge's order of maintaining the status quo on the promotion proceedings of state-owned Sonali Bank. The order, issued on October 15, was affirmed by the apex court.Additionally, the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
Reaching solutions from scientific research yielding solutions is a must to address climate change challenges in the country, experts said at a programme on Monday. They also said that recognising the youths' role as active participants in achieving climate justice...
Representatives of North South University (NSU) and BreakBite, in strategic collaboration with e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), Women & e-Commerce Trust (WE), and Innovision Consulting Limited, exchange documents after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish the Women Entrepreneurs...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque handing over a memento, which was given to Bangladesh by WHO South-East Asia Regional Office for eliminating Kal-azar in 2023, to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Monday — PID
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-11-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) is experiencing an overwhelming surge in passenger demand for its newly introduced intercity trains operating on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar and Dhaka-Khulna routes via the Padma Bridge. This surge has been pressing the state-owned train operator to...
CHUADANGA, Nov 26 (UNB): Houses and offices of many supporters of Chuadanga-1 nomination seeker Dilip Kumar Agarwala came under attack allegedly by the supporters of Awami League nomination winner candidate in Chuadanga on Sunday.The supporters of Dilip Kumar alleged that...
Jatiya Party has announced the names of its candidates for 287 constituencies out of 300 for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7, reports BSS.Jatiya Party secretary general Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu announced the names at a...
The 17th death anniversary of Mohammad Hanif, the first elected mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation and former president of Dhaka City Awami League, will be observed today (Tuesday), reports BSS. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Different socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies pay tributes to Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon by placing wreaths at his grave on the Dhaka Medical College campus in the city on Monday, marking his 33rd martyrdom anniversary....
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