SEOUL, July 16 (Reuters): The US, South Korea and Japan held a joint naval missile defence exercise on Sunday to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the South's navy said, days after the North launched an intercontinental ballistic...
LONDON, July 16 (Reuters): More than a quarter of Britain's single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country's statistics agency which highlights the impact of surging...
MOSCOW, July 16 (AFP/AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had enough cluster munitions to answer if Ukraine was to use the weapons, in an interview published Sunday.Ukraine started receiving cluster weapons from the United States, a move that...
TEXAS, July 16 (BBC/AFP): Parts of the US are expected to see record temperatures on Sunday, with warnings of "dangerous" heat levels into next week across the south-west.Nearly a third of Americans - about 113 million people - are currently...
BEIJING, July 16 (AFP): US climate envoy John Kerry will head to China on Sunday to meet with his counterpart Xie Zhenhua and restart stalled talks between the world's two biggest emitters of planet-warming gases.Kerry's trip to China-his third as...
RAJSHAHI, July 16 (BSS): Full support of the community can be the crucial means of eradicating the abuse of drugs along with its illicit trafficking and trading.Forging social resistance against the abuse of drugs is also important to protect the...
Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Sylhet on Sunday, report agenciesIn Dinajpur, two people including an army man were killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur district on Sunday.Ruhul Amin, a corporal of 8th Engineering...
Doctors of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh formed a human chain at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College in Bogura on Sunday, protesting harassment of their fellows across the country— Focus Bangla
Not pursuing dream job after passing BSc in Computer Engineering, Mazharul Islam Shamim starts commercial cultivation of dragon fruit and take it as a profession. The picture was taken from Chararmoni Mohon village of Luxmipur distirct on Sunday — Focus...
RANGPUR, July 16 (BSS): Flood situation started improving following sharp fall in water levels of all major rivers at all points amid less rainfalls in the Brahmaputra basin in the last 24 hours ending at 9:00 am on Sunday. Officials...
Fatema Rahim Veena | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly designated July 15 as World Youth Skills Day, a momentous occasion that highlighted the global consensus on the significance of providing young individuals with the essential skills required for employment, decent work, and...
Most essential commodities are beyond the reach of the common people. If chicken, egg, beef and fish are too pricey to afford, they go to the section of the kitchen market where vegetables are sold. But now vegetables are also...
Most of the students, studying at the university level, are keen to land on Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) jobs these days. They are more focused on BCS preparation than their academic subjects. BCS is possibly the number one choice on...
Neil Ray | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Teachers' Association has been demanding nationalisation of all private secondary schools for sometime, according to its leaders. From July 11, the association has been holding a sit-in protest before the National Press Club. But this time it has...
Syed FattahulAlim | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
A study by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has come up with a revealing report recently. Of the different observations it makes about the global poverty situation since the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, one is rather striking. Some...
Following tentative export of the country's quality mangos in the past years, except in the pandemic years, the government appears to have refocused on the fruit's export. The initiative follows this year's bumper yields of mango in its traditional production...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
With the daily dengue hospitalisation cases reaching 1,246 and the total death toll rising to 93 so far this year according to the most recent official data, the importance of having a functional health surveillance system in Bangladesh is again...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2023-07-17 00:00:00
A number of news items and views recently appeared in the media underscoring the importance of introducing a system of settlement of Indo-Bangla trade in Indian rupee (INR). The main themes of the optimism are based on the premise that...
Zaidi Sattar | 2023-07-16 12:00:00
As the dust settles and the media hubbub over potpourri of Budget issues abate it is time to take a closer look at some of the strategic components of the FY24 Budget and how they might impact business and overall...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 15: The district administration of Chattogram and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) are going to build a recreation centre, boat museum and a river park named 'Karnaphuli Lookout' on the recovered lands from the illegal occupiers at Karnaphuli riverside....
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
BNP standing committee member Amir Khashru Mahmud Chowdhury has said a free, fair, participatory and violence-free election will not be possible under the present government.The entire world is observing the situation unfolding here, according to the politician.He was talking to...
The ruling Awami League has told representatives of the European Union that a free and fair election can be held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in office under Bangladesh's existing constitutional framework, reports bdnews24.com.On Saturday, a delegation of the EU's...
FE Report | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
The World Youth Skill Day was observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Saturday with taking due programmes.Bangladesh has been observing the day since 2015 after United Nation General Assembly fixed July 15 for its observance in...
ROME, July 15 (AFP): Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.Italy faces weekend...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday left for India to join the meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers' Conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in India, reports UNB.A two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors is scheduled to...
Business leaders seen with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 'Business Conference on Building Smart Bangladesh' organised by the FBCCI at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on Saturday. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Another seven people died due to dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning as a record number of patients infected with the mosquito-borne disease got admitted to different hospitals across the country in a single day. As many as 1,623...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
A Japanese organisation is likely to get the ground handling responsibility of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), a top CAAB official said on Saturday. "Bangladesh government has taken a decision in principle in this regard as...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Indian Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a sudden tour of Dhaka on Saturday morning.Power Division sources said Mr Adani travelled to Dhaka by his personal airplane and returned immediately after the...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-16 00:00:00
Global fashion organisations have made a united call and pressed global, national, and local authorities for sustainable digital labelling. The collective group of a total of 130 organisations, in a joint letter to the authorities concerned on July 11, advocated...
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