GAZA, May 14 (Reuters): Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire halted five days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli.Israel...
BANGKOK, May 14 (AFP): Vote counting got under way in Thailand's general election Sunday with pro-democracy opposition parties tipped to defeat the conservative military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha after almost a decade in power.Opinion surveys pointed to a...
KUSHTIA, May 14 (UNB): Police arrested 14 people on charges of illegally extracting sand from the Garai river in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia on Saurday. The arrested are Md. Billal Hossain, 40, Md. Shakib Khan, 30, Md. Sajjad Hossain, 20,...
CHATTOGRAM, May 14 (UNB): A mentally challenged woman was burned to death as a house caught fire in the Chandgaon police station area of Chattogram on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Hasina Begum Tunu, 55.Chandgaon Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Asim...
BARISHAL, May 14 (UNB): River police recovered the body of a man from the Kirtankhola River in the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Kalachad Kumar Das, 50, a resident of the Basinda area under ward No.8 of...
RAJSHAHI, May 14 (BSS): Number of child labour in various industries, factories and other risky workplaces has started reducing due to various time-fitting steps, including work oriented education, taken in the region for the last couple of years.Deputy Inspector General...
NARAIL, May 14 (BSS): A court here on Sunday sentenced five people to life-term imprisonment for killing a man in Kalia upazila of the district in 2010.District Additional and Sessions Judge Md Akram Hossain handed down the verdict to Faijur...
A farmer taking care of his litchi tree in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district — Focus Bangla
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-05-15 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, May 14: Fire incidents are frequent in Chandpur town. But there are no modern fire equipment and ladders to rescue the trapped people and douse devastating flames on top floors of high-rise buildings in the town. It was observed...
Load-shedding in most parts of Bangladesh is now a common affair. We are now facing power outage every day in sweltering heat. Power outage has returned to Dhaka city with rural areas experiencing hours-long unannounced power cuts. According to official...
The International Nurses Day has recently been observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with elaborate programmes. Different government and non-government organisations have celebrated the day to appreciate the hard work and dedication of the nursing community. The theme...
Neil Ray | 2023-05-15 00:00:00
In the face of opposition from traders, the Dahaka North City Corporation (DNCC)-led drive under a magistrate to seal off the dilapidated and risky kitchen market at Kawran Bazar had to be postponed on Thursday last. In order to avoid...
M. Rokonuzzaman | 2023-05-15 00:00:00
Admittedly, an industrial economy is vital for creating a large number of better-paying jobs. The success of the industrial economy is the underlying factor of the rise of major economies like Japan, Germany, the UK, and the USA. Hence, other...
Child marriage, especially of teenage rural girls, has not received the focus it deserves for quite some time. There are reasons. Over the past few years, with the school-going girls emerging with better results in the SSC exams, some preparing...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-05-15 00:00:00
As the UN Organisation responsible for defending and promoting freedom of expression, media independence and pluralism, UNESCO led the observance of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3 this year.This year's celebration was particularly special for the international community...
YASIR WARDAD and SAIF UDDIN | 2023-05-14 12:00:00
The authorities have evacuated nearly 250,000 people until Saturday evening as the very severe cyclone 'Mocha' is set to make landfall in Cox's Bazar and parts of Myanmar's coast by this noon (Sunday noon).The coastal district of Cox's Bazar has...
The country's total RMG exports has recorded a growth of 9.09 per cent year on year (YoY) in July-April period of the current fiscal year (FY 2022-23), according to the latest data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), reports...
BUENOS AIRES, May 13 (AFP) : Inflation in Argentina reached 108.8 percent in the 12 months to April, a more than three decade high, the Indec national statistics institute said Friday.Month-on-month, inflation in April was 8.4 percent in Latin America's...
State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman on Saturday said the government doesn't have the capacity to shift 1.2 million Rohingyas living in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar to safer places in the wake of cyclone...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
Amid sugar prices edging up in the local market, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has raised its subsidised sugar rates by Tk 10 per kg as part of the initiative to sell essential items to around 10 million cardholder...
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters): Planemakers can't build them but airlines can't stop buying them.Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are totting up billions of dollars of new...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
Launch services remained suspended at the Sadarghat launch terminal in Dhaka on Saturday, considering the safety of people as the cyclone Mocha is approaching to hit the country today (Sunday).Earlier, the Ministry of Shipping in a circular issued on Friday...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that Bangladesh will not purchase anything from any country which imposes sanctions against it."There is now a tendency to give sanctions, and sanctions on those by whom we contain terrorism. We have taken...
Linde reports lowest profit in 10 quarters for Jan-MarLinde Bangladesh has reported the lowest profit in 10 quarters for January-March this year, mainly due to costlier raw materials. Business has been tougher also because of the stronger dollar and a...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
Work on MRT lines 01 and 05 is set to begin from next fiscal year, as the government has earmarked a substantial volume of funds in the upcoming development budget.The government has also provided additional funds to the under-construction MRT-6...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
The telecoms regulator BTRC has opened a control room at its headquarters to keep telecommunications safe and working during super-cyclone Mocha.The Bangladesh Teleco-mmunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has also opened two Teletalk numbers-01552202854 and 01552202886-for emergency communication, said BTRC deputy director...
FE REPORT | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
The 6th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) ended in the city on Saturday, emphasising the need for greater cooperation among member countries to tap into the immense potential of the region. The conference was attended by top government officials, diplomats, academicians,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the government has taken all necessary preparations to tackle cyclone Mocha, reports UNB."Cyclone Mocha is approaching . We've kept ready the cyclone centres and taken all types of preparation to tackle it,"...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-05-14 00:00:00
Electricity load shedding intensified across the country on Saturday due to a sudden fall in gas supplies to the power plants as regasified LNG from the offshore FSRUs kept suspended from Friday night amid fears of cyclone Mocha.The country's two...
Bangladesh reported eight more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours until Saturday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,461, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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