MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina starts for Delhi today on a two-day tour with wide agenda featuring several proposed cooperation agreements, including one on connectivity.She is scheduled to have bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, tomorrow (Saturday) discussing the...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary single number three, as deep convection is taking place over the North Bay due to strong monsoon, reports BSS.Gusty/squally weather may affect the maritime...
A newly released report reveals alarming trends in air quality both in Bangladesh and worldwide, posing significant health risks, reports UNB.According to the latest State of Global Air (SoGA) 2024 report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with...
A court in the city on Thursday started recording the deposition of prosecution witnesses in a case lodged over the murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital's Shahjahanpur area on...
RAJSHAHI, June 20 (BSS): Hundred percent people of Rajshahi city and its adjacent municipalities will come under the supply of drinkable water as Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) is implementing a project to this end.The water treatment project...
Holidaymakers returning to the capital after celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha festival with their near and dear ones at village homes. The photo was taken from Sadarghat Launch Terminal on Thursday. — FE Photo
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
A team of students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has won Silver Award in the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2023-24, UK for solar-powered gear pump for irrigation. The announcement was...
Bangladesh confronts the interlinked challenges of 1.2 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (Rohingya) and 1.8 million people internally displaced by climate-related disasters in the last decade, Oxfam says in a statement received on Thursday, the World Refugee Day 2024. These...
Higher Secondary Certifi-cate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations have been postponed in Sylhet division until July 8 due to the ongoing flood situation in the division, reports BSS.Chairman of Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of Dhaka Education Board Professor...
Outgoing Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban in the capital on Thursday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Money laundering is the key reason for the current dollar crisis in Bangladesh, a former state minister said Thursday amid a lingering forex crunch and its domino effect on the economy. Dr Shamsul Alam told a budget talk in Dhaka...
SYLHET, June 20 (UNB): State Minister for Water Resources Ministry Zahid Faruk on Thursday said the government will take steps to dredge the Surma River to protect Sylhet city from early floods.The construction work of nine dredging stations across the...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Thursday said Bangladesh has conveyed its concern to Myanmar military and Arakan army with a strong note that Bangladesh will retaliate if they fire into Bangladesh territory further, reports BSS."Otherwise, we will respond to their firing....
The partial committees of Jubo League Rajshahi district and city units were formed on Thursday, reports BSS.The committees were declared through a statement, signed by Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Md Mainul Hossain Nikhil.According to...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has greeted Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as the President of Republic of South Africa, reports BSS.In a letter wrote to Mr Ramaphosa, the PM said, "Your victory in the recent parliamentary elections is...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Thursday that the government's 'apathy' towards the havocs caused by flooding every year was shocking.Senior joint secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment while speaking at a regular press briefing at...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP caused harm to the country by maintaining a hostile relationship with neighbouring India, reports BSS."The country had suffered, as BNP maintained a hostile...
PANCHAGARH June 20 (BSS): Groundnut harvesting is going on in full swing at all five upazilas of the district.Farmers are very happy to get the bumper production and fair price of the nut. About six mounds groundnut is coming from...
MOULVIBAZAR, June 20 (UNB): Six of the seven upazilas in Moulvibazar have been inundated due to the incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream, leaving nearly 200,000 people stranded.All the rivers in the district have been flowing above the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, June 20: Want of a permanent bridge over a river at Bedvita village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore has made 20,000 villagers suffers for a long time. The locals have to cross the river by using a makeshift bamboo...
LONDON, June 20 (AFP): Leicester City have appointed former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper as their new manager, the newly promoted Premier League club said on Thursday."Leicester City Football Club can today confirm the appointment of Steve Cooper as our...
HARARE, June 20 (AP): Zimbabwe Cricket said Wednesday it had appointed South African Justin Sammons as its new men's head coach.Sammons was a former batting coach with his home country's national team, the Proteas.Dave Houghton resigned as Zimbabwe's head coach...
SEOUL, June 20 (AFP): English coach Colin Bell has left his post as South Korea women's football boss after nearly five years in charge, the football association said Thursday.The 62-year-old was the first foreign coach of the South Korea women's...
LONDON, June 20 (AFP): Andy Murray's hopes of bowing out from tennis at this year's Wimbledon were left in severe doubt after a back injury forced him to retire from a second-round match at Queen's on Wednesday.The British tennis great...
Germany's supporters cheer for their team in the fan zone in front of the Brandenburg Gate ahead of the start of the public viewing for the match between Germany and Hungary on Wednesday in Berlin during the UEFA Euro 2024...
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team emerged Pool A champions to reach the semifinal of the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament with an all-win record, crushing Indonesia by 7-0 goals in the last pool match at the Sengkang Sports Centre in...
South Africa survived a scare before beating USA by 18 runs in the first game of the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup in Antigua. After slipping to 76-5 in pursuit of 195, a superb partnership worth 91 between...
Brandon King is a doubt for the rest of the T20 World Cup after suffering a side strain in West Indies' match against England in St Lucia on Wednesday night, reports www.espncricinfo.com.King raced to 23 off 12 balls to get...
The seven-member PCB selection committee is likely to undergo changes in the wake of Pakistan's dismal T20 World Cup campaign, reports www.espncricinfo.com. While the PCB will undertake a review to assess what went wrong for Pakistan, it is understood streamlining...
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, June 20 (AFP): Phil Salt thrashed a brilliant 87 not out off just 47 balls as defending champions England romped to an eight-wicket victory over the West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super Eight clash on...
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