CHANDPUR, Sep 07 (UNB): At least 50 people were injured Friday night in a clash between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its affiliated organisations over dominance and extortion in the Puran Bazar area of Chandpur.The violence...
Political analyst Prof Anu Muhammad speaking at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital on Saturday marking publication of the mass probe report on fatalities and injuries of garment workers in wage unrest. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Saturday that neighbouring country India should respect independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh."During Sheikh Hasina's rule, none could even utter a sound against her misrule. Sheikh...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set a six-month target to significantly broaden its tax base, aiming to reduce the disproportionate burden on existing taxpayers."We have fixed a target of six months to widen the tax net, focusing on...
Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed has asked Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to take a firm stance against extortionists and their backers, stressing that tackling extortion will help lower the prices of vegetables and other essential commodities.The government is adopting a tough...
ICSB TEAM CALLS ON BANGLADESH BANK GOVERNOR A delegation of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB), led by its Senior Vice President M Nurul Alam, called on Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur on Thursday. The Senior...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
The delay in data delivery by government statistical agencies is hindering the formulation of a timely rice import policy, according to officials and experts.Following the massive floods in the country's southeast and several other districts, the agriculture ministry has initially...
SIRAJGANJ, Sept 07 (bdnews24.com): A collision between a bus and a truck on Bangabandhu Bridge has claimed the lives of three people, including a father and son, and injured eight others.The incident occurred near the 13th pillar of the bridge...
LALMONIRHAT, Sept 07 (UNB): The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and local students of Lalmonirhat pitched in to do roadworks near the border at Lalmonirhat Patgram on Saturday.They carried out repair and restoration work on the damaged roads leading to and...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 07 (BSS): One person was killed by drowning in the river Mohananda at Bholahat in Chapainawabganj district on Friday afternoon.The deceased was Mamun, 32, son of Md. Santu of Jadunagar village under Bholahat union of Bholahat upazila in...
SIRAJGANJ, Sept 07 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a van puller from a pond near a brick kiln in Salonga of Sirajganj on Saturday afternoon, two days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as Munzil Sheikh, 42, son...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 07: At least 15 nursing students fell sick while staging an agitation programme in the city on Saturday to press home their demands.The nursing faculty arranged the 'Symbolic Examination and Symbolic Poisoning programme' to demand quickly holding of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDPUR, Sept 07: The recent spell of flood has caused colossal damage to agriculture, fisheries and infrastructure in eight upazilas of Chandpur district. The extent of damage and loss by the disaster is getting clear after the floodwater...
RUPALI BANK HOLDS BUSINESS CONFERENCE-2024Rupali Bank PLC held its Business Conference - 2024 for the branches in its Rangpur zone on Friday. The bank's Managing Director (MD) Md Jahangir was present as the chief guest at an auditorium in the...
Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday signaled they are ready to kick off a series of interest rate cuts at the US central bank's meeting in two weeks, noting a cooling in the labor market that could accelerate into something more...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
As the pharmaceutical sector suffers due to widespread workers' unrest, labour unions emerge to be an important facilitator in efforts to quell the tension. While many companies have still been struggling to return to operations nearly a week after the...
On this day, wherever we take our eyes, AI (artificial intelligence) is taking over almost every sector -- be it IT sector, content development or even in the education sector. Though there are some incidental bugs, most of the time...
NEW YORK, Sept 07 (AFP): Taylor Fritz became the first American man since 2009 to reach a Grand Slam final on Friday, setting up a US Open title showdown against world number one Jannik Sinner.Fritz, the world number 12, twice...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) cleared the air on the future of men's national team head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, according to Cricbuzz. A board official said that the Sri Lankan will arrive in Bangladesh before the upcoming tour of India and...
Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has secured a spot in the Zim Afro T10 after being signed by the Harare Bolts, reports UNB.Just last week, Rishad was also picked up by the Hobart Hurricanes for the Big Bash League (BBL), making...
GAZA, Sept 07 (Reuters/BBC): Iqbal al-Zeidi has been going out to retrieve her family's belongings from the rubble of their home ever since it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City almost a year ago.Braving more bombardments, she...
WASHINGTON, Sept 07 (AP): President Joe Biden will host British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks in Washington next week that are expected to touch on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and other issues.Next Friday's meeting with the leader...
NEW YORK, Sept 07 (AFP): Sentencing for Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial was delayed Friday until after November's election, a win for the Republican as he battles Kamala Harris in the knife-edge White House race.The former...
LONDON, Sept 07 (BBC): The international world order is "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the Cold War", the heads of the UK and US foreign intelligence services have warned.The chiefs of MI6 and the CIA also...
SAO PAULO, Sept 7 (Reuters): The two-year robusta coffee rally to record high prices last week has given investors and farmers a rush for that variety in the world's top coffee grower Brazil, experts said.Brazil has traditionally been the largest...
FE DESK Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) inaugurated its 'Internal Research Review & Planning Workshop 2024' at Kazi Badrudduza Auditorium of the institute in Gazipur on Saturday.This workshop was designed to evaluate all the research programmes conducted in 2023-24 and...
SINGAPORE, Sept 7 (Reuters): Asian refiners' margins slumped to their lowest seasonal levels since 2020 this week as supplies of diesel and gasoline rose after peak summer travel demand ended, industry officials and analysts said on Friday.Persistent weak margins could...
Moslem Uddin Ahmed | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Begin with the formation of constitution commission, now that 'rebuilding the state' comes out as a common ground for three major stakeholders of the August 5th or 'July 36th' student-mass uprising billed by the vanguards as 'revolution'. The Anti-discrimination Student...
Muhammad Mahmod | 2024-09-08 00:00:00
Global economic growth, according to a UNCTAD forecast, will slump to 2.6 per cent in 2024, just above the 2.5 per cent threshold commonly associated with a recession. Inflation is expected to continue to cool, although in many countries the...
The recent unrest in the industrial zones of Savar, Ashulia, and Gazipur has brought the nation's key export sector to a critical juncture. More than a hundred apparel factories have been forced to shut down, some of which have been...
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