A Dhaka court has placed former state minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain on a three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of electrician Shamim Hawlader in capital's Mohammadpur area, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter...
GAZIPUR, Oct 25 (UNB): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has underscored the need for national unity rooted in the spirit of the 2024 student-people mass revolution. The Jamaat leader came up with the remarks while speaking at the Rukan...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 25: BNP leader Dr. Shahadat Hossain will be sworn in as the mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) on November 3. The Election Tribunal declared Dr. Shahadat Hossain as the mayor of CCC in a verdict of a...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said the interim government should consider their 31-point proposal for state reforms.He made the comments at a meeting hosted by Munshiganj District Women and Children Forum at the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions.Day and night...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the 29th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 76 at 8:30m on Friday, reports UNB.The air was classified as 'moderate' and it...
One more death due to dengue was reported in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning, raising the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 269 this year, reports bdnews24.com.The recent fatality took place in the Dhaka...
The government has appointed five new prosecutors to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), bringing the total number of prosecutors to nine, reports BSS.The newly-appointed five prosecutors are SM Moinul Karim, Md Nure Ershad Siddiqui, Shaikh Mahdi, Tarek Abdullah and Tanvir...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 25: The result of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams of the son of former secretary of Chattogram education board has been officially cancelled.The authorities concerned have taken action after an investigation found evidence of fraudulence in HSC...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Speakers at a public awareness rally in the capital on Friday urged the government and policymakers to address lead pollution in Bangladesh.They called for the implementation of strict monitoring to ensure safe standards in consumer products, especially aluminum cookware, wall...
The busy road in front of the Mugda General Hospital in the capital has long been in a deplorable condition, causing sufferings to the people and patients. The snapshot was taken on Friday. — FE Photo
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has called for increasing buffalo production in the country to meet the demand of protein through its meat and milk, reports BSS."Once buffaloes were considered agricultural animals and now those animals are meeting our...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Net sales of savings instruments in July-August of fiscal year 2024-25 experienced a substantial decline of 24.07 per cent compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year.The net sales of the savings instruments in July-August FY 25 stood...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Release of funds for the non-governmental organisations (NGOs), working in the country and are administered through the government regulator - NGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB), has been showing a declining trend in the recent years.Bangladesh's transition to a middle-income country status,...
BEIJING, Oct 25 (AFP): Chinese leaders will convene a key political meeting early next month, state media reported Friday, as observers watch for more details on a stimulus plan to support the country's wavering economy.The world's second-largest economy has struggled...
Though the interim government has taken oath two months ago, it is still encountering increasing scrutiny over delays in appointing key administrative officials, reports UNB.Seven secretaries are yet to be appointed in various ministries and divisions and the posts of...
WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP):Civil society groups implored Google on Thursday to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetize environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan's pledge to crack down.The open letter, addressed...
People inspect the damage at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. Three journalists were killed in the Israeli airstrike. — AFP
Police Headquarters has released a list of 44 police personnel who were killed during the mass uprising in July and August, reports bdnews24.com.It claimed that misinformation was being spread about the 'true number' of law enforcers killed amid the violence...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Large-scale manufacturing in Bangladesh contracted by 9.75 per cent year on year in June, according to the latest data available with the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.This decline marks the first negative growth in months following a positive growth rate of...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says there is no likelihood of major storms or other disasters in the country due to Severe Cyclone Dana, which has started to weaken after making landfall in India's Odisha, reports bdnews24.com.Though there may be some...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
The Planning Commission (PC) has turned down a fresh and costly railway workshop-construction project as it finds two other existing ones underutilised, officials said on Friday.The commission has recently sent back the Sheikh Hasina-led government's Tk 76.83-billion project proposal for...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Passengers at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital suffered much following a disruption to train schedules of both departure and arrival caused by derailment of six coaches of Panchagarh Express on Friday.However, the rail communications between Dhaka and other parts...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Cash transactions on the moribund call money-market see a slow pickup following the central bank's liquidity-squeezing moves to tame obdurate inflation, a prime concern of consumers and the interim government alike.Call-money market is a key platform where borrowing and lending...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Owners fret over an 'unofficial' embargo on new natural-gas connections to industries in government bid to ease owes of the already-starving gas-guzzling consumers across Bangladesh, sources said.Although there is no official instruction either from the energy and mineral resources division...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-10-26 00:00:00
Six priority areas are up for reforms under conditions binding a World Bank-offered budget-support credit, including an overhaul in fiscal, revenue, and public-welfare arenas, officials said.The World Bank is providing the development-policy credit under its Building Economic and Institutional Resilience...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Oct 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - More than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat languished at sea for days, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.The...
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Oct 25 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn on Friday in Khan Yunis, the territory's main southern city, killing at least 20 people.Fourteen people were killed in a...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 25 (AFP): Ten police were shot dead at a check post near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban."The intense exchange of fire lasted for nearly an hour. Ten Frontier...
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