Gonotantrik Bam Morcha, an alliance of left-leaning political parties, brought out a procession from Purana Paltan intersection in the city on Friday, demanding cancellation of the government decision to hike electricity and gas prices. — Focus Bangla
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) expressed on Friday deep shock at the loss of lives in the devastating fire that happened at a multi-storey building in the capital's Bailey Road area on Thursday night."Accident and disaster may happen if there is...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced a new committee of its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's Dhaka University (DU) unit on Friday.Ganesh Chandra Roy Shahosh has been made president and Nahiduzzaman Shipon general secretary of the committee.BNP senior joint secretary general...
NAIROBI, March 01 (UNB): Involvement of private sectors is crucial in climate finance, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said on Friday.He said the private sector is not interested in Climate Adaptation financing. They need to be...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP leaders are going to their foreign masters after they were repeatedly rejected by the country's people, reports BSS."They (BNP leaders) are doing politics thinking of the foreign ambassadors as...
COLOMBO, March 1 (AFP): Sri Lanka on Friday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.New Delhi has long been concerned about growing...
The government on Friday issued a set of "Fuel Pricing Guidelines" through a gazette notification to set an automated price for the petroleum fuels across the country, reports UNB.The system will be effective from March. Under the guidelines, prices of...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh and India are expected to start negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within this year, more likely by June next, officials have said.They said Dhaka is set to commence negotiations with its second-largest trade partner to...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
The Bailey Road fire that killed 46 people and injured several dozen on Thursday night has prompted public agencies and law enforcers to raise several questions. These include whether the Bailey Road building complied with the building code and whether...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
A total of 268 people perished in four devastating fires, including the latest one at Bailey Road, in Dhaka city in the last 14 years. The fire incidents at Nimtali and Churihatta in old Dhaka and FR Tower at Banani...
Fortune Barishal players celebrate after taking a wicket as they beat Comilla Victorians by 6 wickets in the final of the 10th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Dhaka on Friday — Focus Bangla
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The retail prices of hot spices have soared further ahead of Ramadan in alignment with the trend of sky-rocketing rates of other essential commodities.Cardamom retailed between Tk 3,200 and Tk 4,200 per kilogram depending on quality, a Tk 800-1,000 hike...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday bemoaned that there was no fire exit in the multi-storied building that caught fire on Bailey Road leaving dozens of people dead, reports UNB."The fire that broke out in Bailey Road, that is a...
Seven new faces on Friday took oath as members of the incumbent cabinet led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to the new state ministers at Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban...
FHM Humyan Kabir | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Women participation in jobs drops with a last-quarter dip in 2023 although Bangladesh's total workforce increased in the bygone year, official statistics show. Enrollments of their male counterpart in employment, on the other hand, increased in the last calendar year,...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from Abu Dhabi | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
After extending the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Friday in Abu Dhabi, coupled with overnight works of the negotiators, there was an indication that it might be extended to Saturday if the negotiators couldn't...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
The bancassurance system, a business model of selling insurance products through banking channels, will begin on Sunday as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced it formally on Friday while opening the National Insurance Day. Local commercial banks -- City Bank PLC,...
Nazia Ahmed (32) with her two children. They died in the Bailey Road building fire on Thursday night. — Photo Collected
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
A jolly evening get-together turns a nightmare for a family as five its members were among those charred in Thursday night's fire tragedy in Dhaka's high-society Bailey Road.A total of 46 people burnt to death and 13 others suffered severe...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
A wake-up call rings for mending umpteen other unsafe buildings as Thursday night's Bailey-road house blaze left 46 dead and 13 others seriously injured and struggling for life at hospitals. Firefighters and eyewitnesses said lack of spacious staircase and haphazard...
PRAGUE, March 01 (AFP): A Prague court said it had taken Czech Tennis Federation (CTS) head Ivo Kaderka into custody on Thursday on fraud charges over an alleged abuse of government subsidies.The 60-year-old Kaderka, the CTS head since 1998 and...
LONDON, March 01 (AFP): AC Milan's owners said on Thursday they will build a 70,000-capacity new stadium for the seven-time European champions that will serve as a multi-purpose venue.Milan and local rivals Inter, who both play at the historic San...
The Bangladesh cricketing community observed a one-minute silence to mourn the devastating Bailey Road fire that claimed 46 lives on Thursday night, reports UNB.In a press release, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) expressed profound condolences to the families of those...
EXIM Bank 34th National Men's Handball competition begins today (Saturday) in the city, reports BSS.Maldives handball president Ahmed Mujtoba is expected to inaugurate the meet as the chief guest.Sajib Banerjee, senior vice president of corporate affairs and branding and marketing...
The photograph release by Reliance on Friday shows India's former cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) with his wife Sakshi Dhoni, upon their arrival at Jamnagar Airport in Jamnagar, to attend a three-day pre-wedding celebration hosted by billionaire tycoon Mukesh...
IUB Board of Trustees Chairman Didar A Husain, Trustee A Quaiyum Khan, Vice Chancellor Tanweer Hasan, Prothom Alo's Chief Sports Editor Utpal Shuvro and Bangladesh Squash Rackets Federation Secretary General Brig Gen G M Quamrul Islam (Retd.), among others, attend...
ABU DHABI, March 01 (AFP): Ireland finally won their first Test match on Friday when they defeated Afghanistan by six wickets in Abu Dhabi, ending a streak of seven successive losses.Captain Andy Balbirnie led from the front with an undefeated...
WELLINGTON, March 01 (AFP): Australia seized control of the opening Test Friday after a miserable day for New Zealand left the hosts 217 runs adrift in Wellington and with a mountain to climb to stay in the match.The visitors finished...
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