LAURINBURG, Aug 31 (AFP): For several months, Yampiere Lugo has been going door to door, urging young people in North Carolina to vote in November.With Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race and Kamala Harris's arrival atop the Democratic ticket, the...
BAGHDAD, Aug 31 (BBC): The US says its military forces in Iraq have killed 15 Islamic State (IS) "operatives" in a joint operation with Iraqi Security Forces that targeted the militant group's leadership.US Central Command (Centcom) said it had performed...
TOKYO, Aug 31 (BBC): Trains and flights have been cancelled in Japan as one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in decades drenches cities in its path.At least six people have been killed and more than 100 injured...
GAZA, Aug 31 (Reuters/AFP): An Israeli air strike on an aid convoy carrying food and fuel to a Gaza hospital killed four Palestinians on Thursday, US-based aid group Anera said as Israel claimed they were "armed assailants," which the group...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2024-09-01 00:00:00
Close to a month after a popular mass uprising led by students forced the despotic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country, ending her 15 years of tyrannical rule, the interim government that took over the reins of power...
The recent reduction in fuel prices by the government for the month of September, following trends in the international market, is a welcome move. Effective from midnight, diesel and kerosene will be priced at Tk 105.50 per litre, while petrol...
The arbitrary rise in house rents across Bangladesh is a growing concern, particularly for lower- and middle-income households who are increasingly burdened by the escalating costs of living. The latest report from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) says more...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-01 00:00:00
The nation recoiled in horror when it learnt about the horrific, inhumane happenings that befell the victims of enforced disappearance during the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. Harrowing nightmarish stories are emerging from those who had been victims of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-01 00:00:00
"Despite some uncertainty around its magnitude, climate change clearly dampens output levels in Asia and the Pacific through channels such as loss of physical capital, people's health conditions and productivity." The Asia-Pacific Quarterly Economic Update, prepared and published by the...
The present interim government headed by Prof. Muhammad Yunus has taken the monumental step to sign the instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. The historic move came only a day...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-31 12:00:00
Successive governments from 2009 onwards were headed by the same party and the country ended up paying billions of dollars for establishing several mega projects that were supposed to generate 40 Gigawatts (GW) of power by 2030. If the biggest...
Light to moderate rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with...
Rush of vehicles, many of them relief goods-laden trucks and covered vans, caused a long tailback on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Signboard area under Narayanganj on Friday. — FE Photo
The government has brought some changes to the judiciary through transferring 81 judicial officials of different ranks, reports BSS.The transfer was made following advice from the Supreme Court on August 29, through four separate gazette notifications on Thursday.Signed by deputy...
MANIKGANJ, Aug 30 (UNB): A 20-year-old woman's body has been recovered from her house in Harirampur upazila of Manikganj.The dead, Sriti Sarkar, was the wife of Sanjit Saha, a battery-run autorickshaw driver of Jatrapur village of Boyra union of the...
The State Guest House Jamuna, the office of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, has become a plastic bottle-free zone, reports UNB.Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser for environment, forest, and climate change, spearheaded the initiative and urged her fellow members of the...
Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) President Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman has said a comprehensive and forward-thinking security agenda is crucial to effectively address these challenges that Bangladesh faces now, reports UNB.He said Bangladesh stands at a...
Along with people from all walks of life, a child also donated money for the flood victims at TSC on Dhaka University campus on Friday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
Water level continued to recede in the south-eastern region on Friday as the death toll climbed to 54.Things started to improve, but flood victims are still suffering due to ongoing challenges in the distribution of relief stuff in many areas.However,...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) collected cash worth around Tk 25 million and relief materials amounting Tk 100 million over the last five days to distribute among the flood-affected people.BNP standing committee member and convener of the party's Relief Collection Committee...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 30 (UNB): Miscreants shot and killed two Awami League (AL) activists in the Kuiyash Burischar area of Hathazari thana of Chattogram.The incident occurred in front of Nahar Garden in the Kuiyash Burischar Sheikh Mohammad City Corporation College area...
The body of Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, a Chhatra League general secretary, has been officially recovered by police in India's Meghalaya, reports bdnews24.com.Meghalaya police said the decomposing body was found at a betel nut plantation in Dona Bhoi village in...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said none would become victim of enforced disappearance, if his party is voted to power by the people.He also stressed the need for ensuring justice against the crime (enforced disappearance)."Enforced disappearance...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday requested providing state allowances to the families of those persons who became victims of enforced disappearances during the Awami League government.He made the appeal at an event marking...
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 30 (UNB)--A murder case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and several other leaders in Kishoreganj over the killing of two BNP activists during the Anti-Discrimination...
BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Friday stressed the need for all-out resistance against the extortionists and miscreants as they try to create chaos in the country, reports UNB."The country is ours. Some masked men are creating chaos everywhere. They...
Bangladesh indigenous people's rights activist Michael Chakma says he was woken up by his captors earlier this month in the dark, tiny cell where he was being held and thrown into a car, handcuffed and blindfolded, reports Reuters."I thought they...
NARSINGDI, Aug 30 (UNB): A fire that broke out in a building at Pran Industrial Park in Narsingdi has been brought under control after 3 hours.The fire originated in a warehouse of plastic goods in a two-storey building in Danga...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) faces a leadership crisis as nine members of its executive committee, excluding the acting president, announced their resignation. The resignations were announced on Thursday, with five members stepping down on Friday according to information...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 30 (BSS): A case was been filed on Friday with the Sadar Police Station of the district against 313 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and its front...
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