The Indian government portrays Bangladesh as a close ally with a special relationship, a bond that may have been stronger in the past with the previous administrations. However, recent actions suggest otherwise. Border killings persist, essential goods exports are halted...
Neil Ray | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
Never before has the country seen mass resignations of this scale. The resignation of the country's ousted premier opened the floodgate of voluntary stepping down by people in high positions of the three organs of the government---the legislative, executive and...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
Neither students nor the masses who joined them in the political upheaval that reached its peak on August 5, could, perhaps, comprehend what they had done. That the entire nation owned August 5 and was ready to defend it at...
The decision by the interim government to list unessential and politically motivated projects for axing is a commendable and timely step. By streamlining development priorities, the interim government aims to avoid the wastage of public funds and ensure that resources...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-08-26 00:00:00
The world's attention is now focused on another emerging health crisis. It has issued its highest level of alert for the viral disease - named Mpox which is rapidly spreading in parts of Africa.Analyst Areesha Lodhi has pointed out that...
JAKARTA, Aug 25 (Reuters): Indonesia's election body secured parliament's nod on Sunday to issue new rules in line with demands from protesters, who have been furious over an attempt by allies of outgoing President Joko Widodo to change eligibility requirements...
CAIRO, Aug 25 (AP): A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving more than two dozen people dead or missing, the U.N. migration agency said Sunday, the latest in a string of shipwrecks that have left scores...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (Reuters): Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed at least 35 people on Sunday, the authorities said.Twelve pilgrims died on the Makran Coastal Highway in the southwest, the interior ministry said, while a rescue official...
BRASILIA, Aug 25 (BBC): A crisis cabinet has been set up by the São Paulo state government to deal with wildfires which have put 30 Brazilian cities on alert.Flames have killed two people and smoke has disrupted traffic on a...
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (BBC): Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX.Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had...
KABUL, Aug 25 (AP): The Taliban's new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women's voices and bare faces in public provide a "distressing vision" for Afghanistan's future, a top U.N. official warned Sunday.Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the...
JERUSALEM, Aug 25 (BBC/AP): Israel says its warplanes have struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting moves to launch an aerial attack on Israel.The Israeli military said around 100 fighter jets had destroyed "thousands" of rocket launchers on Sunday morning,...
PARIS, Aug 25 (BBC): Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris. Mr Durov was detained after his private jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported.According to officials...
Saleha Khan, president of the Bangladesh Air Force Women's Welfare Association, hands over relief supplies for flood-affected people to air force personnel at Bangladesh Air Force Base Bashar in Dhaka Cantonment on Friday. — Photo ISPR
Former member of parliament Sadek Khan, who represented the Dhaka-13 constituency, was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Dhaka, reports UNB.He was arrested on Saturday evening in the West Nakhalpara area of the capital, according to a post on...
FE DeskA Sylhet Court has sent former Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik to jail.Judge Alamgir Hossain of Sylhet Judicial Magistrate's Court-1 passed the order on Saturday afternoon, the district police's court inspector, Jamshed Alam, confirmed.Jamshed said the Kanaighat...
FE REPORTKhandoker Rafiqul Islam, managing director of Designtex Knitwear Ltd, has been elected as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).The board of the apparel trade body elected Mr Islam as the new president at an emergency...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Relief supplies donated by the public are being packed on the TSC premises at Dhaka University on Saturday to aid flood-hit people in the eastern and southeastern regions of the country. (Story on page 1) — FE Photo In an...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Metro rail service in the capital will resume today (Sunday) after over a month of closure. However, trains will not stop at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara metro stations for the time being. Passenger services will remain closed at these two stations.The...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
The Summit LNG Terminal Company (SLNG) has sought around $22 million in bills from the Petrobangla for the last three months though it has been inoperative since late May, a senior Petrobangla official told the FE.It previously sought to apply...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Around 20 people have died while nearly 0.95 million others got stranded in the 11 eastern districts hit by flashflood caused by heavy rainfall and the opening of sluice gates of Indian river dams in the upstream, sources said.The Chief...
Interim government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held a meeting with representatives of various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Saturday at the state guesthouse Jamuna, reports UNB.The meeting brought together NGOs, actively partnering with the government, to address the current calamitous...
The Home Ministry, through its Public Security Division, has announced that the government has carefully considered the demands put forth by general Ansar members, reports UNB.The ministry stated that the Chief Adviser has been briefed on the situation and that...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Employees along with student leaders of anti-discrimination movement have demanded the resignation of managing director (MD) of state-run Eastern Refinery Ltd (ERL) Md Lokman for his alleged involvement in corruption, said sources.They staged a demonstration at the premises of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan said on Saturday that a handful of unprofessional and ambitious police members brought the entire police force against the people during the recent movement to unseat the Sheikh Hasina-led regime. He, however,...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has suggested that the interim government arrange a constructive dialogue with political parties and hold a general election at a logical time."We've confidence in the interim government that it will...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Clients of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC on Saturday called upon the authorities concerned to reconstitute the bank's board of directors by reinstating the directors who originally established the Shariah-based bank in the country.They condemned the bank's takeover under the direct...
FE Report | 2024-08-25 00:00:00
Amid discussions by the interim government about repatriating laundered money from Bangladesh during the Awami League regime, which could alleviate the strain on the ailing macroeconomic outlook, economists have cautioned that the process would not be straightforward or swift."Bringing back...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.It may also...
As many as 462 km of road have been damaged by floods induced by upstream runoff and heavy rain in 12 districts including- Feni, Cumilla, Habiganj and Moulvibazar, reports bdnews24.com.A report by the Roads and Highways Department revealed the damage...
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