BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi distributing leaflets demanding the resignation of the Awami League government, calling for boycotting the 'dummy' election and release of all the political prisoners at Elephant Road in the city on Thursday —...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the country's people will start non-cooperation against BNP as the party is carrying out anti-election and terrorist acts and arson attacks, reports BSS."The BNP, fleeing from the field of the...
Election observers from nine countries so far confirmed to visit Bangladesh to monitor the upcoming general election to be held on January 7, reports BSS. This was revealed at the foreign ministry's weekly briefing conducted by its spokesperson Seheli Sabrin...
PRAGUE, Dec 21 (BBC): Czech police say several people have been killed and "dozens" injured in a reported shooting near a university in central Prague. Police said the gunman had been "eliminated" and that the building was being evacuated.Reports suggest...
A sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been classified as a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization, because of "its rapidly increasing spread", reports UNB.JN.1 has been found in many countries around the world, including India,...
Jatiya Party (JaPa) announced on Thursday a 24-point election manifesto for the forthcoming January 7 parliamentary polls with a slogan "Change for Peace, Jatiya Party for Change", reports BSS.The party's secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu declared the manifesto in a...
Myanmar's military has likely perpetrated indiscriminate attacks on civilians and used banned cluster munitions in its fight against ethnic minority insurgents, Amnesty International said on Thursday, calling for an investigation of suspected war crimes, reports Reuters.The junta is facing its...
Bangladesh has passed another day without a death from dengue, as the toll from the disease since January remained unchanged at 1,692, reports bdnews24.com.However, another 177 people were hospitalised due to the disease in a 24-hour count on Thursday, taking...
Three million US dollars, collected as death compensation and dues of 65 deceased Bangladeshi workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at different times of November, has been sent to the 'Death Compensation Fund' of Bangladesh Wage Earners Welfare Board...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
China hopes that works for the multifaceted Teesta water-management project will start after the national elections in Bangladesh, with focus on taming flood onslaughts as the first task.Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Yao Wen expressed the hope Thursday at a function...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday observed the first day of a three-day mass-contact campaign to win support for its non-cooperation movement against the government and boycotting the 'dummy' election.BNP leaders and activists brought out cluster processions and distributed leaflets...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 21: A young man committed suicide shortly after he and his parents were interrogated by law enforcement in relation to a report filed with the Kotwali thana in Chattogram. The incident took place at around 10:30pm last (Wednesday)...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank has identified the informal money transfer channels, known as hundi, as one of the major factors contributing to the recent fall in the country's remittance inflows. "Despite the rise in the number of migrant workers in Gulf...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
Stranded natural gas from Bhola Island has started feeding gas-starved industries in and around Dhaka as its supply in compressed form was inaugurated on Thursday.This is the first time in Bangladesh that gas is being transported in CNG (compressed natural...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Seheli Sabrin on Thursday said that Bangladesh is carefully monitoring the current situation in Myanmar, reports UNB."In this situation, all concerned, including the Border Guard Bangladesh, are alert to prevent infiltration from Myanmar to Bangladesh,"...
Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for maintaining peace during campaign for the upcoming January 7 national election with a warning that even her own party members won't be spared if found involved in any...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
Large corporations in Bangladesh are embroiled in 1,051 court cases involving disputed direct taxes totalling Tk 189.10 billion, according to the income tax department.These cases fall into three categories: writ petitions, reference cases and leave to appeal applications. According to...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
Interbank borrowing gets much costlier now as the call-money rate hit an eleven-year high at 9.14 per cent Thursday amid overall liquidity stress in Bangladesh's banking system. The sharp rise in the call-money rate, at which short-term funds are borrowed...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-12-22 00:00:00
National Bank board has been dissolved on grounds of overriding regulations and poor governance that resulted in quick deterioration of the bank's financial health, officials said.Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday ordered the dissolution the board of directors of the liquidity-strapped National...
Australia to send military personnel to helpprotect Red Sea shipping but no warshipCANBERRA, Dec 21: Australia will send 11 military personnel to support a U.S.-led mission to protect cargo shipping in the Red Sea, but it won't send a warship...
SHANGHAI, Dec 21 (Reuters): China's financial hub Shanghai was set to record its chilliest period in December in four decades, spurring authorities to issue warnings for low temperatures and wind, while northern cities battled icy conditions forecast to ease only...
PYONGYANG, Dec 21 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy provokes it with nuclear weapons, state media reported on Thursday.Kim made the remark as he met with...
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (BBC): An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, the longest known wrongful sentence in the US.Glynn Simmons, 70, was freed in July after a...
GAZA, Dec21 (BBC/AP): Hamas says that Palestinian groups have rejected the prospect of further hostage releases until Israel agrees to end the war in Gaza. The statement was released as talks in Cairo continue over reaching a new truce in...
PARIS, Dec 21 (AP): Kylian Mbappe celebrated his 25th birthday with two goals as Paris Saint-Germain beat lowly Metz 3-1 on Wednesday to head into the winter break with a five-point lead in the French league.The France star got a...
MELBOURNE, Dec 21 (AFP): Pakistan suffered a setback Thursday with pace bowler Khurram Shahzad ruled out of their series against Australia after pulling up sore following a heavy defeat in the first Test.The 24-year-old impressed on his debut in Perth,...
Australia's Phoebe Litchfield became the first woman opener to be dismissed for a diamond duck in Test cricket on Day 1 of the one-off match against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, report agencies.Litchfield was run-out without...
BRUSSELS, Dec 21 (AP): UEFA and FIFA defied European Union competition law by blocking plans for the breakaway Super League, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday.The case was heard last year at the Court of Justice after Super League...
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