US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), an old friend of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, is likely to visit Bangladesh soon, reports UNB.He will meet Professor Yunus, civil society members, and media representatives during his forthcoming visit, a diplomatic...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been deeply perturbed at the loss of lives and devastation caused by the floods I nBangladesh, reports UNB.In a message on social media X (formerly twitter), the prime minister expressed deep distress over the...
Robert Simon, a French human rights activist and Chief Adviser of JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) on Friday said the fact-finding investigation planned by the UN OHCHR should encompass not only the killings and injuries inflicted on student protesters, reports...
A Dhaka court has placed Workers Party President and former lawmaker, Rashed Khan Menon, on a five-day remand in a murder case filed with Dhaka's New Market thana, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order after the police...
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Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof called on Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the party chairperson's political office at Gulshan on Friday.Later, BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury briefed the...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most placesover Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country until...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), have expressed concern over the arrests of journalist couple Shakil Ahmed, former Head of News at Ekattor Television, and Farzana Rupa, the channel's former principal correspondent, report agencies."We urge...
UN Human Rights (HR) Chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed grave alarm and raised profound concerns about the sharply deteriorating situation across Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State where hundreds of civilians have reportedly been killed while trying to flee the...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has appointed new officers-in-charge (OC) at 15 police stations in the capital, reports BSS.DMP Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan made the appointments through an office order dated August 22.The police stations are Turag, Shahbagh, New Market, Sutrapur,...
A Dhaka court has sent Shah Kamal, former senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, to jail in a case lodged under The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Torikul Islam passed the order...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 23 (UNB): Fatikchhari, the largest upazila in Chattogram, is grappling with an unprecedented flood, described as the worst in living memory.The flood has submerged hundreds of homes, agricultural lands, markets, and shops, leaving over 200,000 residents in distress.For...
KHULNA, Aug 23 (UNB): Several villages, fish enclosures and crop fields have been inundated due to hight tide in Dakop and Paikgasa upazilas respectively of Khulna after the river embankments collapsed.The Panikhali embankment in Dakop upazila collapsed inundating fish farms...
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Prices of hilsa and other varieties of fish have shown a slight decline while vegetables and eggs have become costlier in the last one week.Price of hilsa of above 900 grams remained static at the previous high of Tk 1,800-2,200...
(Clockwise, from left-top): People wading through flood waters to reach a safe shelter in Feni; an inundated locality at Hathazari in Chattogram; army personnel reach out to the flood-hit people in Khagrachhari; and a group of volunteers distributing relief materials...
Journalist Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumder has been appointed as Deputy Press Secretary to the Interim Government's Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on a contractual basis, reports UNB.The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification to this end on...
The Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs has issued a directive requiring Registration Department officials and their family members to submit their wealth statements within the next 10 working days, reports UNB.The notice, issued on Thursday, aims to enhance...
HABIGANJ, Aug 23 (UNB): Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, criticized India on Friday for failing to notify Bangladesh before opening the gates of the Dumboor Hydroelectric Plant in Tripura.She said that although...
CUMILLA, Aug 23 (UNB): A massive fire that broke out at a depot of Pran-RFL Group in Cumilla has been brought under control after three hours.The fire started at the depot adjacent to Dhaka-Chittagong highway around 1:50pm on Friday and...
A case has been filed against ace all-rounder and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan and actor and former lawmaker Ferdous Ahmed for allegedly ordering the murder of garment worker Md Rubel in the capital's Adabor area during the recent anti-discrimination...
Two murder cases have been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Savar and Gazipur, report agencies.In Savar Murder case has been filed against Hasina and 126 others in the killing of Abdul Ahad Shaikat, a student of Dhaka...
The home ministry has instructed police stations to accept complaints without refusal or unnecessary delay.Senior Information Officer Faisal Hasan said in a press release on Friday that a notification entailing the directive was issued on Aug 21 by the Police-3...
Hilly Khagrachhari has been severely affected by flooding, leaving hundreds of thousands of people affected, reports UNB.The water levels in the Chengi, Maini, and Kassalong rivers have crossed two to six feet above the danger level, inundating surrounding areas, said...
Thailand has postponed the BIMSTEC Summit, which the Southeast Asian country was scheduled to host on September 4, said the Thai Foreign Ministry on Friday, reports UNB.Thailand currently has a caretaker government following a court's dismissal of Srettha Thavisin as...
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The 'Students Against Discrimination' movement continued its 'relief collection from the masses' programme at Dhaka University's Teacher-Student Center (TSC) on Friday to support flood-affected people in the eastern and southeastern districts of the country.People from various backgrounds donated relief items...
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As many as 2,000 telecommunication towers in 12 districts of the country have gone inoperative due to severe floods, disrupting telecom services.This information was reported as of 5:00PM on Friday by the observation cell at the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
SAIF UDDIN | 2024-08-24 00:00:00
Prices of some key construction materials have sagged slightly in recent times mainly due to poor demand amid economic uncertainties, compounded by monsoon floods, following the downfall of the Hasina-led government.Insiders say the situation sees no sign of improving soon...
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Lt General (Rtd) Abdul Hafiz has been appointed special assistant to the Chief Adviser (CA) of the Interim Government, Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus.Mr Hafiz will provide necessary support to the Chief Adviser in performing duties related to defence and national...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-24 00:00:00
The government has urged people to contribute to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund to support those affected by the floods.In a statement issued on Friday, the Chief Adviser's press wing said many people are showing interest in providing...
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