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Advanced export-import trade services imminent

FE REPORT | 2023-12-02 00:00:00

Advanced export-import trade services feature a new law in the making to give an impetus to trade and commerce of Bangladesh in the context of changing global economic paradigm.Sources have said the government is making the new law befitting current...

Weather (2023-12-02)

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country country until 06:00 pm today (Saturday) according to the Met Office.Light fog may occur at places over Northern part and the river basins of the country during late...

News in Brief -2023-12-02)

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Death row convict of Kashimpur Jail dies A death row convict of Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur died on Friday while undergoing treatment in the hospital. The dead is Jahirul Huq Bhuiyan (70), son of late Fazil Uddin of...

Throat-slit body found in Joypurhat

2023-12-02 00:00:00

The throat-slit body of a 71-year-old man was recovered from his house at Sikta village in Joypurhat's Kalai upazila on Friday. The deceased is Syed Ali Akhand. Police detained the man's two sons and their wives for interrogation, said Wasim...

Mother, daughter killed in Noakhali road crash

2023-12-02 00:00:00

NOAKHALI , Dec 01 (UNB): A mother and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG autorickshaw and a truck in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila on Friday noon.Two people including the CNG driver sustained injuries in the accident.The...

Members of Nirapad Sarak Chai

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Members of Nirapad Sarak Chai, a voluntary organisation working to ensure road safety, led by its chairman Ilias Kanchan, brought out a procession in the city on Friday, marking its 30th founding anniversary — Focus Bangla

Nakshikatha train starts operation from Khulna via Padma Bridge

2023-12-02 00:00:00

KHULNA, Dec 01 (UNB): Another train is set to operate from Dhaka to Khulna via Padma Bridge from Friday.As part of a final test run, the 'Nakshikatha' commuter train left Khulna at 12:05 am on Friday and reached the capital...

Washington welcomes Dhaka's zero- tolerance policy on terrorism

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other Bangladeshi government officials frequently stressed the need for Bangladesh's zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism and continued to deny the presence of globally organised jihadist militant groups such as al-Qa'ida and ISIS, said a new report...

Prof Syeda Sultana Razia wins OPCW The Hague Award

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Prof Dr Syeda Sultana Razia of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was awarded the prestigious 2023 The Hague Award at OPCW annual Conferece of the State Parties, reports UNB.Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...

Health cards in the offing

SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2023-12-02 00:00:00

The government has planned to introduce health identity cards aiming to bring the healthcare services under an automated system.The move will make the healthcare system easier through making citizens' health profiles, Dr Shahadat Hossain, director of MIS at the Directorate...

Nixon appears in court over election code violation charges

2023-12-02 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Dec 01 (UNB): An independent lawmaker from the Faridpur-4 constituency, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, alias Nixon Chowdhury, appeared in court to provide a written explanation for allegedly violating the electoral code of conduct.He appeared in person at the Faridpur court...

BNP-Jamaat will not be able to hinder election, says Hanif

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Friday said the BNP-Jamaat won`t be able to halt the upcoming general election through blockade and strikes programmes, rather the alliance will be isolated from the people, reports BSS."Hanif said...

Kissinger should have apologised to people of BD for his role in 1971

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has criticised former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100, for his role in the Liberation War of 1971, reports UNB.Momen said that Kissinger backed the Pakistani military leadership...

BNP expels 15 leaders since schedule announced

2023-12-02 00:00:00

The BNP has expelled 15 of its central and grassroots-level leaders since the announcement of the schedule for the 12th parliamentary polls for breaching party discipline and joining the election in violation of the party's decision, reports UNB.The punitive actions...

Victory sure for BNP's movement with like-minded parties: Nazrul Islam

2023-12-02 00:00:00

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday said victory for their ongoing movement is certain, as the government will not be able to suppress the opposition with its repressive acts, reports UNB."Those who are carrying out the movement are...

Election train is running, can't be stopped by anyone: Quader

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the train of the 12th parliamentary election is already running, and it won't stop until it reaches its destination, no matter how many obstacles come, reports UNB Quader said, "Though...

China's fashion company Shein files for US IPO

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Fashion company Shein has confidentially filed to go public in the United States, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in what is likely to be one of the most valuable China-founded companies to list in New York, reports...

Khulna Printing's stock soars 160pc in a month

FE REPORT | 2023-12-02 00:00:00

Despite enduring persistent losses over the years, Khulna Printing & Packaging Ltd. (KPPL) has witnessed a remarkable 160 per cent surge in its stock price in just one month on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).The company has faced losses consistently...

Stocks plummet on political fears

FE REPORT | 2023-12-02 00:00:00

Stocks extended the losing streak for the third straight week to Thursday, as jittery investors continued to dump their holdings, fearing further erosion of their portfolios, with no sign of political or economic volatility slowing. Furthermore, the latest policy rate...

Janata Bank PLC holds branch managers' confce

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Branch managers' conference of Janata Bank PLC for Noakhali and Faridpur regions was held on a virtual platform recently. Managing Director (MD) & CEO of the Bank Md, Abdul Zabber spoke as the chief guest.

No ongoing training for schools' digital lab teachers

2023-12-02 00:00:00

The project director's office under the Sheikh Russell Digital Lab Establishment Project (2nd Phase) has notified that no training is ongoing for teachers of digital labs.Teachers and all others concerned have been alerted to fake phone calls offering training and...

Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated

2023-12-02 00:00:00

TOKYO, Dec 1 (AFP) : The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity's future energy needs.Fusion differs from fission,...

Under SEIP, motivational workshop organised for students at Ranada Prasad Saha University

2023-12-02 00:00:00

As a part of social marketing activities under the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP), a motivational workshop was organised for students at Ranada Prasad Saha University, Narayanganj, on Thursday with Md. Sanwar Jahan Bhuiyan, Deputy Executive Project Director (Joint-Secretary)...

Economy held hostage by ongoing political unrest: Business leaders

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh's economy has been under pressure due to the ongoing political unrest centering the January 7 parliamentary elections, according to economists and business leaders, reports UNB.The current spell of blockades and hartals was launched by opposition BNP and its like-minded...

News in Brief 2023-12-02)

2023-12-02 00:00:00

Ukraine says Russia attacked with 25 drones, missiles overnight KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 1: Ukraine said Friday that Russian forces had launched more than two dozen Iranian-designed attack drones and two missiles on the south and east of the country, in...

New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools

2023-12-02 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, Dec 1 (AFP): Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country's plummeting literacy rates.New Zealand's schools once boasted some of the...

Watchdog votes to curb chemical exports to Syria

2023-12-02 00:00:00

THE HAGUE, Dec 1 (AFP): The world's chemical weapons watchdog voted Thursday to curb chemical exports to Syria, accusing Damascus of violating its toxic arms control treaty.Syria agreed in 2013 to join the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,...

Myanmar's military losing ground

2023-12-02 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Nov 1 (AP): A major offensive against Myanmar's military-run government by an alliance of three militias of ethnic minorities in the northeast has been moving at lightning speed, inspiring resistance forces around the country to launch new attacks.With Myanmar's...

W Africa leaders to hold summit as coups trouble region

2023-12-02 00:00:00

ABIDJAN, Dec 1 (AFP): West African leaders will hold a summit later this month as the region struggles to reverse a series of coups and contain jihadist conflicts in the Sahel.The Economic Community of the West African States will meet...

UN chief 'deeply' regrets resumption of fighting in Gaza

2023-12-02 00:00:00

GENEVA, Dec 1 (AFP): UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said he deeply regretted the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday and hoped a truce could be re-established.Fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday immediately after...