RAJSHAHI, Nov 29 (BSS): Integrated efforts of all government and non-government organisations concerned can be the best way of eliminating violence and repression against women.Apart from this, forging social resistance and movement to end violence against women and children has...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 29 (BSS): Health experts and academics stressed the need for forging social resistance to fight against the sound pollution to save people from being infected with various physical and mental disorders.They came up with the importance while addressing...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
SYLHET, Nov 29:Renovation and repair work of the Keane Bridge in Sylhet could not be completed as yet although six weeks' additional time was allocated further beyond the project's actual deadline of October 15.The Roads and Highways Department and the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
The upcoming admission test for the country's public universities under the academic year 2023-24 will be held in a cluster system like the previous year, said the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday.Instead of a previously planned single entry test,...
Former diplomat and secretary Waliur Rahman passed away on Wednesday. He was 80, reports UNB.He died of cardiac arrest at around 10:30 am, family sources said.Ambassador Rahman, born on 26 December 1942, served as Special Envoy to the Prime Minister...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
Participants in a high-level policy dialogue on smart energy for a smart Bangladesh called for devising innovative strategies to harness the potential of 6.0 million existing solar panels for income-generating activities through supportive policies and regulatory frameworks.They said that the...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday urged government employees to provide all-out efforts in implementing programmes undertaken by the government for the welfare of the people, reports UNB."You will discharge your duties abiding by rules, regulation and constitution of the country...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested nine more people, including BNP leaders and activists, in connection with attacks, sabotage, and violence that took place in different parts of the country.They were arrested from different parts of the...
The incumbent members of parliament (MP) who want to run as independent candidates do not need to resign from their positions, the Election Commission (EC) said on Wednesday, reports UNB.The EC clarified the issue at a press release on Wednesday...
The deadline for submission of nomination papers in the 12th parliamentary elections will expire today (Thursday), reports UNB.Aspirants can submit their nomination papers to the returning officers by 4:00pm today Thursday, said EC officials.The nomination papers will be scrutinised on...
The European Union (EU) has expressed the hope that Bangladesh will hold a democratic, credible, peaceful and participatory elections, reports UNB."We hope to see a democratic, credible, peaceful and participatory elections," EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley said.He made the...
Awami League leaders led by Sheikh Helal Uddin submit nomination paper on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for Gopalganj-3 constituency to Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Kazi Mahbubul Alam on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the United States (US) and other western countries remain silent against those taking destructive programmes to halt the 12th general elections in Bangladesh, reports UNB."Why are the Western countries, including the...
Three Bangladeshi workers died while two were seriously injured when an under-construction warehouse collapsed on Tuesday night, said police, reports UNB.The incident occurred at 9:58 pm in Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas, reports Bernama. The injured workers were sent to Penang...
STOCKHOLM, Nov 29 (AFP): Sweden fell into a recession in the third quarter as its economy contracted by 0.3 percent and consumers tightened their belts for a fifth straight quarter, Statistics Sweden said Wednesday.The Scandinavian country is one of the...
HONG KONG, Nov 29 (AFP) : The dollar extended losses Wednesday as traders ramped up bets on the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in the new year after officials sounded optimistic notes on the battle against inflation.However, equity markets were...
BRUSSELS, Nov 29 (AFP) : EU member countries and the European Parliament said Wednesday they have reached a preliminary agreement on curbing industrial emissions, including those from intensive poultry and pig farms and from ore mines.The deal, struck late Tuesday,...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will urge global leaders at COP28 to urgently focus far more attention and funding to the hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers who feed much of the world and are key to global...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
A total of 20,326 leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organizations have been arrested by the law enforcers in more than 837 cases filed against them, since October 28 this year. Apart from this, a total of 73,123...
Bangladesh has recorded 968 dengue cases in the latest daily count, taking the tally this year to 311,014 amid the worst outbreak of the disease, reports bdnews24.com.The death toll from the mosquito-borne virus increased by five to 1,615 in the...
A vast water body along the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway in Fatulla area has been transformed into a hub for fish cultivation. The photo was taken recently. — FE photo
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of the election schedule announced for the 12th Parliament by fixing the polling date on January 7 in 2024, while the 11th Parliament is still in force....
FE Report | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
Within three days of the latest hike, gold price has again hit a new record in the country.Now the price of per gram gold of the premium quality (or 22-carat) has reached Tk9,420 or per bhori (11.664 grams) Tk1,09,875.The Bangladesh...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
BNP leader Rizvi said on Wednesday that despite facing risks to their lives, members of his party and other allied groups were actively participating in nationwide-blockade initiative and hartal programmes.Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
The resignation letters of three technocrat ministers and four advisers to the Prime Minister have been accepted, report agencies.Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy's resignation was accepted by the Prime Minister on November 21, according to sources at...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
The government fell short of fully executing even the revised budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, spending only 86 per cent of the total outlay, officials said on Wednesday.They attributed a mix of external and internal factors, including the war...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-30 00:00:00
Offshore banking is now free to net foreign-currency deposits in a relaxation of regulatory grips ostensibly for providing props to Bangladesh's falling foreign-exchange reserves. The central bank of Bangladesh Wednesday notified that resident Bangladeshi individuals having bona-fide relations with non-residents...
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