SAN JOSÉ, Feb 28 (AFP): Nicaragua announced on Thursday its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, after experts appointed by the organization accused President Daniel Ortega's government of widespread repression.The decision to quit the council and all related activities...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 28 (AFP): A suicide attack at an Islamic religious school in Pakistan known as the "University of Jihad" where key Taliban leaders have studied killed four people on Friday, police said.Among those who died was Hamid ul...
BANGKOK, Feb 28 (AFP): The United States issued a security alert to its citizens in Thailand on Friday, warning of the possible risk of reprisal attacks after the kingdom deported dozens of Uyghurs to China.The Thai government has suffered intense...
LUBBOCK, United States, Feb 28 (AFP): Five-year-old Shado is one of dozens of children being rushed to a health center in the US state of Texas to get the measles vaccine, after the recent death in the area of a...
BEIJING, Feb 28 (AFP): China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world's second-largest economy continued to rise as coal remained dominant despite record renewable additions, official data showed Friday.Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics said carbon...
ROME, Feb 28 (AFP): Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out funding to protect nature Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions.Rich and developing countries hammered...
Violence against women has become such a serious social issue that it does not only destroy individual lives but also challenge the entire social system. Every day, several pieces of news highlight the cries of women who have been raped...
US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of 'retaliatory tariffs' on America's trade partners, raising fresh concerns about international trade. 'Counter tariffs' imply that the United States will impose tariffs at the same rate as any country imposes on American...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
The findings by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office, as revealed in its investigation report, have strongly confirmed that there was a brutal and systematic repression of protests in Bangladesh by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina during the...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
In an environment marked by high incidence of corruption, largely initiated and promoted by the immediate past corrupt regime, the Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) introduced to the benefits of the poor could not remain immune to the all-pervading pilferage...
There is no gainsaying the necessity of recovering the banking sector that has been left in ruins through mismanagement and outright looting by the henchmen of the previous dictatorial regime. Against this backdrop, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor was spot...
Anwar Hossain Chowdhury | 2025-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a nation on the frontlines of climate change, endures severe and recurrent natural disasters. From cyclones to monsoon floods, the country faces ongoing challenges threatening its people's lives and livelihoods, infrastructure, and future sustainability. Forecast-Based Financing (FbF) has emerged...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2025-02-28 12:00:00
Rising inflow of remittances and export receipts largely prop up Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves with the figure crossing the US$21-billion mark set in IMF arithmetic on the country's macroeconomic parameter.A sustained growth in export earnings also helped out. The country's export...
Afghanistan's win over England means it's now a three-way battle for semi-final qualification from Group B, with two games to go, report agencies. Australia (three points, NRR 0.475) will take on Afghanistan (two points, NRR -0.99) in Lahore today (Friday),...
LAHORE, Feb 27 (Agencies): Eyeing a semifinal spot, Australia's historic pedigree in cricket's biggest tournaments will count for nothing when they run into an Afghanistan side that is fast cementing its place in the game's top table, in the Champions...
WASHINGTON (AP) : President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to come.Trump made the...
A group of people injured in the July uprising have been staging a sit-in, blocking the entrances of the Chief Advisor's Office, or CAO, in Dhaka's Tejgaon for two days to press home their demands, reports bdnews24.com.They allege that the...
The interim government has formed a high-level committee to oversee the "rehabilitation" of 14 factories amid announcements of mass layoffs at the Beximco Industrial Park, reports bdnews24.com.Arrangements have also been made to pay arrears totalling Tk 5.25 billion to 31,669...
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has expressed interest in importing 1000 metric tonnes of hilsa from Bangladesh. "There is a huge demand for Bangladeshi hilsa fish in China. Bangladesh has the opportunity to reduce the trade gap through hilsa...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed an interagency committee to investigate the allegations of money laundering and other types of corruption against the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her family members.The committee, comprising ACC, National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The distribution of monthly allowances for the families of martyrs of the July-August uprising and the injured is expected to begin in March, the chief adviser's press wing announced on Thursday.At a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy, deputy...
People from working-class backgrounds jostle and shove to buy TCB products at subsidised rates in the capital's Rampura area on Thursday. —FE Photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
Five million families across the country will receive 30 kgs of rice at Tk 15 per kg in March and April.Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder announced this on Thursday while addressing a view-exchange meeting on "OMS and Food- Friendly Programme"...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 27: The development project proposal (DPP) of the Bay Terminal, a game changer that can potentially revitalise economy, is expected to get the green light by mid-March.Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman has said this...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The Interim Government might hold elections by the end of this year, said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus when Zarah Bruhn, a Commissioner of the German government, called on him on Wednesday. "We need all your support for the New...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
The auction for the fifth Sukuk bonds will be held at the central bank on March 12, aiming to raise Tk 30 billion for financing smooth implementation of a rural development project.The decision was taken at a Shariah Advisory Committee...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party's 31-point programme is the blueprint for a democratic and inclusive Bangladesh.During his virtual speech from London at the BNP's extended meeting on Thursday, he called for national unity and political empowerment...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
A new political party named Jatiya Nagorik Party (JNP) is to be floated today (Friday) with its avowed mission to realise objectives of the July-August uprising for rebuilding Bangladesh as a democratic, equitable state for the citizens. Just-resigned interim government...
FE REPORT | 2025-02-28 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday urged for constituting an inclusive Bangladesh with love bypassing any vengeance and killing. She also urged the formation of a "united country" by actively involving the people. She made this appeal from London while virtually...
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