Staff Reporter : Over 50 lakh people in the northeastern and eastern regions of the country have been impacted by recent floods across eleven districts, with 18 reported deaths and two individuals still missing. The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief provided these figures on Sunday. According to the ministry, approximately 1,047,029 families have been affected by the devastating floods. In a press conference held at the Secretariat, Md Kamrul Hasan, Secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief,...
Staff Reporter : A clash erupted between members of Bangladesh Ansar and general students on Sunday evening after Anti-discrimination Student Movement coordinator Hasnat Abdullah sent out a message claiming that he and several others were being held in front of the Secretariat. Around 9 p.m. students began gathering in the Secretariat area in response to the message. Earlier in the evening, Hasnat Abdullah alleged that former Ansar Director General Major General AKM Aminul Haque had instigated the blocking of the...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased its policy rate by 50 basis points, bringing it to 9...
Staff Reporter : Abdus Sobhan Golap, former Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary, was detained in Dhaka’s Nakhalpara area on...
Staff Reporter : Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged the people of Bangladesh to be patient as...
AGENCY : Edward Ocariz was cooking lunch at his home in a Caracas slum when police stormed in. “You’re coming with us,” officers said, as angry neighbors screamed, “Damn you!” Ocariz is one of 2,400 people detained since Nicolas Maduro’s disputed reelection in Venezuela. Police — with no arrest warrant — whisked Ocariz away a week after the July 28 election that sparked protests across the country, even in some normally pro-government areas. The violence left 27 dead and nearly...
BBC : A 26-year-old man has given himself up and confessed to a mass knife attack at a street festival in Germany, police said on Sunday. “The involvement of this person is currently under intensive investigation,” prosecutors and Düsseldorf police said. He is under investigation for murder, attempted murder and membership of a foreign terrorist organisation, Germany’s federal prosecutor told the BBC. Three people were killed and another eight injured in the city of Solingen during a festival to celebrate...
UNB : Russian Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy on Sunday categorically ruled out the media news that said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her niece Tulip ’embezzled $5bln’ from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project. “Frankly speaking, it is a rumour first of all, and false rumour. You should understand. Our company Rosatom already gave statement (regarding this),” he told reporters emerging from holding a meeting with Finance Adviser Dr Saleh Uddin Ahmed at the Economic Relations...
AFP : At least 13 people have died when a migrant boat sank off Yemen, also leaving 14 missing, a UN agency said Sunday, in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route. “Thirteen people have tragically lost their lives and 14 others remain missing after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Taez governorate on Tuesday,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The vessel had departed from Djibouti carrying 25 Ethiopian migrants and two Yemeni nationals,...
Staff Reporter : The prices of essential relief items, particularly flattened rice (chira), puffed rice (muri), jaggery, biscuits, and other dry foods, have seen a sharp increase due to the recent floods. With the rising demand for these relief materials, some unscrupulous traders have taken advantage of the situation by hiking prices. In response, the National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate carried out raids in several markets across Dhaka on Saturday (24 August) to ensure the steady supply of these products...
Staff Reporter : Speakers at a recent discussion have called on the government to return Shariah-based Islamic banks to their...
Staff Reporter : The death toll has risen to 18 as the country faces one of the most devastating floods in its history, exacerbated by water released from India. Experts have linked the recent deluge to the intentional opening of the Dumbur Dam gates in Tripura, India, marking the worst flood in Bangladesh in 30 years. “India never thinks about the lives of the people of Bangladesh. People believe that the gates of the Dumbur Dam were opened intentionally, which...