Day: February 1, 2024
UNB : The landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) offers the first concrete hope to protect civilians in Gaza enduring apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, wounding and irreparable trauma, UN experts said on Wednesday. “The ruling is a significant milestone in the decades-long struggle for justice by the Palestinian people,” the experts said in a statement issued from Geneva. The ICJ found it plausible that Israel’s acts could amount to genocide and issued six provisional measures,...
Sylhet Bureau : The gas crisis has hit CNG filling stations in Sylhet, where vehicles are to wait in long queues for hours due to lack of gas supply. Thousands of CNG auto rickshaw drivers are in trouble. Basically, this situation has arisen because the gas allocated for one month at the filling station has been sold before the specified time. It is known that many filling stations have been closed due to the end of gas reserves. As a...
Business Desk : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will start its pre-budget discussions for the fiscal year 2024-25 from February 4. The NBR has finalised the schedule of the month-long pre-budget discussions with different trade bodies to make the next budget more participatory, rational, balanced, and people-oriented. On Wednesday, the NBR’s public relations office unveiled the plan, and the agency’s 1st secretary (VAT), SM Sohail Rahman sent a letter to the trade bodies in this regard. The revenue board...
City Desk : British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke presented the insignia of an honorary Member of the Most...
Dupchanchia (Bogura) Correspondent : Winter sports competition at district level was held in Bogura with much enthusiasm. Students of more than 40 schools, madrasas of the district participated in the sports competition. The students took part in cricket, volleyball, badminton, long jump, high jump, running, javelin, shot put, discus and cycling, girls’ roping competitions. The three students of Aucharpara High School of Sariakandi Upazila won the first and second place in the district, they will play in the divisional stage...
National Desk : Entomology Division of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has arranged a farmer training on “Environmentally Friendly Pest...
City Desk : A case has been filed against five policemen, including Inspector Mainul Islam of Bangshal police station, in...
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party-BNP on Wednesday said that Bangladesh’s judicial process is transparent like the water of...
City Desk : Country Manager of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Bangladesh Sudhir Muralidharan on Wednesday said...