Anisur Rahman Khan : Bangladesh is facing the grim prospect of severe floods and cyclones this year, exacerbated by the...
Day: May 6, 2024
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : The temperature of Ishwardi is increasing every year. Not only in summer, but also in winter, the weather here is in its extreme points. On April 30, Ishwardi recorded the highest ever temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius. A temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded in Ishwardi on 17 April 2023. Along with intense heatwave, Ishwardi also holds the record of the lowest temperature in the winter season. A minimum temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius was...
City Desk : Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said laws must be formulated considering peoples’...
Staff Reporter : Most people are apathetic about the national budget, and their nonchalance attitude surfaced in a survey conducted recently. In a recent survey titled ‘New Government, National Budget, and Citizens’ Aspirations’ conducted jointly by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, concerning results were revealed. The survey gathered responses both online and through social media, amassing 2,249 responses via Google Form and 8,048 through various social media interactions. The findings disclosed that 64 percent...
Staff Reporter : The Voluntary Consumers Training and Awareness Society (VOCTA), a non-government voluntary organization dedicated to protect the consumers’ rights, on Sunday (May 5) urged the government not to increase pressure of taxes on the consumers, continue giving subsidy in the agriculture and fuel sector and remove the provision of black money whitening in the upcoming budget of 2024-25 fiscal year to be placed in budget session of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) in first week of June this year. At...
Sports Reporter : Bangladesh Cricket team crushed Zimbabwe Cricket team by six wickets in their second Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday. Chasing Zimbabwe’s fighting total of 138 for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs, the Tigers coasted home making 142 for the loss of four wickets when they had nine balls to spare. Bangladesh made an auspicious start with two openers Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan put...
Reuters : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet decided on Sunday (May 5) to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel for as long as the war in Gaza continues, on the grounds the Qatari television network threatens national security. “The incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel,” Netanyahu posted on social media following the unanimous Cabinet vote.A government statement said Israel’s communications minister signed orders to “act immediately,” but at least one lawmaker who supported the closure said...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday fixed May 30 for the hearing on charge framing against seven persons, including BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s former Assistant Personal Assistant (APS) Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Opu in a money laundering case. Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Special Judge Court-10 of Dhaka set the new date as the defense pleaded for time after producing Opu before the court from the prison on Sunday morning. The other accused in the case are- Hundi...
Deutsche Welle : Russian news agencies on Saturday reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been added to a Kremlin...
Staff Reporter : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner (DB Chief) Mohammad Harun Or Rashid has disclosed chilling details regarding the actions of Milton Samadder, revealing a pattern of sadistic behaviour driven by a drug addiction. After a three-day remand on Sunday (May 5), DB Chief Mohammad Harun Or Rashid revealed that Milton Samadder derived perverse pleasure from amputating the limbs of helpless old people, revelling in the sight of their blood without providing proper medical care. “Milton Samadder, a...
Bagerhat Correspondent : A middle aged man named Altaf Mal (48), an easy-bike driver by profession hailed from Morshed Road of Mongla port town under Mongla Upazila in Bagerhat district met his tragic end when he was trying to repair an electricity switch board in his own residence on Thursday (May-02) morning, according to a report received here. Dr. Mohammad Shahin, Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer of Mongla disclosed, the ill-fated easy bike driver was the son of one...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Rangpur : Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Dr. Debasish Sarker stressed on making combined mini seed packets easily available at farmers’ doorsteps to increase diversified agricultural productions. He said this as a team member while visiting farmers’ household-based year-round vegetables-fruit, compost/vermicompost, improved fodder and improved livestock production, bio-fortified rice Bangabandhu dhan100 under improved diversified cropping patterns at Kishoreganj and Sadarupazilas in Nilphamari district on Sunday. The visit was arranged under the Sustainable Intensification...