City Desk : State Minister for Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said the government is...
Day: May 11, 2024
Agency : Following the arrival of the Olympic torch at the Vieux Port the day before, the relay kicked-off its...
Business Desk : A total of 21 winners have received different gifts by taking part in the country’s biggest transactions...
UNB : Bangladesh Navy has recovered Bangladesh Air Force’s training fighter jet Yak-130, which crashed into the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram earlier in the day, at around 10 pm on Thursday. Ashraful Islam, Squadron Leader of Bangladesh Air Force, confirmed the development and said that Bangladesh Navy conducted a search operation to recover the aircraft. They recovered the training fighter jet at night and handed it over to the Air Force....
AFP : After a US veto foiled the Palestinians’ drive for full UN membership, the General Assembly is expected on Friday to grant them some additional rights in the global body — a symbolic win that has already irked Israel. With the war in Gaza raging, the Palestinians in April relaunched a request dating back to 2011 to become full members of the United Nations, where their current status is a “non-member observer state.” To succeed, the initiative needed a...
FOOD inflation in Bangladesh has reached an alarming 15 per cent, surpassing official estimates and causing distress among low-income families heavily reliant on staple foods like poultry and fish. This surge, driven in part by escalating prices of protein sources, poses a significant threat to the well-being of vulnerable populations. A critical vulnerability in the food supply chain lies in the country’s dependence on imported feed and medicine for poultry and fish farming. Fluctuations in global market prices directly impact...
Business Desk : The newly constituted Board of Directors of the National Bank Limited unanimously elected Professor Md Helal Uddin...
City Desk : No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, six patients were hospitalised with viral fever during this period, according to the DGHS, reports UNB. Of them, two were admitted in Dhaka hospitals, while the rest were outside the capital. So far, 2,397 dengue cases have been reported since January 1, 2024. Last year, a total of 1,705...
News Desk : After a month-long heatwave, Bangladesh saw some relief thanks to the rain. But this relief is likely to be short-lived. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says temperatures will start to rise again from Sunday and a heatwave is expected from May 15 and continue for the rest of the month, reports bdnews24.com “There is a chance of rain across the country on Friday evening as well,” said BMD meteorologist Monowar Hossain. “But temperatures will start to increase slightly...
Nilofar Suhrawardy : Paradoxically, it is primarily during electoral phase that significance of Indian vote appears to matter most strongly...