Day: May 12, 2024
Staff Reporter : The ruling Awami League (AL) held a peace rally in Dhaka South on Saturday, emphasising the importance...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladeshi trekkers of Tour Group BD made a symbolic statement of solidarity with Palestine during their...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has appealed to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for the...
UNB : The governments of Bangladesh, Bulgaria and Japan, together with UNFPA, will host the “ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development” in Dhaka on May 15-16. The dialogue creates a platform to discuss the challenges and explore the opportunities of the world’s shifting demographics. 2024 is the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, State Minister for Health...
Staff Reporter : Professor Dr. Sheikh Asif S. Mizan, a distinguished academic with a long history of international teaching experience,...
Staff Reporter : In a fiery speech at a rally organised by Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the main opposition party BNP’s...
UNB : At least eleven people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Faridpur, Cumilla, Gazipur, Dinajpur, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Sylhet districts on Friday night and Saturday morning. Among the deceased, two each died in Faridpur, Gazipur, Narshingdi and Dinajpur districts while one each in Cumilla, Chattogram and Sylhet districts. In Faridpur, two people died in separate road accidents in Bhanga upazila’s Hamirdi and Sadardi areas. An unidentified man was killed in a clash involving a truck...
Staff Reporter : A heavy downpour accompanied by a thunderstorm lashed Dhaka early Saturday morning, causing widespread waterlogging and significant disruption to the city’s traffic flow. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) reported 87 millimetres of rain fell between 6:00 AM and 9:00 AM, accompanied by wind gusts reaching 52 kilometres per hour. According to sources, it is known that BMD categorises rainfall as light (0–10 mm), moderate (11–22 mm), moderately heavy (22–44 mm), heavy (44–88 mm), and very heavy (above...
AFP, New Delhi : India’s cricket board will hunt for a new coach to take charge after the T20 World Cup (WC) in June, but left the door open for Rahul Dravid to reapply. Dravid, who became head coach of the men’s team in November 2021, was handed a short-term extension when his two-year contract expired after India’s loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup final last November. “We will call for applications in the next few days,” Jay...
Dr. Matiur Rahman : The landscape of Bangladesh’s university campuses has long been marked by vibrant intellectual discourse and passionate...