Staff Reporter : Just a day after clashes between aggrieved battery-run rickshaw pullers and law enforcers in the capital, the government has reversed its decision, allowing these banned vehicles to operate in Dhaka. However, the ban on operating such vehicles will continue on 22 highways across the country. Metropolitan police stated they would adhere to the government’s instructions but emphasized that battery-run rickshaws would remain out of the main thoroughfares of the capital. Police will await full instructions from the...
Day: May 21, 2024
Entertainment Desk : This year, four veteran figures are set to be honoured with the Nazrul Padak, as announced by...
Barishal Correspondent : A 65-day ban on all types of fishing in the sea has been started from early Monday. The ban, from May 20 to July 23, aims to protect proper reproduction, production and preservation of marine resources. The government of Bangladesh has been imposing this ban on fishing in the sea for 65 days since 2019 in order to increase the fishery resources in the marine boundary of the country. Fishermen demanded that the government should ensure sufficient...
UNB : Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and Deputy High Commission in Kolkata are in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs, India regarding alleged eotssfmissing of Anwarul Azim Anar, MP. The Deputy High Commission in Kolkata has sent formal communication to the MEA Branch Secretariat in Kolkata on May 19, seeking support of the MEA for locating and rescuing the MP,” a senior official told UNB. The Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is aware of the issue and...
News Desk : Florida Republican Congressman Michael Waltz responding to reports on Sunday that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter had gone missing after a “hard landing”, said it was a “good riddance.” The Florida lawmaker also called the Iranian president, who is now confirmed dead, a “murderous human rights violator” and added that Iran would accuse Israel and the United States for the incident, according to international media outlets. Taking to X, he said, “Good riddance. Raisi was a murderous...
City Desk: They placed the demand before the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in a meeting held at Jatiya Press Club...
Reuters : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday. The following are reactions to the news: IRAQ PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMED SHIA AL-SUDANI, IN A STATEMENT: “With profound sadness and deep sorrow, we received the tragic news of the passing of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ibrahim...
Business Report : Bangladesh Iron and Steel Importers Association has organised a reception programme for the board of directors of FBCCI, the apex organization of businessmen and industrialists. The reception was organized at the Officers Club of Dhaka on Sunday night. Senior Vice President of FBCCI Amin Helali, Leader of Sammilito Babosayi Parishad, Director of FBCCI Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Nizam Uddin Rajesh, Amir Hossain Noorani and the leaders of the board of directors of the organization for the period...