City Desk : President Mohammed Shahabuddin will accord a reception to Buddhist community leaders at the Credential Hall of Bangabhaban here tomorrow on Buddha Purnima that marks the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, known later as Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. “The reception for Buddhist leaders will commence at 4 pm . . . President Shahabuddin will deliver a speech to the Buddhist community across the country through media,” President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told BSS on Tuesday. The...
Day: May 22, 2024
Court Correspondent : Supreme Court lawyer Prashanta Bhushan Barua has become new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Destiny-2000 Limited under a High Court directive. Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury of the High Court on Sunday allowed the Destiny management to appoint Prashanta as its new Chairman, Destiny’s lawyer Barrister Md Mejbahur Rahman told the media on Monday. The court passed the order following an application filed by the management seeking necessary directives, said Barrister Mejbahur Rahman. He said the...
Barishal Correspondent : Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) hoisted banners of ‘special notification’ to stop extortion from the owners of under-construction...
Lohagara (Chittagong) Correspondent : A few influential people have started business with the rubber dam built on the Saraikhal canal...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : At least two sand workers died and 7 other injured due to lightning in Chela river in Nasirnagar area in Doarabazar upazila of Sunamganj on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Dulan Miah of Noagaon (Ganeshpur) village of Chatak and Qaddus Miah of Bahadurpur village in Chatak. The injured are being treated at the local hospital. The locals said, like every day, on Monday morning, steel body boats came to Chelandi to extract sand...
AFP : Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage...
City Desk : The European Union is providing €175,000 equivalent to over Tk2.22 crore in humanitarian funding to support the most vulnerable people exposed to the severe heatwave Bangladesh is facing. This EU funding supports the Bangladesh Red Crescent’s ongoing efforts to deliver relief assistance to 500,000 people affected by the heatwave, reports UNB. Teams of volunteers disseminate awareness messages on heat-related illnesses and how to prevent them; run cooling stations; provide ambulance and first aid services, and distribute drinking...
Noman Mosharef : In the wake of recent developments, particularly the surge in the value of the dollar against the...
Special Correspondent : The United States has imposed sanctions on Bangladesh’s former army chief, General Aziz Ahmed, alleging his involvement...
Staff Reporter : Park Young-sik, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh, visited BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT). During his visit, he met with Mr. Md. Shafiul Islam, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), in the BoT conference room. BUFT Chairman provided the Ambassador with a brief history of BUFT and detailed its academic and research initiatives. He highlighted the existing collaboration with Hanseo University and discussed potential future partnerships in education and research, including...
Business Report : The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a feasibility study grant to Bangladeshi telecom company CdNet Communications Ltd (CdNet) to expand reliable internet connectivity across Bangladesh through the development of the Bangladesh International Submarine Cable (Bagha-1). The subsea cable will increase capacity and improve internet quality in both urban and rural areas, according to a statement issued by CdNet. CdNet has selected Florida-based APTelecom LLC to conduct the study. When implemented, the Bagha-1 cable will...