Staff Reporter : Despite the alarming frequency of road accidents claiming numerous lives each month, the issue continues to persist without receiving adequate attention. According to statistics from the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh, a total of 733 accidents occurred on roads, railways, and waterways, resulting in 763 deaths and 2,472 injuries. Road accidents alone claimed the lives of 708 individuals, while 2,426 others suffered varying degrees of injuries in 683 reported incidents across the nation. In other routes, 47...
Day: May 23, 2024
Joypurhat Correspondent : A3-day training started in Joypurhat on Wednesday with the aim of increasing professional skills of journalists in making reports using mobile devices. Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government has arranged the training. Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman SM Solaiman Ali inaugurated the three-day training organized at Joypurhat Sadar Upazila Parishad Auditorium on Wednesday. Daffodil International University’s Associate Professor Dr. Jamil Khan was present on the occasion. In the training, journalists...
Staff Reporter : Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has apprehended Mizanur Rahman Sumon, 30, for the horrific murder of his wife, Bilkis Begum, 26, by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire in a jungle at Sector No. 24 of Purbachal. The incident occurred on Sunday last, and tragically, Bilkis succumbed to her injuries at Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute and Hospital the following morning. Mizanur, a taxicab driver from Muradnagar in Cumilla, had been residing in Ranabhola under Turag...
AFP : Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa broke his own record Wednesday as the person to have scaled Mount Everest the most times, achieving the milestone 30th ascent of the world’s highest peak. The veteran 54-year-old guide had reached the summit for the record 29th time earlier this month, before climbing to the icy top again early on Wednesday morning. “Kami Rita reached the summit this morning. Now he has made a new record with 30 summits of Everest,” Mingma...
Business Report : City Bank announces the recent appointment of Kazi Azizur Rahman as the Additional Managing Director (AMD) of the bank. Prior to this promotion, he served as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) within the same institution. Mr. Rahman first joined City Bank in 2007 as an Executive Vice President (EVP) and has been a key figure in the bank’s leadership team, serving as DMD & CIO until 2019. After a brief tenure at...
Mokarram Hossain (back from Pakistan) : After being received at the Lahore International Airport by officials of the Press Information...
BBC : Ireland, Norway, and Spain have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state from 28 May. Spain and...
BSS : Nepal has sought Bangladesh’s assistance for installing Barind digital irrigation technology for the agriculture sector in Nepal. The request was placed while Nepalese Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, held a bilateral meeting with Agriculture Minister Dr M AdusShahid on the sidelines of the ongoing 10th World Water Forum held in Indonesian tourist city Bali on Tuesday afternoon. During the meeting, they stressed raising mutual cooperation in the agricultur sector between the two countries....
Agency : Serbian long jumper Ivana Spanovic said she is hoping to finally secure an elusive Olympic gold medal at...
