Day: June 5, 2024
Sylhet Bureau : An inmate was found dead in Sylhet Central Jail on Monday. The deceased name is Md. Yunus Ali, 22, son of Noor Islam of Kalibari village in Companiganj upazila of the district, the authorities said. Deputy inspector general of prisons Md Sagir Mia confirmed the news and said, stating that Yunus body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a ward of Sylhet Central Jail at noon. He mentioned that Yunus, a schizophrenia patient, was serving...
AFP : Hundreds of people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines. Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded for six minutes on Monday night, sending a plume of ash, rocks and gases five kilometres (three miles) into the sky. The state volcanology agency raised the alert level for the volcano from one to two on a scale of zero to five, warning more explosive eruptions were possible. At least 2,800 people have moved...
Business Report : The 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) was held on Monday. MTB...
AFP, Copenhagen : Danish shipping giant Maersk on Monday said it expected its profits in 2024 to be $3 billion...
News Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged owners to treat workers in tea plantations with more care and to see to their welfare. She made the call at a National Tea Day event at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com Addressing owners, she said: “If the tea workers were equipped with more advanced machinery, they could do more work. It is not enough to consider them as your subordinates. You have to remember that their...
City Desk : A Bangladeshi expatriate lost his life in a road accident in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The deceased...
Business Report : The total value of fixed or long-term tangible assets held by Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, a publicly listed state-owned gas distributor, has witnessed a Tk3,904 crore increase in a year. Its total fixed assets increased to Tk4,862 crore from Tk958 crore as of 30 June 2023, according to a company disclosure published on the websites of both the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges on Monday. The disclosure said the board of directors approved the asset...
Nizam Uddin Lavlu from Ramgarh : Though World Environment Day is being celebrated worldwide today on June 5 including Bangladesh,...
Bhangura (Pabna) Correspondent : There have been allegations of corruption in the formation of the management committee of Karatakandi Rostam Ali Multipurpose High School of Bhanguraupazila in Pabna. Local AbdusSamad and Rafiqul Islam Gong have filed this complaint written to the Chairman of Rajshahi Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. It is mentioned that the Assistant Headmaster Elias Hossain has recently formed the management committee in a completely secret and irregular manner to achieve his own interests from the responsibility...