BSS : The Parliament on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 30643.51 crore for the fiscal 2023-24 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions for the outgoing fiscal year ending June 30. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 6 along with the national budget of FY2024-25. A total of Tk 7,61,785 crore was proposed in the budget of 2023-24 fiscal. Different ministries, divisions and institutions sought increased...
Day: June 11, 2024
Entertainment Report : Mukta Sarkar is the artiste who has been spreading the fascination of Pala and folk songs from...
Staff Reporter : The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, expressed his optimism that India’s newly elected government would respect the hopes and expectations of the Bangladeshi people. This statement was made during a discussion meeting organized by the Nationalist Farmers’ Party at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity on Monday, commemorating the 43rd death anniversary of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. Addressing the audience, Alamgir reflected on the recent electoral victory of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata...
Entertainment Desk : Ekushey Padak recipient noted actor, playwright and director Abul Hayat was honoured with a lifetime award titled...
Staff Reporter : The ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) is gearing up for a grand celebration of its 75th founding anniversary on June 23. As part of the extensive plans, the country’s oldest political party will commemorate this milestone over three days nationwide, reaching every union and ward, according to AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister, Obaidul Quader. In a press briefing held after a meeting with lawmakers from Dhaka district, the mayors of Dhaka South and...
News Desk : Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has formed a committee to investigate the brothers of former military chief Aziz Ahmed for getting national ID cards using ‘false information’. The CEC made the remark in response to a question during an ‘RFED Talk’ event on Monday, reports bdnews24.com “We have heard that Aziz Ahmed’s siblings, Haris Chowdhury [the political secretary during Khaleda Zia’s term as prime minister], and Bangabandhu’s killer Moslem Uddin’s family have received NIDs after providing...
Business Report : The Bangladesh Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) recently elected Humayun Rashid as its President for...
Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken swift action in response to the tragic shooting incident that occurred in front of the Palestinian embassy in the Baridhara diplomatic zone on Saturday night. A three-member inquiry committee, led by the Deputy Commissioner of the Gulshan Division, has been established to investigate the incident, where a police constable fatally shot his colleague. The committee has been tasked with uncovering the underlying reasons behind the shooting, aiming to provide clarity...
Sports Reporter : South Africa (SA) scored a modest 113 for the loss of six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs against Bangladesh (BD) in their Group-D match of the ICC T20 World Cup (WC) at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday. Bangladesh bowlers bowled really well and they restricted South Africa to a modest total. Tanzim Hasan captured three wickets in the space of 18 runs, while Taskin Ahmed bagged a pair of wickets...
Business Report : Country’s both the bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Monday plunged...
Staff Reporter : In a significant operation, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has apprehended five members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), including its top leader, from a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The raid, conducted early Monday morning at Rohingya Camp-4, resulted in the seizure of a cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives. The ARSA top commander, Shahidul Islam alias Moulovi Oli Akij, captured in the operation, is implicated in several criminal activities, including the...
AFP : Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday. Weather phenomena like El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole worsened the effects of these pollutants by intensifying their concentration in the air, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) said, unveiling the results of a study led by its researchers. The tiny particles called particulate matter 2.5, or “PM 2.5,” are...