News Desk : This year Singapore will lift a 34-year-old ban on pets in public housing, letting many cats finally relax. Adam, 42, the owner of a cat named Tommy and who used a pseudonym due to the regulation, recently told The Guardian he was baffled by the ban’s existence. “Normally for cats, they’re not a problem. Maybe a dog [could be a problem] – they’re noisy, and if a dog bites you’re in trouble,” he said. The ban, which...
Day: June 11, 2024
City Desk : Railways Minister Md. Zillul Hakim on Monday said the government has a plan to procure necessary engines and passenger carriages to increase the number of trains to facilitate the movement of people. He said this while responding to a written query raised by treasury bench lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad, reports BSS. Zillul Hakim said an agreement has already been signed with the suppliers for procurement of 200 broad gauge passenger carriages...
City Desk : Railways Minister Md. Zillul Hakim on Monday said the government has a plan to procure necessary engines and passenger carriages to increase the number of trains to facilitate the movement of people. He said this while responding to a written query raised by treasury bench lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad, reports BSS. Zillul Hakim said an agreement has already been signed with the suppliers for procurement of 200 broad gauge passenger carriages...
Feni Correspondent : The Annual Performance Agreement (APA) has been introduced under the Government Performance Management System to enhance transparency and accountability in government activities, ensure proper utilization of resources and develop institutional capacity. In line with this agreement, District Police Super Zakir Hasan, PPM of Feni signed APA with Officers-in-Charges of all Police Stations of Feni under 2024-2025 Fiscal Year for proper implementation of Rupkalpa-2041 through enhancing institutional efficiency, strengthening transparency and accountability, consolidation of good governance, proper utilization...
Dr Matiur Rahman : Erik Olin Wright, a distinguished sociologist renowned for analysing class structures, has provided a framework that...
National Desk : Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)’s “Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship and Resilience in...
Staff Reporter : Positive change necessitates collective effort and unwavering conviction. With this guiding principle, Christian Aid, in partnership with the European Union, BLAST, Bandhu Social Welfare Society, Nagorik Uddyog, and Wave Foundation, recently hosted the Change Agent Conference in Gazipur. The event celebrated the efforts of Change Agents working to uplift marginalized communities across Bangladesh. The conference is part of the “Empowering Left Behind Minority Communities to Effectively Participate in the Development Process of Bangladesh” (ELMC) project. This initiative...
Business Report : Fevicol Champions Club (FCC) has conducted a tree plantation program in different parts of the country on the occasion of World Environment Day. With the help of 2800 members, FCC has planted 2700 saplings in the capital city Dhaka, along with Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Barishal, Cumilla, Bogura, Gazipur, and Savar with the motto ‘Plant trees to save lives.’ In this context, Mainak Dutta, Country Manager of PIDILITE Bangladesh said, “Due to rapid industrialization and urbanization, humans...
City Desk : Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Dr Abdul Malek on Monday said the people are becoming empowered through right to information act as the act guarantees free flow of information and people’s right to information. “We have to keep in mind that getting information is not an opportunity, rather it is the right of everyone to get information in time,” he said while addressing a workshop held at the conference room of the Information Commission of Bangladesh, reports BSS....
City Desk : Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan inaugurated his newly renovated and modernized ejlash (courtroom) at the Supreme Court on Monday. Flanked by his colleague judges from both divisions of the Supreme Court, the chief justice raised the curtain from the nameplate. Justice M Enayetur Rahim at the time conducted a munajat, reports BSS. A special session of a ‘ceremonial bench’ consisting of judges from both divisions of the Supreme Court was held later at the chief justice’s ejlash marking...