DAWN Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was arrested in a separate case on Thursday after a Lahore court discharged him in...
Day: June 14, 2024
NN Online Report: A suspected pickpocket has apprehended on the metro rail around noon on Thursday (June 13) during a...
NN Online Report: Prime Minister and Leader of the House, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday extended Eid-ul-Azha greetings to Leader of the Opposition GM Quader, Deputy Leader Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, and former Leader of the Opposition Begum Raushan Ershad. The greetings were conveyed through Eid cards sent by the Prime Minister, according to the press wing of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). PM’s Protocol Officer-2, Md. Abu Zafar Raju, delivered the cards to the private secretaries of the opposition leaders....
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh has formulated long-term plans to address climate change impacts, but a lack of budget threatens their implementation, experts warned at a seminar on Thursday. The seminar, titled “Self-Reliant Climate Finance,” was jointly organised by EquityBD, AOCED, Coast Foundation, Clean, and CSRL. It highlighted the gap between planning and action in Bangladesh’s climate response. “Several plans exist, including the Centenary Delta Plan,” said Dr. Kazi Khaliquzzaman Ahmad, a climate expert who chaired the seminar. “However, the proposed...
BBC : “A large part will be devoted to Ukraine, our defence and economic resilience,” he said in a post on Telegram. The White House says the G7 has made good progress on a US plan to use frozen Russian assets to raise $50bn (£39bn) a year for Ukraine. Mr Zelensky, who is at the summit in Puglia, southern Italy, on Thursday signed a security deal with Japan. A similar agreement is expected with the US. The G7 nations of...
UNB : Biman Bangladesh Airlines carried 21 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy Hajj under special management even after completion of the pre-Hajj flight schedule. The departure of the 21 hajj pilgrims was uncertain due to the completion of the pre-Hajj flight and no airlines agreed to transport the passengers. In this situation, Biman Bangladesh Airlines came forward to transport the said Hajj passengers. Later, Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Authorities with the special permission...
NN Online Report: Bangladesh has secured a resounding victory over the Netherlands, moving one step closer to the Super 8s...
Business Report : Honorarium of 125,000 data collectors, enumerators and field supervisors of the ‘Economic Census-2023′ project of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will be paid through bKash. Agrani Bank PLC along with bKash will disburse a total of Tk400 crore honorarium to the enumerators’ bKash accounts. In this regard, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Mohammad Fazlul Karim, general manager (CAMLCO) of Agrani Bank and Ali Ahmmed, chief commercial officer of bKash, recently. Present at the...
National Desk : A total of 1,38,157 students, including 65,911 females, are going to appear in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Rajshahi. Of them, 41,061 students, including 20,145 females, are taking part in the public examinations and from the Science group, while 84,303, including 41,717 females, from humanities and 12,686, including 4,002 females, from business studies. They will appear in the public examinations from 741 institutions in 203 centres in...
Staff Reporter : A discussion meeting on palliative care was held with community volunteers at T Hossain Garden in Bandar Upazila of Narayanganj District on Sunday, February 25, at 11 am. Organized by AYAT Education, the event aimed to motivate volunteers from Bandar Upazila to participate in community-based palliative care activities as part of the ‘Compassionate Narayanganj’ project. The meeting was conducted by Sumit Banik, Project Coordinator of AYAT Education. Present at the meeting were Md Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Field...
Syed Shemul Parvez : The drug trade in Bangladesh, including the proliferation of Yaba and various new foreign drugs, continues...