City Desk : With an air quality index (AQI) score of 96 at 9:10 am, Dhaka ranked 11th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality. Vietnam’s Hanoi, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kinshasa and Uganda’s Kampala occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 179, 174 and 174 respectively, reports UNB. An AQI score between 51 and 100 is considered ‘moderate’, between 101 and 150 is considered ‘unhealthy’, and between 201 and...
Day: June 15, 2024
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AFP, Kolkata : Six people were killed after heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in a remote corner of India’s northeast, officials told AFP Friday. Another five people were missing around the affected area in Sikkim, a state in the Himalayan foothills bordering China and popular with Indian tourists. Senior state government official Gopinath Raha said flood waters from the Teesta river had also washed away roads and bridges, temporarily stranding more than 1,500 people. “The water level of...
City Desk : The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has intensified surveillance to prevent untoward incidents in the cattle markets ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of the Muslim. “The RAB is trying to prevent all sorts of unlawful activities . . . A number of illegal activities generally happen in the cattle markets, Eid congregation, and leather business,” said Commander Arafat Islam, director of the Legal and Media Wing of the RAB, reports BSS. He told the...
Staff Reporter : The country’s non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) have experienced a notable decline in deposits during the first quarter of this year. According to a report by the central bank, deposits in NBFIs fell by Tk525 crore in the March quarter, a 1.37% decrease from the previous quarter, leaving the total deposits at Tk44,305 crore. A senior central bank official attributed the decline primarily to a significant reduction in fixed deposits, which decreased by Tk597 crore over the three...
UNB : Twelve people were hospitalised with dengue fever in 24 hours till Friday morning. Of the new patients, eight were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka city and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Currently, 146 patients are receiving treatment at different hospitals across the country. The DGHS, so far, has reported 3,193 dengue cases since January 1, 2024. Last year, a total of 1,705 people lost their lives due to dengue, making...
City Desk : Agritech startup Fashol Dotcom Limited and SAFE have collaborated to establish three Farmers’ Centers in the Barendra region, notably in Natore, Rajshahi, and Bogura districts, to address the challenges farmers encounter when selling their produce, according to a press release on Friday. The Fashol Farmers’ Centers were opened last Monday in the presence of nearly 300 farmers. Among those who attended the event were SAFE founder Arifa Jesmin Kanika, Fashol founder and CEO Sakib Hossain, SAFE co-founder...
Business Report : Honorarium of 125,000 data collectors, enumerators and field supervisors of the ‘Economic Census-2023′ project of the Bangladesh...
AP, Geneva : Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government didn’t want Russia involved, and the Swiss – aware of Moscow’s reservations about the talks – didn’t invite Russia. The Swiss insist Russia must be involved at some point, and hope it will join the process one day. Ukrainians, too, are...
City Desk : To ensure safe and smooth travel of passengers, police have advised homebound people not to embark on risky, unsafe journeys ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival. “Avoid long distance travelling in pickups, livestock trucks, open trucks, goods transports, and on the roofs of buses,” Chief of Highway police Additional IGP Shahabuddin Khan said while speaking at a view-exchange meeting after visiting the Chandra-Trimoor area of Dhaka-Tangail highway, reports BSS.= Strict action will be taken against those found involved...
City Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Sheikh Hasina today visited Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital at Tetuibari in Kashimpur, Gazipur and underwent routine health checkup there. “The Prime Minister visited the hospital and underwent routine health check up there on Friday morning,” PM’s Press Secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan told BSS, reports BSS. On her arrival at the hospital, the Prime Minister was received by Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, former Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque and...