City Desk : The ongoing Arka Fashion Week has already garnered a huge response from the festive attendees, and this four-day fashion carnival saw an influx of crowds every day, joining different segments. Friday marked the second day of Arka FW, which is currently ongoing at Aloki in the capital’s Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road from June 13-16, and the second day of Arka FW featured a total of 8 runway shows in four different slots, reports UNB. One of the major...
Day: June 16, 2024
UNB : One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 40 this year. During the period, 14 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them, eight patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while the rest were outside the capital. The person, who died in the last 24 hours, is from an area under...
Staff Reporter : Heavy rainfall in Sikkim has led to a significant rise in water levels along the Teesta River, prompting fears of flooding in northern areas, including Lalmonirhat. The authorities at the Teesta Barrage have taken preemptive measures by opening 44 gates to manage the water pressure, resulting in the inundation of low-lying and charred areas across Lalmonirhat district. According to reports from the Water Development Board, the water level at Kaunia Point was dangerously close to the danger...
Al Jazeera : Authorities in Honduras have announced a series of measures aimed at tackling organised crime, including the construction of a 20,000-capacity “megaprison”, as well as “terrorist” designations and collective trials for members of gangs. In a late-night televised address to the nation, President Xiomara Castro said on Friday the “plan of solutions against crime” was in response to a “security emergency” and public complaints about increasing violence. Flanked by members of Honduras’s National Defense and Security Council, Castro...
PTI, Italy : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a brief conversation with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau amid...
Eid-ul Azha, the second largest religious festival for the Muslims, will be celebrated tomorrow (Monday) in Bangladesh. Hajj is one of the five mandatory practices in Islam. It’s compulsory to perform hajj for every capable Muslim. And a prominent part of hajj is the rite of qurbani or sacrifice. Eid stands for joy while qurbani means sacrifice. Allah had ordered Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) to sacrifice most favourite thing. Hazrat Ibrahim then took his beloved son Ismail (AS) out to sacrifice....
City Desk : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman on Saturday said that police will take stringent actions if anyone tries to extort or influence the buy and sell of rawhide during the Eid-ul-Azha. “We are alert so that no one can create any syndicate over the buy and sale of rawhide,” he said at a coordination meeting on collection of rawhide of sacrificial animal, safety of vehicles carrying rawhides and traffic management at DMP headquarters ahead of Eid-ul-Azha...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : A duck farmer was killed by lightning in Kishoreganj ‘s Ashtagram haor on Thursday evening. The victim deceased Rakib Mia (22) son of Rafiq Mia in Kabirkhandan village of Austagram Haor Upazila. . East Ashgram Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Kased Miah conformed this natter. He also said that about the incident, it started raining suddenly in the evening. At this time, the thunder started with the storm. Victim Rakib was then working in his duck...
Al Jazeera : This year’s G7 summit bore the hallmarks of a fragile club, yet one that still manages to put up a good fight when it comes to shielding Western interests. On Saturday, the leaders of what were once the wealthiest countries in the world concluded the three-day G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, a luxury resort nestled in the hills of Italy’s southern region of Puglia. But the group’s authority in global politics was overshadowed by trouble back home...
News Desk : The Dhaka South City Corporation has slapped 14 traders with a total of Tk 65,000 in fines for selling sacrificial animals without approval across the city, reports bdnews24.com Its executive magistrates conducted raids in the Polashi and Malibagh intersection areas from Saturday morning to noon. One of those executive magistrates, Md Jahangir Alam, said: “Traders started selling goats on both sides of the Polashi intersection without approval. We are conducting raids across various locations in South City...
UNB, Dhaka : The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has reported that all major rivers in the northeastern region of the country are experiencing a rising trend, which is expected to continue over the next 24 hours starting from 9 am on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and Ganges-Padma rivers remain steady, a trend likely to persist over 24 hours, according to the FFWC. The Met Office has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the northern, northeastern, and adjoining...