Agency : Kishane Thompson registered a sizzling world-leading mark of 9.77 seconds to win the men’s 100 metres at the...
Day: June 29, 2024
City Desk : State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Saturday put emphasis on making a vow to ensure honesty in disclosing information to establish peace in society. “Existence of differences of opinion is a beauty of society and democracy. We all must agree on disclosing the true and correct information,” he said, reports BSS. The state minister said this while speaking as the guest of honor at the Peace Ambassador’s National Conference 2024 at the convention...
Business Report : The Bangladesh Oil, Gas, and Mineral Resources Corporation (Petrobangla) has signed an Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with...
News Desk : The roof of a newly refurbished terminal building at New Delhi’s international airport partially collapsed in heavy rains early Friday, killing one person and injuring eight others, rescuers said. “Eight people have been injured, one person is dead. Rescue operations have been completed,” Atul Gard, director of Delhi Fire Services told AFP. The authorities have announced the cancellation of flights from one terminal. A portion of the canopy at the departures area of Delhi airport’s terminal 1...
AFP : Bolivian authorities on Thursday paraded handcuffed detainees in front of the media, announcing 17 arrests after a botched...
News Desk : Bangladesh Bank says the country had $27.15 billion in gross foreign exchange reserves at the end of the day on Thursday, Jun 27. “The gross reserves on Thursday stood at $26.50 billion in the initial count after the third tranche of IMF loan funds and dollars from other sources were added,” said Bangladesh Bank spokesman and Executive Director Mezbaul Haque, reports bdnews24.com “The amount increased slightly to $27.15 billion at the end of the day on Thursday...
Business Report : Exim Bank’s 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Thursday through virtually from the head office...
Kurigram Correspondent : Kurigram Sadar thana police recovered a floating unidentified dead body from a canal at Jagajog crossing of Amin Bazar under Belgacha union in Sadar upazila in the morning on Thursday (June 27). Locals found the floating body in a canal near Kurigram-Chilmari (KC) road and informed to the police. The Police however recovered the dead body and took away to police station. Local sources said bad smell was spreading from the body beside it. Chairman of Belgacha...
UNB, Bagerhat : At least 20 business structures were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in a market in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday. The affected shop owners claimed that valuables worth Tk 2 crore were damaged in the fire. The fire-hit shops included grocery, pharmacies, electronics and plastic goods. Owners and Fire Services said the fire erupted in one the shops of Rayenda Panch Rasta Intersection in the upazila around 10:30pm. Moniruzzaman Babul, general secretary of...
Business Report : IPDC Finance’s women entrepreneur loan product, IPDC Joyee, has signed an MoU with Truvalu Bangladesh to further...
Al Jazeera : Japan has lodged a protest at the United States embassy in Tokyo over at least two alleged...
Barishal Correspondent : The Barguna district committee of Bangladesh Awami League has recently inaugurated the proposed “Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Women’s Training Institute (BSFMWTI),” a pioneering initiative aimed at enhancing the political skills of female leaders in Bangladesh. The initiative, spearheaded by the Barguna District Committee of the Bangladesh Awami League, marks the establishment of the first specialized institution dedicated to developing the political capabilities of women leaders in the country’s history. The Women’s Empowerment Subcommittee of the Multilateral Advocacy...