AFP : A record number of Cabinet ministers lost their seats on Friday in Britain’s general election, leaving only a couple of obvious contenders for the party leadership if Rishi Sunak resigns. Nine members of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s top team failed to be re-elected, beating the previous high of seven who lost out in 1997, as the ruling Conservatives suffered a mauling at the hands of the main opposition Labour party. Grant Shapps, the UK’s defence secretary for nearly...
Day: July 6, 2024
Staff Reporter : The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has warned UK tourists heading to Bangladesh to “remain vigilant” while abroad as terrorist attacks there cannot be ruled out. In an update published on Thursday, the FCDO issued a travel alert urging Brits to avoid large gatherings and follow local advice when in the country. “There is a high threat of terrorist attacks globally affecting UK interests and British nationals, including from groups and individuals who view the UK...
Baraigram (Natore) Correspondent : Rafiq Hoson (40), a mentally unstable person, was killed after falling under a freight train going from Parvatipur to Khulna at Naldanga upazila in Natore. Rafiq Hossain is the son of Jamal Hossain in Madhnagar village of the upazila.The accident took place on the north side of the platform of Madhnagar railway station at around 6 am on last Tuesday. The station master of the railway station Imdadul Haque confirmed the truth of the incident....
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : A tribunal in Kishoreganj has sentence 4 men to death for killing a CNG-run auto rickshaw driver Senior District & Sessions Judge of Kishoreganj, Jannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque announced the verdict on Wednesday afternoon. Those who have been convicted are Liton Miah, Rabbani, Md. Jowel and kajol. The tribunal also fined convicts with Tk. 2 lakh each. According to the Case Diary (CD), On September 22, 2020, the accused hired the CNG-run auto rickshaw of...
Staff Reporter : More than 50 businessmen from 24 Chinese businesses participated in the two-day long Bangladesh-China steel summit-2024 at Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka started on Friday. Bangladesh Iron and Steel Importers Association and China Steel Imports and Exports Association organised the summit jointly. The Bangladeshi organisers hoped that the investment in this sector will be increased to more than USD 10 billion from the current USD five billion within two years through this summit. Abu Jar Gifari...
Al Jazeera : At least 89 migrants and refugees bound for Europe have died, with dozens still missing, when their...
City Desk : State Minister for Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said there are 5 to 6 crore Facebook users in the country now, and it is their responsibility to keep the digital space safe for future generations. “We must work together to stop cyberbullying, remove negative content, and raise mental health awareness. To achieve the vision of Smart Bangladesh, we must protect the mental health of our children,” he said, reports UNB. While speaking as...
AFP : Germany said Friday that the latest Patriot air defence system it supplied to Kyiv is now in Ukraine, as it struggles to hold off a blistering Russian strike campaign. “The third Patriot air defence system from Germany has already arrived in Ukraine,” Martin Jaeger, German Ambassador to Ukraine, wrote on X, after Berlin announced in April it would supply the system to Kyiv. Ukraine has been urgently calling on its Western backers to send more air defences, with...