City Desk : Cabinet Secretary Md. Mahbub Hossain has said Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979 is being amended. He said this while replying to journalists after the end of the meeting of secretaries at the Secretariat on Thursday, reports BSS. Mahbub Hossain said it is being amended for making the rules as time-befitting one and hoped the amendments of rules would be finalized soon. He said the government is also thinking about making the existing Integrity Strategy as time-befitting one....
Day: July 6, 2024
UNB : Three Bangladeshis from Naogaon’s Atrai upazila have died in a factory fire in the Musaasa neighborhood of Riyadh. The fire, which broke out around 5 PM local time on Wednesday, left their families in deep mourning. The victims have been identified as Faruk Hossain (40) from Tejnanandi village, Enamul Hossen (25) from Shikarpur village, and Shukbar Rahman (40) from Digha Schoolpara village. On Thursday, gloom enveloped Faruk Hossen’s home in Tejnanandi village. Relatives, neighbours, and well-wishers gathered to...
Staff Reporter : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has conveyed her heartiest congratulations to the newly elected Prime Minister of United Kingdom Keir Starmer for his landslide victory. “This unequivocal mandate clearly testifies to the trust and confidence of the British people in your leadership to take your country to newer heights of progress and prosperity and promote peace globally,” she wrote in a letter issued on Friday. “My heartiest congratulations and that of the Government and the people of Bangladesh...
AFP, London : Andy Murray suffered a losing start in his farewell to Wimbledon on Thursday, weeping openly in front...
City Desk : Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam has instructed schools in Dhaka to provide school bus services for students. The mayor warned that failure to provide a bus transportation service for students may result in the closing of schools, reports bdnews24.com. He made the remarks on Wednesday while inaugurating a school bus service for the students of Dhaka’s Banani Bidyaniketan School and College. The DNCC has taken the initiative to start school bus services for various schools...
Staff Reporter : Professor Dr. Afroza Begum, Chairman of department of Pediatric Nephrology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, has...
City Desk : The government is going to honour 22 persons with “Agriculturally Important Person (AIP)-2021” status for their outstanding contribution to agriculture sector in Bangladesh. The persons have been selected under five categories and the award will be given under the AIP policy-2019 with a view to recognising individuals and organizations for their contribution to agriculture, fisheries and livestock and forest sectors, according to a recent gazette published by the Agriculture Ministry, reports BSS. Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdus...
Jatrabari Krira Chakra edged past Siddikbazar Dhaka Junior Sporting Club by a solitary goal in the Bashundhara Group Senior Division Football League held at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur on Friday. After the barren first half, Sabuj Mia scored the all-important goal for Jatrabari in the 90+1st minute of the match. Rafiqul Islam of Siddikbazar Dhaka Junior Sporting was shown red card by the referee following double yellow cards....
Business Report : Bangladesh will host a trade and investment summit in Beijing during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming state...