Day: July 8, 2024
AFP, Berlin : England beat Switzerland on penalties on Saturday to keep their dreams of winning Euro 2024 alive as...
City Desk : The United Nations Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) has disbursed $US6.2 million to 400,000 vulnerable people in five districts of Jamuna nasin through the anticipatory action initiative. This will support the most vulnerable families and mitigate the impact of the floods. The pre-arranged funds were provided to four UN agencies: The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Food Programme (WFP) to reach people before the forecasted...
Staff Reporter : The Dhaka Metro Rail services experienced a disruption on Sunday due to a power supply issue, causing a halt from 2:27 pm to 2:58 pm. The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) reported that the interruption lasted for approximately 31 minutes. In a Facebook post, the DMTCL announced, “The metro rail movement has been temporarily suspended from 2:27 pm due to a power outage.” After around 30 minutes of efforts, the Metro Rail authority successfully restored the...
Entertainment Report : Director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki posted in solidarity with the ongoing movement demanding the abolition of quota in...
Entertainment Report : Nachiketa Chakraborty, a popular artiste of West Bengal, is coming to Dhaka for a year. He will...
UNB : Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Yingming Yang has said Bangladesh is strategically located along major maritime routes, making it a potential hub for trade and transportation. “We could see Bangladesh’s blue economy double in size in the next 10-15 years. With its extensive coastline along the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh’s blue economy is critical for its overall growth,” he told UNB in an interview, adding that Bangladesh is one of the world’s largest producers of fish and...
AFP : The Hamas government in Gaza said an Israeli strike on Saturday on a UN-run school where thousands of displaced were sheltering killed 16 people. The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted “terrorists” operating around the Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, which condemned the strike as an “odious massacre”, said 50 injured were taken to hospital from the school. Some 7,000 people were sheltering in the school at the time of...
BSS, Dhaka : Pace bowling allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin shifted his focus to Canada’s Global T20 League in his bid to...