Day: August 5, 2024

UNB, Sylhet : Flight operations at Sylhet Osmani International Airport were suspended for six hours on Monday.The airport authority announced the closure hours after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina. The flight operation was suspended from 4:45 pm, said director Md Hafiz Ahmed. The closure will remain in force until further notice....

BSS, Khulna : Ropa Aman cultivation is continuing in full swing in four districts of the Khulna Agricultural Zone. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials said in the current Kharif-2 season of FY 2024, DAE has fixed target to bring a total of 2,99,802 hectares of land under Ropa Aman farming as the production target of clean rice is 8,71,940 metric tonnes.In the meantime, around 12,633 hectares of land has already been brought under cultivation in four districts in the...

BARISHAL : There is jubilation in Barisal on the news that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the country under the pressure of the mass movement centered around the anti-discrimination student movement. Hundreds of thousands of people from all parts of the city come down the streets and rejoice. ‘Palaichere palaiche, Sheikh Hasina is palaiche’ is chanting slogans.The people coming down the streets are saying that the country was made free by the overthrow of the dictatorship. Rafiqul Islam, who...

RANGPUR : As soon as the news of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation came out, thousands of people in Rangpur city and different areas of the district started cheering in the rain. They ignored the rain and continued to express their joy in different alleys. From children to men and women of different ages came to the streets and hugged each other and rejoiced. After three o’clock in the afternoon, the agitators began to gather at Rangpur Central Shaheed...