Day: August 25, 2024
City Desk : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Saturday said police would work with the highest professionalism to maintain law and order in the metropolitan areas. “We will make required reshuffle in the DMP. Those who had shown amateurism (while discharging their professional duties during the recent student-led protest) would be exposed to justice after identifying them,” he said. He was speaking his maiden “Meet the Press” after taking the charge of the DMP as its...
City Desk : Transport Lock, a part of the nuclear fuel handling system for unit-2 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), has been delivered to the construction site. According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the nuclear power plant, the transport lock will soon be installed at the reactor building which is highly accurate and most labor-intensive work, reports UNB. The transport lock is cylindrical in shape, and weighs 235 tons. It is 12.7 m long, and is 10...
City Desk : Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Saturday directed the telecom regulator to provide free diesel for the generators to keep the mobile network tower operational in Feni district. “In the absence of electricity, a good quantity of diesel is required to keep the 78 mobile network towers in Feni district operational. So, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has been instructed to provide free diesel to the generators deployed in the district by mobile...
UNB : Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Saturday predicted light to moderate rains across the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am. “Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions,” said a Met office bulletin. Day...
City Desk : Dhaka has ranked 45th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 61 at 9:14 am on Saturday morning. Today’s air was classified as ‘moderate’, according to the AQI index, reports UNB. When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 50 and 100, air quality is considered ‘moderate’, between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 150 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201...
City Desk : The Home Ministry, through its Public Security Division, has announced that the government has carefully considered the demands put forth by general Ansar members. The ministry stated that the Chief Adviser has been briefed on the situation and that initial evaluations of the demands show that some of them may be justified, according to a press release on Saturday. In response, the government has decided to assess the current policy that requires General Ansars to take a...
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