Day: September 1, 2024
City Desk : Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS), a voluntary organization, has come forward to provide humanitarian assistance...
News Desk : Mobin Hossain, a 17-year-old from Shariatpur, lost his eyesight and hearing in one ear after being shot during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement in Dhaka. His medical treatment has come to a standstill due to financial constraints. Doctors said Mobin could regain his vision and hearing if he could pay a total of Tk 300,000 to Tk 400,000, reports bdnews24.com In such a situation, Mobin, a shop employee, has sought assistance from the public.Mobin, hailing from Boro Sidhalkura...
City Desk : Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone on Saturday morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 75 at 9:05 am, Dhaka ranked the 27th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB. Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kinshasa, Pakistan’s Lahore and Uganda’s Kampala occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 199, 166 and 155, respectively. An AQI between 50 and 100 is...
News Desk : Engineer Md Rezaul Karim will take the charge as the 39th Chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board...
City Desk : Bangladesh will request upstream countries like China, India, Nepal and Bhutan to provide flood forecasting data in time to mitigate sufferings of people caused by the natural disaster, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to Water Resources Ministry here on Saturday. In this connection, she said the present interim government will continue regular engagements with these countries to this end, reports BSS. “Efforts will also be taken to provide timely flood forecasts to the people in simple language,”...
City Desk : Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) has urged the interim government to dismiss murder charges brought against professional journalists following recent political changes in the country. The DUJ expressed concern that journalists across Bangladesh, including in Dhaka, are being implicated in murder cases since the shift in power earlier this month, reports UNB. In a statement released Friday, DUJ President Sohel Haider Chowdhury and General Secretary Akhtar Hossain called on the interim government’s Chief Adviser and relevant ministry...
Agency : Olympic champion Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the 3,000 metres women’s steeplechase in impressive fashion at the Rome...
AFP, Paris : Jonnie Peacock’s mother Linda was once told to say goodbye to her son but 26 years later he is arguably still the poster boy for Paralympic sprinting and a contender to regain his 100 metres crown in Paris. It has been quite a journey to becoming the vibrant, charismatic and humorous 31-year-old who spoke of being no longer “the hunted but the hunter” this week and questioned whether his rivals had the nerve to handle the pressure...
Agency : World football’s governing body FIFA has delayed again its decision on a Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended...