Day: September 29, 2024
City Desk : Speakers at a discussion here on Saturday said all people of the country have the rights to seek and receive information from the government entities (except those concerning national security) and private authorities with a view to ensuring transparency. They came up with the remarks at the discussion marking the International Information Rights Day-2024 organised by the Information Commission in city’s Agargaon here, reports BSS. Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman and Information and Broadcasting...
City Desk : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan has urged members of police to work with sincere devotion to regain public trust. “Every member of police force has to perform duties properly to regain the trust of people through works,” he said while addressing a welfare meeting at Shaheed SI Shahjahan Auditorium at Mirpur Public Order Management (POM) unit as the chief guest, reports BSS. Pointing out the situation when he took charge as DMP commissioner, Mainul...
City Desk : Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) on Saturday celebrated its 53rd founding anniversary with various programmes. The BAF started its indomitable journey on this day during the War of Liberation in 1971 and the day is celebrated as ‘Bangladesh Air Force Day’, according to an ISPR statement issued here, reports BSS. It said the heroic freedom fighters of Air Force actively took part in the Liberation War along with people from all walks of life leaving Pakistan side. Air...
City Desk : Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said the government plans to create a blue network using Dhaka’s canals. “The network will be established through the canals that are still possible to be recovered,” he told a workshop at the Forest Department in the capital, reports BSS. The Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) arranged the workshop titled “Spatial and Temporal Changes in Dhaka City’s Urban Ecosystem, Landscape and Biodiversity over the Past 100...
City Desk : A growing number of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes in Bangladesh have been linked to the use of tobacco products, according to medical experts. At a workshop titled “Empowering Young Physicians for Tobacco Control in Bangladesh,” organized by the National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute on Saturday, they made the remark. Prof. Dr. Khandaker Abdul Awal Rizvi, President of the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh, presided over the event, while Prof....
City Desk : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday called for unity, saying unity should be the tool for building the nation. “Let us try to build a united society. No division, unity might be the tool for nation building,” he said, addressing a meeting of his party leaders as chief guest at an auditorium in Chuadanga district, organized by the District Jamaat, said a press release. “On the basis of consensus, we’ve entrusted the task of building...
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