City Desk : Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘moderate’ zone on Saturday morning.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 56 at 9:03 am, Dhaka ranked 47th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB. The United Arab Emirates’ Dubai, China’s Chengdu and Uganda’s Kampala occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 177, 172 and 163, respectively.An AQI between 50 and 100 is considered ‘moderate’ with acceptable...
City Desk : Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur on Saturday stressed on involvement of political parties to strengthen the interim government led by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus. “The interim government should include representatives of various political parties in its structure to make an inclusive government to strengthen it,” he said while addressing a shadow parliament (Chaya Sangsad) debate competition at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) as the chief guest, reports BSS. Nur, however, said that these political-party representatives...
City Desk : The World Tourism Day was celebrated in the country as elsewhere in the world with the call for greater cooperation between public and private sectors to seize the vast potential of Bangladesh’s tourism industry. The celebration was started through bringing out a colorful procession in the capital’s Agargaon area by Civil Aviation and Tourism ministry along with its line organizations, tourist police, tourism related private bodies and trade associations. The Day was celebrated with the United Nations’...
City Desk : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus held meetings on Thursday with the chiefs of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at a hotel in New York, USA. High Commissioner of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi discussed the Rohingya crisis with the Chief Adviser, reports BSS. Grandi called for a new approach to the crisis saying that the international communities should do more to end the miseries of more...
City Desk : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has underscored the urgent need to prioritise reforms in the electoral system, emphasising a central focus on human rights. This call to action came during a meeting held today with a three-member delegation from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) at the NHRC office, according to a press release. In light of recent student-led popular uprisings, the NHRC engaged in comprehensive discussions concerning key issues impacting human rights, political culture,...
City Desk : The Primary Teacher Coordination Council (PTCC) has demanded the elevation of primary assistant teachers to the 10th grade and 100 per cent departmental promotions to address discrimination. Speakers highlighted these issues during a press conference held at the Press Club on Friday, said a press release.In a written statement, Shahinur Akhtar, President of the National Primary Assistant Teachers Foundation, noted that the last national pay scale was announced in 2015, during which primary teachers continued to face...