City Desk : Speakers at a seminar on Monday said Bangladesh is continually listed globally as one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change and it needs to improve its fiscal space and pursue grant-based or concessional climate assistance, as well as renegotiate and restructure existing development loans. They said the country’s vulnerability to climate change is largely attributed to its geography, which makes it particularly susceptible to natural disasters and rising sea levels, reports UNB....
City Desk : State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday said necessary steps will be taken to check the call drop problem of phones and increase internet speed. “We will give importance to financial and technical audits to check internet speed. Technical team has been formed in this matter. Drives will also be carried out to resolve call drop problems. We will do monitoring and audit regularly,” he said, reports BSS. The state minister...
City Desk : National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Bangladesh has taken suo motu cognizance of media report of allegedly vandalizing house of a Lalon devotee Chaina Begum, 90, in village Takimara under Sadar upazila in Kushtia. According to a NHRC press release, a case has already been filed with Kushtia Sadar Police Station, against 45-50 people over the incident that took place on June 26, reports UNB. The human rights body in a press release said the allegations of vandalizing...
City Desk : The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Sunday demanded the immediate removal of all structures, including dockyards, built on the banks of River Buriganga. Mohammad Shahid Mia, president of the organisation and its general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey made the appeal in a statement to the Ministry of Shipping and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), reports UNB. Citing the information published in the media, the statement of the civic organisation says that...
City Desk : Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 45th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 59 at 9am on Sunday, after it was drenched by rain. The air was classified as “moderate”, while Dhaka’s air quality remained in “moderate zone” for the past few days, offering a better environment to the city dwellers, reports UNB. When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 50 and 100,...
City Desk : Energy expert Badrul Imam, a professor of the Geography and Environment Department at Dhaka University, has said that Bangladesh has to count losses in the energy sector by walking the path of import for 10 years without exploring gas. He said this at a seminar on energy policy arranged by the Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) at CIRDAP in the capital on Sunday (June 30). Badrul Imam said that the government has been repeatedly told that there...
City Desk : Acting High Commissioner of Australia to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson has said the strong ties and connections between the two nations are deeply rooted in a shared commitment to education. She said they greatly appreciate the Bangladesh government’s forward-thinking decision to welcome international education, reports UNB. “And it is wonderful to witness the process accelerate through a commendable organization like Universal College Bangladesh. Congratulations to the graduates, I am confident that they will ensure a brighter future for...
City Desk : India is set to launch an e-medical visa specifically for Bangladeshi nationals, promising a streamlined process that...
City Desk : Independent lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed a general diary seeking his safety on Saturday. He filed the GD with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka, reports media. Suman, an MP from Habiganj-4 constituency, also shared a copy of the GD on his verified Facebook page. Syed Sayedul Haque Suman, also a well-known face on social media, said these things to reporters at the Supreme Court premises on Sunday. Barrister Suman said: “The question has now...