Govt to widen allowance coverage for Hijra, Vede City Desk Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali in his budget speech on Thursday proposed to widen coverage for socially marginalized groups, including the Vede and Hijra communities, under its Social Safety Net programme. In his budget speech for fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) in Jatiya Sangsad, Ali said the government has a plan to widen the coverage of this support to a total of 12,629 people in the next fiscal year from the...
City Desk : State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Rumana Ali on Tuesday said the present government has upheld the country’s sports to the international arena by achieving significant success in the field of sports. “The government has taken the sports to a new height. Along with boys, girls have also achieved significant success in the field of sports. The women’s football team has achieved the unique honor of becoming the champion in the ‘SAFF Women’s Championship 2022’,” she...
Bagerhat Correspondent : Some 113 dead spotted deer of Sundarban were recovered from the different places of the Eastern Sundarbans (in Bagerhat district) till Friday May 31), according to reports received here. On Friday morning 2 more dead deer were recovered from Majherkilla within Dublarchar Fisherman village under Sharankhola Forest Range in Bagerhat district. Including this 2 the total number of dead deer reached to 113. Besides this, 4 dead bodies of pigs and a living python were recovered from...
Staff Reporter : A dozen of US Senators have called upon the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for an end to the persistent harassment of Nobel Laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. They have also underscored the concerns about the alleged abuse of laws and the justice system to target government critics more broadly. Among the 12 signatories, Senator Richard J Dubin and Senator Todd Young, made the plea promptly consider the matter. The recent six-month jail conviction of Nobel laureate Dr....
Al Jazeera : Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from...
News Desk : The Department of Agricultural Extension says nearly 171,109 hectares of farmland have been damaged by the impact of Cyclone Remal and the subsequent heavy rain. An initial assessment of the damage on May 26 and May 27 was provided by Kamrul Islam, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com The agricultural impact of the cyclone was felt in 48 districts, the DAE report said. The damage was particularly severe in six coastal districts –...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Rangpur : RAB 13 arrested two drug dealers with 1494 years of Phensedyl from Gangachra in Rangpur. RAB 13 Deputy Director (Media) Mahmud Bashir Ahmed said that they were arrested from Baraibari Jamchawra area of upazila on Sunday morning. The arrested drug dealers are Sona Mia (35) son of Azizul Islam of Barai Bari Jam Chowra area and Mostakim Mia Liton (29), son of Abdul Khalek of the same area. RAB 13 Deputy Director (Media) Mahmud Bashir...
News Desk : Police have filed a case against as many as 300 suspects over the attack on law enforcers during Tuesday’s devastating fire in Dhaka’s Bangabazar. Sub-Inspector Md Israfil registered the case at the Bangshal Police Station as the plaintiff on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. A mob, agitated by the failure of firefighters to quickly douse a devastating fire, threw brickbats at the fire service headquarters and attacked the control room on Tuesday. The fire service offices and firefighters trying...
Moulvibazar Correspondent : Three people, including a schoolgirl, died after drowning in flood water in Moulvibazar. A child and a teenager died after drowning in flood water in Shyamerkona village of Chandnighat Union of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila on Thursday. The deceased are Pachan Mia, Chadi Mia (8) and Hriday Mia (17) of West Shamerkona village. Besides, a student named Ayesa Begum (12) died after drowning in flood water in Baralekha upazila. The incident took place in Bhagadahar village of the...
BSS, Dhaka : Abahani Limited Dhaka and Fortis Football Club won their respective matches of the BFF U-18 Football League...
Court Correspondent : Jagannath University (JNU) Assistant Proctor Din Islam was sent to jail on Tuesday in the case filed over instigating the varsity student Fairuz Abantika to die by suicide. The Cumillla Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique rejected his bail application and sent him to the jail. Din Islam was brought to the court on completion of his one-day remand. Cumilla’s Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Firoz Hossain confirmed the matter to the media. On...
Sajeeb Hasan Joy : People who live in impoverished areas usually lack access to basic amenities. Bangladesh struggles to make...