Reuters :A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday afternoon, releasing water from a small lake, said Assola Joseph, a local leader in the Mbankolo neighbourhood. Residents and rescue workers were picking through the debris of rubble, broken timber, uprooted banana trees and corrugated sheeting on a steep hillside on Monday morning. A Reuters journalist...
AFP :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and...
City Desk :Bangladesh Awami Jubo LeagueLeaders and activists of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, Rangpur district unit distributed sarees, lungis and cash as Eid gifts among 500 popor, distressed and needy people of Rangpur city. The Eid gifts were distributed in a function arranged on Thursday in front of the mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangbandhu Sqaure on the DC Mour area in the city. Rangpur District Jubo League former Joint Convener Laxmin Chandra Das...
AFP, Mumbai :Arjun Tendulkar made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut on Sunday bowling for Mumbai Indians, the team once...
City Desk :The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested seven dacoits from Rampura area while they were taking preparation for committing robbery using fake identities of DB and the elite force RAB.The arrested people were identified as Md Jalal Uddin alias Captain Jalal, Md Badal Hossain Sheikh alias Badal Majhi, Syed Monir Al Mahmud, Md Khokon, Shahdat Hossain, Md Babul Miah and Md Mahidul Islam Sheikh, reports BSS. The plain clothed police recovered a toy...
Staff Reporter A total of 355 people were killed and 620 others were injured in 341 road, rail and waterway accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr. Of them, 328 people were killed and 565 injured in 304 road accidents. 27 died and 55 suffered injuries in 27 railway accidents and 5 were killed and 22 went missing in 10 waterway accidents. Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, revealed the information at a press briefing at Bangladesh Shishu Kalyan Parishad...
BSS : Existing units on the industrial estates belonging to Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) generated employment for 14,724 people, both male and female, during the first nine months of the current fiscal. The people got the jobs in various fields like enterprise development, skill development and training, industry ownership transfer and establishment of new industries. There are 1,027 units on 2,481 allocated plots in 19 industrial estates in around 471.28 acres of land in the country’s northwest...
City Desk : Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dedicated the Joliot-Curie Peace Award to the country’s people, especially the liberation war martyrs and freedom fighters. “The honour goes to those who laid down their lives for the cause of our freedom and those who valiantly fought the war . . . the Joliot Curie peace medal belongs to the entire Bengali nation; to the 75 million people of my country,” said Bangabandhu after receiving the prestigious award...
Berger extends contract with Rupali ChowdhuryBusiness DeskBerger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL), has extended its contract with Rupali Chowdhury as the Managing Director for three more years owing to her exceptional and unwavering commitment to the company’s success. The recommendation was made by the esteemded members of the board of directors. Additionally, the company has also appointed Md. Mohsin Habib Chowdhury as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO). From an executive to the first female Managing Director of a leading multinational...
News DeskBangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced a ‘market-based’ US dollar exchange rate, setting a cap on the maximum rate for H1 of the new fiscal year 2023-24.The central bank is selling dollars to commercial banks at Tk108.85 per dollar, increasing Tk2.85 from the previous rate, reports UNB.Through the regulator selling dollars at a market-based rate, the price of dollars in interbank transactions has also been fixed at a maximum of Tk 109.However, the foreign exchange market is still volatile and...