Staff Reporter : US Senator Dick Durbin, a prominent figure in the US Senate, expressed concerns about the potential negative...
Day: March 15, 2024
UNB : The death of a Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) sanitation worker after being hit by a pickup van on the Gabtoli-Dwipnagar road sparked protest in Gabtoli area Thursday morning. Co-workers of victim Ameena Begum, 45, staged a protest blocking the Gabtoli road for nearly three hours from 6 am to 9 am, disrupting traffic. Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mofizur Rahman Palash of Mirpur’s Darus Salam Zone informed the media that following the accident, hundreds of sanitation...
UNB : Dhaka’s air quality was “unhealthy for sensitive groups” on Thursday morning. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 142 at 8:31am, Dhaka ranked 10th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality. India’s Delhi, Thailand’s Chiang Mai, Nepal’s Kathmandu and Myanmar’s Yangon occupied the first four spots on the list, with AQI scores of 213, 168, 164 and 161, respectively. An AQI score between 150 and 200 is considered unhealthy, between 201 and 300...
Staff Reporter : Money laundering cases will be filed against those who are fraudulently making car-houses and smuggling money abroad. At the same time, all their assets and money kept in banks will be frozen, said Mohammad Ali Mia, chief of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police. He said these things in a press conference at the head office of CID in Malibag on Thursday noon. The CID chief said that we will not spare anyone who is stealing people’s...
Agency : The 2024 Olympics have allowed Paris and its region to speed up plans to extend their public transport...
Reuters : Israel will try to “flood” the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid from a variety of entry points, the...
City Desk : The UK is providing an additional £5.2 million (Tk 73.2 crore) of humanitarian support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday. The UK announced this at the launch of the 2024 humanitarian appeal for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, the Joint Response Plan, in Geneva on Wednesday, reports UNB. Implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), this new package of...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : A young man was arrested with a foreign pistol in Ishwardi during the operation of RAB-12 Pabna. He was arrested from Bansherbada of Sahapur Union of the upazila late on Sunday (March 10). A (7.62 mm) foreign pistol, a magazine full of bullets, a mobile phone, two SIM cards and cash of Tk 185/- were recovered from him. Arrested Shahriar Azad Utsav (19) is the son of Azadur Rahman of Bansherbada Schoolpara area of Ishwardi Upazila....
Business Report : The elected directors of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday nominated SM Mannan Kochi as the president of the trade body for 2024-26 tenure. The elected directors also nominated a first vice-president and a senior vice-president and five other vice-presidents for the tenure. Syed Nazrul Islam became the first vice-president and Khandoker Rafiqul Islam the senior vice-president. Five other vice-presidents are Arshad Jamal (Dipu), Md Nasir Uddin, Miran Ali, Abdullah Hil Rakib and Rakibul...
DU Correspondent : The Dhaka University (DU) students of Law department staged a protest rally against the cruel attack of the Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) on the students of the same department that hurt at least five students. The agitating students formed the protest in front of the Qazi Motahar Hossain building of the university on Thursday and later and submitted a memorandum also to the DU proctor seeking judgement in this attack. Different student organisations including JatiyatabadiChhatra Dal (JCD), Bangladesh...
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has released its ‘National Child Labour 2022’ report, revealing that there...
Business Report : Minori Bangladesh, a subsidiary of Japanese farming company Minori Co Ltd, has decided to sell 10 lakh...