Staff Reporter : In a recent turn of events, the General Secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader, has raised serious allegations against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), claiming that their Monday’s rally featuring freedom fighters is a sham. Quader asserted that BNP orchestrated the rally with individuals posing as freedom fighters, casting doubt on the authenticity of the event. During a gathering organised by the Dhaka South Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue on Monday, marking the solemn occasion...
Day: March 26, 2024
City Desk : Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday met WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Saima Wazed. The two sides had an in-depth exchange on strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the field of health, reports media. Saima Wazed has started her visits to WHO SEARO member states, kicking them off with a trip to Bangladesh. She met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is also her mother, recently. “We’ve got a busy few days of meetings planned,...
City Desk : In a move to cater to the increasing demand for late-night transportation, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has announced the extension of metro rail service hours beyond 9pm, starting from Wednesday. DMTCL Managing Director MAN Siddique will provide detailed information regarding this significant service extension in a press briefing scheduled on Tuesday, reports UNB. According to sources from DMTCL, the last train from Motijheel will now depart at 9:40pm, and from Uttara end at 9:20pm. This...
AFP : At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked flood-stricken northern Papua New Guinea (PNG), officials said Monday as disaster crews poured into the region. “So far, around 1,000 homes have been lost,” said East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, adding that emergency crews were “still assessing the impact” from a tremor that “damaged most parts of the province”. Dozens of villages nestled on the banks of the country’s Sepik...
Staff Reporter : BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said following the disguise of democracy the ruling Awami League (AL) has imposed a one-party rule in the country. They have no moral or constitutional right to rule the people as they formed a government without people’s mandate by staging one -sided election on January 7 which was not acceptable to our foreign friends also, he added. He said this at a rally of freedom fighters organized by BNP...
Economic Reporter : As Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry continues to strive towards achieving the ambitious target of $100 billion from garment exports by 2030, a significant shift towards value-added, high-end apparel items is underway in the sector. To move up the value chain, apparel exporters in Bangladesh are increasingly focusing on product diversification, with a particular emphasis on complex and high-end non-cotton garments such as jacket, lingerie, sportswear, suit, uniform, technical apparels. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Court Correspondent : The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed till March 27 a High Court order that allowed bail to mayor of Dupchanchia municipality of Bogura and BNP leader Jahangir Alam, for making forged court order by copying signature of High Court judge. Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam passed the order after hearing on a plea filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against the High Court order. Senior Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan moved...
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) has made it mandatory to submit all nomination papers online for the upcoming 6th Upazila Parishad elections. Submissions of nomination papers for the posts of chairman, vice chairman and female vice chairman have to be submitted online, reads a press release issued by the commission on Monday (25 March). Apart from this, for technical and procedural convenience, the aspirants have been requested to submit their nomination papers online in advance instead of waiting...
Deutsche Welle : For the activists who have been running the communal kitchen in Sudan’s regional capital El Fasher for the past year, the United Nation’s latest warning of “catastrophic hunger” felt as if someone had finally found the right words for the brutality of the situation. For months the activists have not been able to raise funds or obtain food. They were simply left to watch their stockpiles diminish. “Eventually, on February 15, we ran out of food and...