Staff Reporter : Police arrested the truck driver and his helper in connection with the road accident in the Gabkhan Toll Plaza area that claimed the lives of 14 people on Wednesday. The arrestees have been identified as Al Amin, 30, a truck driver and son of Ansar Ali Hawladar of Baroigati village, and Nazmul Sheikh, 27, the son of Kalu Sheikh of the upazila. They were detained from a house at Basonda in Sadar upazila of Jhalakathi district, said...
Day: April 19, 2024
Madukhali (Faridpur) Correspondent : Livestock and Dairy Development Project in Madhukhali, Faridpur, Livestock Exhibition Fair was held in collaboration with Directorate of Livestock, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock and implementation of Upazila Livestock Department and Veterinary Hospital. (April 18) Livestock exhibition fair was held at Madhukhali Pilot High School ground at 10:30 am on Thursday. Upazila Executive Officer Mamnoon Ahmed Anik inaugurated the livestock exhibition and visited the stalls. Upazila Education Officer Md. Sirajul Islam, Upazila Health and Family Planning...
City Desk : Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been named in influential US weekly TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world for 2024. Tabassum was named in the Innovators section of the list for her commitment to sustainable design that “prioritises local cultures and values, as well as the perils faced by our shared planet.”, reports UNB. The citation for Tabassum, written for TIME by Sarah Whiting, dean of the Harvard School for Design, says:...
Sports Reporter : After 12-day hiatus, Dhaka Abahani Limited will take on Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited in their 12th round match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj today. The match will kick-off at 3:45pm. Dhaka Abahani Limited took the third position of the points table with 19 points from 11 matches, while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited took the fourth position collecting 15 points from as many outings. Reigning...
AFP : The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions against Iran’s military drone program on Thursday, in response to...
BSS : Scopes of producing 23,100 tonnes ofadditional crops through providing surface water irrigation to 3,850 hectaresof land were created in the region, including its vast Barind tract,annually. In addition to increasing water holding capacity, volume of ground waterrecharge has been enhanced through re-excavating khas pond and dighi formultipurpose uses. Apart from this, 1,550 tonnes of additional fish will be produced from theconserved water. The opportunities were created through implementation of a project titled”Minor irrigation through pond re-excavation and surface...
News Desk : Nearly 150 Umrah returnees headed to Chattogram are stranded at the Sharjah airport after unprecedented rain and floods in the United Arab Emirates disrupted flights. The passengers of Air Arabia flight G 9-526 were headed from Madinah to Chattogram when they were stranded l in transit at Sharjah international airport around 9pm on Tuesday. As of Thursday morning, the flight has not taken off, reports bd news24.com Abu Bakr, who hails from Garjania village in Chattogram’s Raozan,...
AFP : The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday (18 April) at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to...
Agencies : From a cute actress to a powerhouse performer- Alia Bhatt has come a long way. The actress has...
Staff Reporter : A total of 65 suspected Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) members have so far been sent to jail by the court in the past few days after starting the joint combing operation led by the army, which has been initiated since April 7 night. Meanwhile, a court in Bandarban on Thursday sent another suspected KNF member to jail in a case filed over bank robbery and assault in Thanchi upazila. Bandarban Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Mohammad Nazmul...
Entertainment Desk : A solemn musical evening titled ‘Remembering Khalid’ to pay tribute to Khalid Anwar Saifullah, a prominent figure...