Staff Reporter : The interim government has refuted claims made by the former Sheikh Hasina administration regarding the repair of the Kazipara and Mirpur-10 metro stations, which were damaged during the student-led protests in August. The Hasina government had estimated that repairs would take over a year and cost several crores of taka, but the interim government has debunked this narrative, completing the repairs within two months and at a fraction of the projected cost. Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Managing Director...
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Court Correspondent : A case has been filed against five persons, including former Army Chief General (Retired) Aziz Ahmed and former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed for demanding Taka 100 crore as extortion from a businessman. Selim Prodhan, Chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Security Printing and Papers, filed the case with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider on Thursday. The other three accused of the case are Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed alias Joseph, both are brothers of Gen...
UNB : Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 122 this year. During the period, 887 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them, 212 dengue patients were admitted in hospitals under Dhaka North City Corporation while 133 were hospitalized in Dhaka South City Corporation. Some 1,495 patients are receiving treatment in...
Staff Reporter : In a joint operation conducted by the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID), a Dubai-bound passenger was detained on Thursday at Chattogram’s Shah Amanat International Airport with foreign currency worth Tk 2.44 crore. Md Jakir Hossain, a resident of Dhaka, was aboard a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, en route to Dubai via Chattogram. Acting on a tip-off, customs officials conducted a search when the flight landed...
BSS : The government has declared horn-free zone and imposed ban on single-use plastics at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) and its surrounding areas from October 1 as part of a comprehensive initiative aimed at reducing noise and environment pollution. The horn-free zone will cover a 3-kilometer stretch from Le Méridien hotel to the Scholastica campus, encompassing the airport and adjacent areas, according to a press release issued by Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) here. To implement the...
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Sports
Former Italy striker Salvatore Schillaci, a star of the 1990 World Cup on home soil, died at the age of 59, his former clubs Inter Milan and Juventus said on Wednesday. Schillaci led Italy to their third-place finish in 1990, winning the Golden Boot for his six goals during the tournament, including in the semi-final against Argentina and in their third-place victory over England. Schillaci, who was born in the Sicilian city of Palermo and was hospitalised there, suffered from...
Sports Reporter : India National Cricket team piled up 339 for the loss of six wickets on the Day 1 play of the first Test cricket match against Bangladesh National Cricket team at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Hasan Mahmud bowled extremely well. He finished his opening day spell as 18-4-58-4. India had a poor start as opener Rohit Sharma (6) was caught at the second slip by Najmul Hossain Shanto off Hasan Mahmud when India’s score was...
AFP, Miami : Aleksey Miranchuk scored late to give Atlanta a 2-2 Major League Soccer (MLS) draw against Inter Miami on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi unable to conjure any magic...
Sports Reporter : Bangladesh ‘A’ Women’s Cricket team finished their Sri Lanka campaign with a happy note crushing Sri Lanka ‘A’ Women’s Cricket team by eight wickets in the fifth...
Business
Reuters : The Federal Reserve cut US short-term borrowing costs on Wednesday by a bigger-than-usual half percentage point, a watershed moment that should start to ease some of the financial pressures everyday consumers have felt over the two and a half years that the central bank has battled with high inflation.The Fed, after 5.25 percentage points of increases between March 2022 and July 2023, lowered its key rate to 4.75 percent-5 percent to address rising worries about the cooling labor...
Business Report : The value of the US dollar has decreased in Bangladesh’s kerb (open) market due to a drop in demand and an increase in supply.Currently, the dollar is being sold at Tk121-122 in the kerb market, down from Tk125 just three weeks ago, according to traders and money changers dealing in foreign currency.They attributed the drop to reduced demand for foreign travel following the political changes in the country on August 5, as well as an increased flow...
Business Report : Mercantile Bank inaugurated ‘Sonaimuri Upashakha’ (under control of Chowmuhoni Branch) at Sonaimuri, Noakhali on Thursday to provide easy and tech-savvy banking services to the customers.Sponsor Director and...
Business Report : Speakers at a workshop on Thursday stressed the need for more training for women on e-GP for their capacity building in entrepreneurship and taking part in the government procurement system.Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) arranged the day-long workshop on electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) in its conference room at BPPA Bhaban on the campus of the Bangladesh Planning Commission in Dhaka.The workshop was aimed at encouraging women’s participation in public procurement process, a BAPPA press release said.The workshop...
Business Report : BRAC Bank, PROVATi3-LGED, and bKash Limited have entered into a tripartite agreement to facilitate the digital disbursement of stipends to train youths in the Teesta-Brahmaputra basin.Tareq Refat...
International
BBC : A 10-year-old Japanese student has died one day after he was stabbed near his school in southern China. The boy, who was enrolled at the Shenzhen Japanese School, succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday, Japanese officials said. His assailant, a 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong, was arrested on the spot, local police said. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called the attack “extremely despicable” and said Tokyo had “strongly urged” Beijing for an explanation “as soon as possible”....
Agency : Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies.US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign in late June and early July – before Biden dropped out of the race for president.There is currently no evidence that the hackers received any reply from any recipients.In August, officials warned that...
Entertainment
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Dr Naznin Hasan Chumki, the popular actress who won the National Film Award, was on a shooting break for several days. This talented actress has returned...
Entertainment Desk : Artistes advocating for reforms have raised several concerns about Actors’ Equity Bangladesh, the professional organisation of television actors, demanding significant changes. In response, Actors Equity has scheduled...
Entertainment Report : The highly anticipated Raihan Rafi directed web film titled ‘Maya’ is finally set to release current month. The web film explores the complex struggles of modern women...
Entertainment Report : Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam announced that a certification board will be formed soon under the Bangladesh Film Certification Act, 2023. He shared this information with...
Entertainment Report : The Bangladesh Film Censor Board has undergone a fresh reorganisation. A notification issued on September 15 by Saiful Islam, the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Information...
Life Style
Campus Life : Jointly organized by the NSU School of Health Science and the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, USA, a certificate course titled “Analytics & Machine Learning Techniques for Maternal and Health Interventions” was held at the NSU campus on 17 July, 2023. The event aimed to explore the applications of machine learning in improving maternal healthcare and brought together renowned experts and professionals in the field.The lead speaker at the event was Dr. Javed Mostafa, an...
