Day: May 11, 2023

Kamruzzaman Bablu :While Bangladesh is suffering from acute gas shortage due to dwindling supply against increasing demand, natural gas is being discovered wells one after another in island district Bhola, showing hope of light in crisis period of the country. The full gas capacity is not being extracted because of having no institution to use so much gas in Bhola, As a result, it cannot be used for national interest since there is no transmission line to bring gas from...

AP :Tribal clashes over several days killed 25 people in southern Sudan, the country’s doctor union said Wednesday. The fighting raises fears that the ongoing war between the country’s rival top generals, currently centered on the capital, could set off more violence in far-flung provinces. It remained unclear whether the tribal clashes were related to the brutal fighting which ignited mid-April across the country as a result of a power struggle between the military’s head Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan and...

Staff Reporter  :Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) Wednesday inaugurated three digital techs to provide easy and modern assistance to foreign and incoming passengers at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). Three technologies have been adopted by the CAAB to provide better services at the airport. State Minister to Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali inaugurated the three techs at the ceremony, held at the HSIA organised by CAAB. Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Mokammel Hossain spoke while CAAB Chairman Air...

Staff Reporter  :At least 10 people, including four in Satkhira, were killed and many others injured in separate road crashes across the country on Wednesday. In Satkhira, at least four people, including a mother and a newborn, were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and an oil truck. The accident took place on the Satkhira-Khulna highway near Mirzapur Bazar around 3:30 pm on Wednesday. Patkelghata Police OC (Investigation) Biswajit Kumar confirmed the matter to the media on Wednesday...

UNB :The death toll from the explosion at a re-rolling mill in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila went up to seven with the death of the last victim on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Ibrahim, 35. Ibrahim, who received 28% burn injuries, succumbed to his injuries at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery this morning, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost, said. Earlier, on May 4, seven workers were injured in an explosion which...

Diplomatic Correspondent  :The government has undertaken an initiative to safely bring back 555 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in war-torn Sudan. They will be brought back to Dhaka through four chartered flights from Port Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and then onward to their final destination in Bangladesh on Thursday or Friday. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam told the journalists in the Foreign Ministry after the ending of the curtain raiser for the event ‘Indian Ocean Conference’ which...

Staff Reporter  :An eleven-member delegation from the Luxembourg Ministry for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, led by its Minister Franz Fayot, recenlty visited the climate-impacted communities in the river islands in Gaibandha and Kurigram districts. Franz Fayot became happy with the advancement of the marginal communities’ people. During the visit, the delegation was impressed by the Char inhabitants’ success in various sectors including health, education and economy. On the invitation of Friendship, a social development organization, the delegation from the...

Staff Reporter :The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Kazi Habibul Awal, has said Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) is very important for them. Showing causes he said parliamentary polls is knocking at the door. Before that like GCC, considering as a big election will be impacted jatiya sangsad election which is going to be held end of the year or first quarter of the next year. The CEC said GCC is seemed as an acid test for Election Commission (EC). We will...

News Desk :The government has asked farmers to harvest ripe paddy, mangoes and other crops immediately as part of an effort to save them from the impact of a cyclone forming over the Bay of Bengal. The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief will hold an inter-ministry meeting on Wednesday to determine a way forward as the storm looms on the horizon. The depression intensified into a deep depression in the Bay and might transform into a cyclonic storm by...