UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the 11.5 km Airport- Farmgate segment of 19.73-km Dhaka Elevated...
Day: September 2, 2023
UNB, Dhaka : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday said that the powers of presiding officers have...
UNB, Kurigram : The water levels of 16 rivers in Kurigram started receding since Friday morning, but nearly 7,000 families...
UNB, Faridpur : Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday arrested two fugitive convicts who had been on the run since...
AP, BAGHDAD : A bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing...
Staff Reporter :Community Health Care Providers (CHCPs) working in 14,225 community clinics across the country have given a 15-day ultimatum demanding a salary hike. While highlighting their demands, on their platforms CHCPs members said that if the facilities including salary increase are not ensured within the next 15 days, a strict program will be given. They said these at a press conference organized by the Bangladesh Community Health Care Providers Association at the capital’s National Press Club on Friday. President...
DU Correspondent :The Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami League, held a biggest ever student rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan of the capital on Friday where Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina delivered speech as the chief guest. The BCL organised the rally in remembrance of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. From this rally, the Chhatra League has taken an oath to travel from the surface to...
Prof ABM Mosharraf Husain, Bagerhat :With the three-month ban coming to an end, the Sundarbans has been opened to members of the public particularly mainly tourists and fishermen. The door of the world biggest mangrove forests was opened on Friday to help the tourists enjoy the flora and fauna and for the fishermen to earn livelihood catching fish and crabs. Earlier, the department concerned imposed the restriction on entering the Sundarbans from 1st June to 31st August this year. The...
Md Moniruzzaman :The academic environment at Dhaka University (DU) was disrupted due to a large influx of vehicles and outsiders from various other educational institutions and areas who gathered there to join the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. As a result, DU students encountered numerous challenges and were compelled to attend the rally organised by BCL members. The DU campus resembled a chaotic “bus stand” as numerous buses and microbuses occupied most of the available...
AFP :At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation, raising a previously reported death toll. On Wednesday, Congolese soldiers stopped a religious sect from holding a demonstration against United Nations peacekeepers in the city of Goma. Some 10 people were initially reported killed after the troops entered a radio station and a place of worship, according to local sources. A policeman was also lynched...
News Desk :The United States has announcement to impose visa restrictions on officials of Sierra Leone who are responsible for undermining democracy and irregularities in the African country’s last elections. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken came up with the statement on Thursday, reports Reuters. Blinken said under this policy, the United States will pursue visa restrictions for those believed to be responsible for manipulation or rigging of the electoral process and for intimidation of voters, election observers and civil...
