The ministry-wise allocation for climate change-related projects has hardly increased during the last five years despite the country's high vulnerability to climate change, the government's climate budget report has revealed. While some ministries are allocating more than 20 per cent of their respective budget to such projects, the proportion goes...
Read moreA memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a regional power grid interconnection involving seven countries will be nailed down shortly.The deal will be signed in the upcoming summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).The draft of the MoU has been finalised,...
Read moreA parliamentary watchdog on Wednesday recommended raising the age limit for entry into the civil service to 35 years from the existing 30, reports UNB.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Administration Ministry came up with the suggestion from a meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its Chairman HN...
Read moreNEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters): Senior Myanmar military officials, including the commanders of its defense services and army, should face trial for crimes against humanity over the treatment of Rohingya minorities, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report on Tuesday.Amnesty called for the United Nations Security Council to refer the...
Read morePolice have found a 12-year-old girl dead with her throat slashed in Chattogram city's Bakalia area on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.The girl has been identified as Inhas Binte Nasir, a sixth-grade student of Mern Sun School and College in the port city, said Alauddin Talukder, assistant sub-inspector of CMCH police outpost.Inhas...
Read moreThe High Court fixed July 03 for hearing on the appeal petition filed by Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust case, reports UNB.A HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman fixed the date on Wednesday following a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The...
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters): A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that US immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must reunite those families that had been split up in custody. United States District Court Judge Dana Sabraw granted the...
Read moreA rally of Bangladesh Krishok Somity (a farmers' platform), organised to drum up the demands of saving the country as well as its agriculture and peasants, crossing the road in front of National Press Club in the capital on Wednesday — FE Photo
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