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Global leaders to discuss avoiding rising climate change threats in COP29

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave for Baku, Azerbaijan today (Monday) to attend the UN's biggest climate conference, COP29, which is seen as a "pivotal opportunity" to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis, reports UNB.Global leaders and diplomats from across the world will descend on...

CA seeks S'pore's help to repatriate laundered money

Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the transitional government, has urged Singapore to help recover billions of dollars laundered from Bangladesh and help minimise the high cost of migration.Dr Yunus made the call when the Singaporean ambassador in Dhaka, Derek Loh, met him at his Tejgaon office on Sunday....

469 die, 837 injured in road accidents in October

Bangladesh saw 443 road accidents in October this year, claiming the lives of 469 people and injuring 837 others, reports UNB.Among the deceased were 74 women and 66 children.A total of 208 motorbike-related accidents led to 196 deaths, comprising 41.79 per cent of the total fatalities, with a motorbike accident...

Call for sustainable market systems in char areas thru’ PPP

Speakers at a programme on Sunday stressed the need for a sustainable market system through public-private partnership (PPP) initiative for socioeconomic development of the people in the char areas. The nation will progress if the lives of the small and marginalised farmers are improved through advanced farming, modern technology, and...

Army Chief meets CA -

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman met Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday, reports UNB.The Army Chief called on the CA at his Tejgaon office in the capital, said the CA's press wing.During the meeting, General Waker-Uz-Zaman briefed the CA about the country's overall law and order situation along with...

67th death anniv of Major Gani today

The 67th death anniversary of Major Abdul Gani, the founder of the East Bengal Regiment, will be celebrated today (Monday).To commemorate this occasion, a doa mahfil will be held at RAOWA Club after Maghrib prayers today. Additionally, the army will pay tribute to his grave at Cumilla Cantonment in the...

Three-day 'National Robo Fest 2024'

Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser of East West University, inaugurating the three-day 'National Robo Fest 2024' that ended on Saturday on its campus in the capital.

Weather (2024-11-11)

Rain/thunder showers is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country. The highest temperature in...