Youths demand revision of fossil-fuel dependent nat’l energy master plan
Young climate activists in the capital called for an urgent revision of Bangladesh's Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan (IEPMP), voicing strong opposition to the plan's continued reliance on fossil fuels with a warning that the current plan undermines climate goals, reports UNB.As part of the Global Climate Strike, youth...
Read more
167 more Bangladeshis return from Libya
Another 167 undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have been repatriated from Libya with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tripoli, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), reports BSS.Among the returnees, 16 individuals voluntarily returned from Benghazi and surrounding areas, while 151 were released from...
Read more
BD to lend steady support for Palestine
Bangladesh will continue to lend its unwavering support for the just cause of establishing an independent Palestinian state in accordance with multiple UN resolutions, reports BSS.This assurance was made when Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain and Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Mahfuj Alam held a meeting with International Criminal...
Read more
Bangladesh Police gets new logo
Bangladesh Police has finalised its new logo or monogram to replace the existing one.To this effect, the Police Headquarters issued an order on Thursday, with signature of its Additional Deputy Inspector General (Logistics) Nasima Akhter.As per the order, the new logo features the national flower Shapla (water lily), resting on...
Read more
Govt stays sentence of Shahedul Huq in graft case
FE REPORTThe government has stayed the sentence awarded to Md Shahedul Huq, a businessman, in a corruption case. A notification, issued recently by the Ministry of Home, said it has stayed the sentence of Mr Shahedul for one year without any condition, considering his application, so that he can file...
Read more
‘Model Meghna taken into security custody’
FE REPORT The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said on Friday that Meghna Alam, model and winner of the Miss Earth Bangladesh 2020, was taken into security custody following due legal procedures."Following legal procedures, Meghna Alam has been taken into security custody on charges of attempting to disrupt state security and...
Read more
Man held after three of a family found dead in N'ganj
Police have said the three dismembered bodies found packed in sacks in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj are from the same family, reports bdnews24.com.Md Yasin, husband of one of the victims, Lamia Akter, has been detained for questioning, said Shahinur Alam on Friday.Police identified the victims as Lamia (22), her 4-year-old son Abdullah,...
Read more
A number of CNG-driven and battery-driven auto-rickshaws illegally parked on the Dhaka-Naryanganj
A number of CNG-driven and battery-driven auto-rickshaws illegally parked on the Dhaka-Naryanganj link-road in Signboard area in Narayanganj on Friday, squeezing the highway for traffic movements. — FE Photo
Read more
Rain likely today..,,;;''-
Rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere. Day and night temperature...
Read more