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Bangladesh comitted to promoting sustainable global standards

Bangladesh is going to observe the World Standards Day 2023 today (Saturday) aiming to promote sustainable global standard. The day, observed on October 14 every year, serves as a global reminder of the importance of maintaining high standards for products and services. This year, the 54th World Standards Day, revolves...

Antara honoured with 2023 IAF Emerging Space Leader Award

Raihana Shams Islam Antara, a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Brac University, has earned the prestigious title of a 2023 IAF Emerging Space Leader (ESL) by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), marking a significant achievement in the field of space technology, reports UNB.With a strong...

City road crashes claim two lives

Two persons were killed in separate accidents in the city on Friday, reports BSS.The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, Bachchu Miah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, said.However, the police sources assumed the age of the deceased might be between 34...

Saima Wazed best fit for WHO SEARO post

With a glowing endorsement over the nomination of Saima Wazed for WHO's SEARO director and calling her the best fit for the rank, Dr Amit Chakrabarty, the president-elect of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, ruled out a wave of clamour raised centering the nomination calling it "disinformation, lack...

Abrupt honking should be stopped: Minister

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md. Shahab Uddin has called on all to refrain from abrupt honking of horns everywhere, reports UNB."We don't make sound pollution when driving in cantonment areas or foreign countries. But we honked again and again after crossing the cantonment. We need to come out...

Harun Al Rashid Nizam dies

Harun Al Rashid Nizam, father of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Director and CEO of Beximco Sports Obeid Rashid Nizam, passed away in Dhaka on Thursday morning. He was 80.The deceased was laid to eternal rest at the city's Banani Graveyard on Friday after his first namaz-e-janaza at Gulshan Azad Mosque...

News in Brief (2023-10-14)

Minor girl electrocuted in MaguraAn eight-year-old girl was electrocuted at Sreepur upazila of Magura on Thursday evening. The incident happened at Chugachi Purbapara village at Dariyapur union of the upazila. The deceased was identified as Sinthiya Khatun of the same village. Kanchon Kumar Ray, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station said,...

Weather (2023-10-14)

Light rain/ thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram division and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 06:00 pm today (Saturday) according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the...