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UN, partners launch $134m appeal for BD

The UN and partners have launched a humanitarian appeal for US$134 million to provide urgent relief and support to the communities affected by the ongoing cyclones and monsoonal floods in Bangladesh. Since May 2024, the country has been severely impacted by four unprecedented and devastating climate-related disasters, including the Cyclone...

Senior journo Badiul Alam passes away

Badiul Alam, former senior vice-president and treasurer of the National Press Club, passed away in the capital on Sunday. He was 78, reports UNB.Badiul Alam, also former city editor of News Today, breathed his last at his residence in Eskaton area in the afternoon due to old age complications.He was...

85 return after imprisonment in Myanmar

COX'S BAZAR: Eighty-five Bangladeshis have returned home after their imprisonment in Myanmar. On the other hand, 123 BGP and army personnel who fled to save their lives due to the conflict in the country are going back to Myanmar.On Sunday (September 29) at 9 am, they were brought to Nunyarchhara...

Probe body visits Khagrachhari

KHAGRACHHARI, Sept 29 (UNB): The probe body formed to investigate the recent violence in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) started its activities through visiting the Larma Square Bazar, which was set of fire on September 19, in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari district on Sunday.Led by Chattogram additional divisional commissioner and...

Action being taken against absentee police personnel: DMP commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Sunday said processes have already started to take action against the police personnel who have not joined their workplace yet, reports UNB.He made the remark while responding to a question from reporters at the opening ceremony of the CRAB-Walton Football Festival...

Weather (2024-09-30)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country today (Monday), according to...

Joint forces arrest 'Pichchi Raza', 34 others from Geneva Camp

Joint forces in a drive arrested 35 people, including suspected drug peddler "Pichchi Raza," from the Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area on Sunday, reports UNB.According to an ISPR press release, the joint forces, comprising RAB, police and army personnel, conducted the drive in Geneva Camp and seized arms and...