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Climate change may cause BD $121b losses in 45 yrs: Study

The country may suffer total US$ 121 billion worth of losses and damage due to climate change impacts in forty-five years- from 2005 to 2050- asses a study."Climate change may cause up to US$ 112 billion loss and damage to Bangladesh, which is equivalent to around 5 per cent of...

Commuters walking over Hanif Flyover

Having no vehicles thanks to work stoppage by transport workers, hundreds of commuters walking over the Hanif Flyover to reach their destinations. The picture was taken on Monday — FE photo

Army Chief adorned as Colonel Commandant of Armoured Corps

BOGURA, Oct 29 (BSS): Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed was adorned as the 7th Colonel Commandant of Bangladesh Armoured Corps at the Armoured Centre and School, the training centre of Bangladesh Armoured Corps, at Bogura Cantonment on Monday.Senior Superintendent of Armoured Corps and Senior Subedar Major adorned the...

BD, Myanmar hold Rohingya repatriation talks in city today

Bangladesh and Myanmar will hold next joint working group (JWG) meeting on the repatriation of verified Rohingyas today(Tuesday), reports UNB.The foreign secretary-level meeting will be held at a state guesthouse in the city.The meeting will be co-chaired by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Myint Thu and his...

JSC, JDC exams begin Thursday

This year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will begin on Thursday (Nov 01) with the participation of 26,70,333 examinees, reports UNB.Students from 29,677 educational institutions will sit for the examinations at 2,903 centres across the country.A total of 22,67,343 students -- 10,43,752 boys and 12,23,591...

Three die as rail engine runs over them in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 29: Three people, including a four-month-old baby, were killed under the wheels of a railway engine at Sitakunda of the district on Sunday night.Mother of the baby sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.The dead are Abul Kashem (48), his daughter Soma Akhtar and Md...

DRU donates Tk 0.5m to journo Faisal's family

Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) has donated Tk 0.5 million to the family of Ahmed Faisal, former member of the organisation, and a staff reporter of private television channel Boishakhi TV, who was killed in Nepal plane crash on March 12 last, reports BSS.DRU president Saiful Islam and general secretary Syed...

Call off strike, end public sufferings: BJKS

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity(BJKS) secretary general Mozammel Haque Chowdhury urged on Monday the transport workers to call off their strike to end public sufferings, reports UNB.He came up with the request in a statement issued on Monday."People have become hostage to a group of miscreants in the name of transport...

Woman dies as ambulance hits her in city

A woman has been killed in a 'hit-and-run' accident with an ambulance in the city, reports bdnews24.com.The woman has been identified as Shilpi Akter (35), a resident of a slum in the city's Dhalibari area in Poshchim Raja Bazar. She was the wife of Negabbar Ali and hailed from Mymensingh....

Pending cases now stand at 3.4m: Minister

More than 3.4 million cases are now pending with both the higher and lower courts across the country, according to statistics placed by Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq in Parliament on Monday, reports BSS."Now the total number of the cases pending with the country's higher and lower...

'Smuggler' dies in Kushtia 'gunfight' with BGB men

KUSHTIA, Oct 29 (UNB): A suspected smuggler was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Jamalpur border in Daulatpur upazila in the early hours of Monday.The dead is Haidul Forazi (24), son of Habu Forazi, a resident of Jamalpur village of the upazila.Lt Col Rashed...

Rivals stab youth dead in Gazipur

GAZIPUR, Oct 29 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals at Deura in the city on Monday.The deceased is Motaleb, son of Mofa of the area. Motaleb was accused in several cases.The victim might have been killed over previous enmity, police officer Ruhul Amin said.Victim's...

WEATHER-30-10-2018

Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh & Rajshahi divisions in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday).Weather may remain mainly dry with...