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CA opens Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday inaugurated the Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024 in Dhaka Cantonment, reports BSS.In the first phase under this promotion board, eligible officers for the ranks of colonel and lieutenant colonel in Bangladesh Army will be considered for promotion.Speaking as the chief guest on...

Ensure dedicated bus lanes, ban rickshaws on major streets

Ensuring dedicated lanes for public transports through bus route rationalisation, enhancing their service standard, and preventing rickshaws and other small-sized vehicles from plying the major streets could help reduce traffic congestion in the capital. A rights platform - Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) - came up with the suggestions...

A delegation of ADB met Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud

A delegation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud at his ministry office in the capital on Sunday. — PID

BACCO pledges support to July Martyrs Memorial Foundation

Bangladesh Association of Contact Centre and Outsourcing (BACCO) has pledged its full support to the July Martyrs Memorial Foundation, which was formed to honour those martyred during the July-August uprising and provide employment opportunities for their families. BACCO made the pledge during a meeting with the Memorial Foundation held at...

World Habitat Day today _

The World Habitat Day 2024 will be observed today (Monday) in the country as elsewhere in the world in a bid to raise awareness among people for safe and habitable abode for all, reports BSS.The United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as the World Habitat Day...

Bangladesh Navy personnel extinguishing a fire

Bangladesh Navy personnel extinguishing a fire that broke out aboard an oil tanker of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) at the Chittagong Port recently. Days earlier another fire broke out aboard another oil tanker of the BSC. — ISPR

BFIU seeks Munni Saha's fiscal details

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Sunday requested the country's commercial banks and financial institutions to provide account details of journalist Munni Saha.The unit also ordered banks and non-bank financial institutions to submit information on bank accounts, deposit plus scheme accounts, and fixed deposit receipt held in her name or...

Upstream, downstream countries must work jointly to tackle climate change: Rizwana

Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has highlighted the importance of upstream countries informing downstream countries in advance about rainfall, structural conditions, and water release timings noting that both must work together, reports UNB.She also emphasised the need for regional cooperation in addressing the impacts...

Police issue guideline for peaceful Durga Puja celebration

Police Headquarters in a statement on Sunday issued a security guideline for all to ensure peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu Community, reports BSS."Bangladesh police has already taken enough security arrangement to hold the Durga Puja in a safe, peaceful and festive manner. Bangladesh...

Dengue: Four more die, 1,225 fall sick

Four more people have died of dengue while 1,225 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said as many as 465 were hospitalised in Dhaka among the...

70pc of BD children face discrimination: KKA

At least 70 per cent of children in Bangladesh experience some form of discrimination, revealed Kochi Konther Asar (KKA), a children's organisation, during a press conference marking 'World Children's Day 2024' and 'World Children's Week.'Held at the Biswa Sahitya Kendra in Banglamotor, Dhaka, the event outlined KKA's efforts to address...

Weather (2024-10-07)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the city was recorded at 27.4 degrees...