A sculpture has long been lying uncared for due to negligence of the authorities concerned since it was built in 1998. The photo was taken from Kamutia of Tangail district on Saturday — Focus Bangla
GAZIPUR, Sept 17 (UNB): A 29-year-old man was killed and another injured when a mud wall collapsed on their housing shed in the Dighodha village of Gazipur district in the small hours of Friday.The deceased was identified as Naim Hossain...
BOGURA, Sept 17 (UNB): Some 45 passengers had a narrow escape after a bus in which they were travelling caught fire on the Dhaka-Bogura highway in Bogura early on Saturday.Fortunately, no casualties were reported.Hossain Ali, inspector of Sherpur Fire Service...
GAZIPUR, Sept 17 (UNB): Two people, including comedian Abu Hena Rony, sustained burn injuries after some helium balloons exploded at a programme marking the fourth anniversary of the founding of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) on Friday.According to Abu Sayem Noyon,...
A total of four people were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail, Panchagarh and Satkhira districts on Friday night and Saturday, report agencies.In Tangail, two Dakhil examinees were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Egarkahnia...
KHULNA, Sept 17 (UNB): This year, the incessant rains have failed to cool off the prices of hilsa, at least in Khulna. The price of hilsa is no longer within the reach of the common people.Officials attribute the sky high...
OUR CORRESPONDENT LALMONIRHAT, Sept 17: The highway connecting Lalmonirhat with Burimari land port has become unusable and risky for vehicular movement. Potholes have developed and carpeting has worn out at least in 17 points of the 100-kilometre road. But hundreds...
7PONTIANAK, Indonesia, Sept 17 (AFP): Indonesian rescuers have recovered seven bodies after a landslide at an illegal gold mine buried an estimated 20 people, officials said on Saturday.The victims were mining gold on a bare hillside when the landslide triggered...
LONDON, Sept 17 (AP): Thousands of people spent London's coldest night in months huddled in line to view the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, and authorities warned Saturday that arriving mourners face a 16-hour wait.Police arrested a man after what...
MOSCOW, Sept 17 (BBC/AP): Ukraine's recent counter-offensive will not change Russia's plans, Vladimir Putin has said in his first public comments on the matter.In a rapid counter-attack, Ukrainian forces say they captured over 8,000 sq km (3,000 sq miles) in...
TOKYO, Sept 17 (AFP): Japan's weather agency on Saturday warned of a "very dangerous" typhoon heading towards the country's southern Kyushu island, urging residents to evacuate before powerful wind hits the area.Typhoon Nanmadol was carrying gusts up to 270 kilometres...
MOSCOW, Sept 17 (AP): The security chiefs of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sat down for talks Saturday to stop fighting on the border between the two countries that so far has killed at least 24 people and wounded over 100.The Kyrgyz...
BEIJING, Sept 17 (Reuters): Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) called for a "balance" between reducing carbon emissions and allowing poorer states to catch up with economically developed countries in a joint statement on climate change adopted on Friday.In...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-09-18 00:00:00
Since the second quarter of this year, inflation has been on the rise globally, driven by higher energy and food prices, persistent supply chain disruptions and tight labour markets in major developed countries. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics reported...
A few months ago, prices of wheat and flour rose sharply in the local market. And we also experienced price hike in of sugar and edible oil too. These are the basic ingredients of bakery products like bread and biscuits....
Dhaka is among the world's top cities with the most poisonous air. Still, it has some places where one can go and inhale fresh air. Dhanmondi Lake is one such area. Every day hundreds of people -- adults, children and...
Bangladesh's only coral-rich island, Saint Martin's, has been losing its rich biodiversity mainly due to a huge influx of tourists. During the peak tourism season that starts every year in October, an average of over 8,000 tourists stay overnight in...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-09-18 00:00:00
Although the activists untiringly uphold the country's plain-land indigenous communities' rights, their lot hasn't shown any sign of improvement. Instead, their living standard and other indicators continuously demonstrate these people's nonstop decline. Due to their being poverty-stricken, and victims of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-09-18 00:00:00
This year marks the 16 years of formal launch of the Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative to support the developing and least- developed countries (LDCs) in developing their trade capacity and infrastructure. The aid is part of overall official development...
In October last year, the Ministry of Labour and Employment with the help of the International labour organization (ILO) adopted a National Action Plan (NAP) on occupational safety and health (OSH) to ensure a safe, conducive and productive environment for...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16 (AP): The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing "a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude," with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation - and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-09-17 12:00:00
Food security has become one of the major concerns in recent times. The prolonged Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have worsened the supply chain of food stuffs. Import-dependent countries having scarcity of agricultural lands are now looking for technology-based...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-09-17 12:00:00
"No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it's not the same river and he is not the same man", said Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. To ordinary unthinking mortals, this is rather comical. They would scoff at...
Khulna, Sep 16, (UNB): Members of a teen gang allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old fish seller to death in a dispute over Tk 100 in Khulna city on Friday morning.The victim, Yeasin Arafat, 18, was a fish trader of Sandhabazar in...
SAMARKAND, Sept 16 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not a time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.Locked in a...
A Dhaka court on Friday placed former chairman of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Co Ltd Md Nazrul Islam on one-day fresh remand in a case lodged for embezzling depositors' money, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam passed the order as...
The government will publish the price list of nine necessities in the country in accordance with the world market in the next seven days, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, reports bdnews24.com.This list will be on display in all shops so...
Vehicles seized by the police have long been kept on a portion of a playground in Golartek Mirpur-1 area of the city, causing inconvenience to children who come here to play. But the authorities concerned remain indifferent to their woes....
GENEVA, Sept 16 (Reuters): Faced with a record $32 billion shortfall in humanitarian aid funding, the United Nations is dipping deep into its emergency fund to support critical programmes in 11 countries including Myanmar and Mali.Donors have given more than...
SAMARKAND, Sept 16 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a shake-up of the world order as they met with Asian leaders Friday for a summit challenging Western influence.The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation...
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