BSS: The government has decided to take 80 projects instantly at a cost of Taka 2,97,800 crore under Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 for implementation within 2030. “In the first phase, the government would implement the 80 projects by identifying six ‘hotspot’,” Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain said this, while replying to a starred question from treasury…
Desk Report: Many were asking whether Arifin Shuvo will be in the comeback film under the banner of Manna’s production house, Kritanjali Kothachitra, reports The Asian Age. Titled ‘Jam’, the film had its ‘Shubha Mahurat’ (lalunching ceremony) recently and after one month of the ceremony news broke that Shuvo is acting in the film against…
Desk Report: Bashundhara Paper Mills has informed that Xtreme Mosquito Coil has started its commercial operation as a new product of the Bashundhara Paper, reports The Financial Express. According to an official disclosure on Monday, daily capacity of 1.0 million coil producing plant has set a yearly production target of 36 million box coil. As…
The Washington Post: Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a statue of a lion’s body and a human head in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry says Sunday the sphinx made of sandstone was found in the Temple of Kom Ombo during work to protect the site from groundwater. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of…
Sky News: The International Monetary Fund has given a bleak assessment of the UK’s prospects as the country counts down towards leaving the European Union. Presenting a report on the UK economy to the UK Treasury on Monday, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that “all Brexit outcomes” will entail costs for the UK economy….
The Guardian: 19th Leeds piano competition was won on Saturday night by Eric Lu, a 20-year-old from Boston in the United States, whose sparkling and supremely confident performance of Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto secured him the top place, and also the Hallé orchestra prize. The rebooted competition, held every three years, was co-founded 55 years…
Desk Report: The country’s overall natural gas supply has reached around 3,205 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) riding on the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), The financial Express. This is the highest-ever gas supply in the history of Bangladesh.Local gas companies are producing around 1,072 mmcfd or 33 per cent and international oil…
Dembe Bigombe,Kampala/Seven Billion Today In Africa, we don’t have a dedicated category for acid attacks when they are reported or filed by the police or courts. Instead, they are listed as domestic abuse cases. But acid attacks are so different. Acid attacks are catching on in popularity across the world.You may not have heard it,…
BSS Rabeya Momo, a class nine student of Sadar upazila of Bhola district, didn’t attend her classes for one week. Her friends were worried. They were thinking what may happen to Momo. Finally, two friends of Momo decided to visit her home. They went to Momo’s residence and talked to her. Momo informed them that…
Desk report: Mamun is alleged to have been trading yaba on the side of his tea stall business, reports The Dhaka Tribune. Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained two alleged drug traders, including a woman, and seized 25,000 yaba tablets in Dhaka. Those detained Mamunur Rashid, 35, and Minara Begum, 35.