M Humayun Kabir: Ten journalists from print, electronic media and news agency have been awarded Tourism Fellowship 2018 for their significant contributions to the development of tourism sector. Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) and Aviation and Tourism Journalists’ Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB) jointly arranged the fellowship, reports UNB. Acting Secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry…
Russia Today: The US Air Force paid $480 million for a second top-spec hypersonic missile prototype to gain ground “in the era of great power competition,” following reports of Russia’s successes in developing unrivaled high-speed weapons. The Air Force awarded a $480-million contract to Lockheed Martin, tasking the company with designing a second hypersonic missile…
BSS Anima Rahman lives in a flat along a road in the capital’s Eskaton area. She along with his five-year daughter Tamanna and all members of her family have to suffer from acute sound pollution round-the-clock. Almost all of them are facing difficulties in hearing while in case of low voice they could not hear…
News Age: The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced a 31-member preliminary squad for the forthcoming Asia Cup, scheduled in UAE in September, retaining all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam in the squad. Sakib was undecided about playing in the competition from September 15 to 28 as he required a surgery on…
Kabir Humayun: Family of Jihad, a four-year-old boy who died falling down a 300-foot well shaft in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur in 2014, has received Tk 20 lakh in compensation from the government. Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence gave them the money as per a High Court directive, said Supreme Court lawyer Barrister…
Xinhuanet: A fire broke out in an old-aged Yangon General Hospital on Monday evening but no casualties were reported, said the hospital sources Tuesday. The fire was caused by an overheated electric light switch socket board in the minor operation theater in the cancer outpatient department with the initial flame spreading to the wooden beams…
M Humayun Kabir: The nation is observing the 43rd martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which is also the National Mourning Day, with pro 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) found shock and tribute today. Elaborate programmes have been taken by the government, ruling Awami League, its front…
Desk Report: About 50,000 people of four villages in Chalitabunia union under Rangabali upazila are under threat of erosion by the Ramnabad river, reports Daily Star. Chalitabunia union is isolated from the mainland and surrounded by the Agunmukha and Ramnabad rivers. About 1.20 lakh people live in its seven villages. It is protected by a…
Khalequzzaman, General Secretary, Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB): Instead of arresting the assaulters on the movement for safe roads, the university students were arrested; this is nothing but a manifestation of political bankruptcy of the ruling parties. The photographs of students and journalists coming under attack during the movement for road safety were published. However,…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto: The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) has adopted a motion on the torture against Daily Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman, internationally acclaimed photo-journalist Shahidul Alam and school children demonstrating for road safety in Bangladesh. The motion was adopted unanimously during the NEPMCC’s monthly general meeting on…