BSS The Awami League-led Mohajote will get 248 seats while the Jatiya Oikyafront (JOF) will bag 49 seats in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election billed for December 30, said a survey of the Research and Development Center (RDC). The RDC analysis of this ensuing national polls estimates that the other and independent candidates will…
Suzana Rahman Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the developed countries to come forward with financial and technical assistance to implement the development goals for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) yesterday. She mentioned, “To ensure the disbursement of funds is a big challenge to achieve SDGs, reports UNB. For this, the developed countries will have…
UNB An elderly man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbour over a previous enmity at Laxmikathi village in Digholia upazila on Friday night. Quoting witnesses, police said Siraj Nikari, 65, of the village had an enmity with his neighbour Mazid Nikari over the ownership of a fish enclosure. As a sequel to the…
Banglanews24 Jannatul Ferdous Oishee was crowned Miss World Bangladesh 2018. Now she will represent Bangladesh at this year’s Miss World Beauty Pageant to be held in China. Nishat Sarwar Salwa and Naziba Bushra were declared first and second runner-ups respectively. The grand finale of the Miss World Bangladesh beauty pageants was held at the Rajdarshan…
DOT Desk Customs officials seized 52 gold bars worth around Tk 2.7 crore from an aircraft at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Saturday morning, reports The Daily Observer. Ahmedur Reza Chowdhury, an assistant commissioner of customs intelligence, said the gold bars, weighing 6.32 kilograms. , were concealed in a box under a seat of Biman…
UNB Sub-inspector Anwar Hossain of Sadar Model Police Station reportedly came under a gun attack entering in the police station on Monday night. Soon after the incident, police allegedly arrested a Joynal Abedin, member of Jatiya Party central committee in the connection with the gun attack. Joynal Abedin entered the police station and opened fire…
AFP Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world’s largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing. The United States is expected to try to increase its quota for bigeye tuna at a meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission…
Shahriar Kabir speaks to DOT : Human Rights Day is observed every year globally on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed…
Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Husain, Department of History, DU : It is the families that have to the youth away from drugs, and then the responsibility goes to educational institutes. Both families and educational institutes must perform their duties properly. However, none of the moves succeed until the government stops the supply of narcotics at…
UNB Canada has encouraged all involved in the electoral process to work together in fostering a peaceful campaign environment, enabling the people of Bangladesh to participate safely in free, fair, inclusive and credible elections. “Canada stands by the people of Bangladesh and supports all voters in the full exercise of their democratic rights and freedoms…