MEMO: Floods in Sudan have destroyed 33 villages and displaced 10,000 families in the country’s eastern province of Gedaref. The floods have raged throughout the country over the past few months, having been caused by continuous rains of the annual rainy season. This season’s floods, however, are the worst in at least 25 years, resulting…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront’s candidate BNP leader Prof Dr Moinul Hasan Sadik has withdrawn his candidacy for the 11th national elections from Gaibandha-3 constituency (Sadullapur-Palashbari), reports banglanews24.com. Yesterday, he submitted the withdrawal plea with the Returning Officer (RO), upon a decision taken by BNP. Earlier, in a press briefing attended by…
Dr. Kamrul Hasan speaks to DOT : I myself have written several articles to create national unity, because there is no alternative to national unity in building a beautiful nation. Through my writings, I requested the Prime Minister to take steps establish national unity. Since this is a new government and a new parliament, national…
Sofian Khan The 36th meeting of National Task Force to Protect Rivers surrounding Dhaka was held on Wednesday. It ended up with asking The Department of Environment to make a drive towards the factories situated in the bank of rivers surrounding Dhaka. This will eventually result them to set up the effluent treatment plant (ETP)…
Wio News: Typhoon Rumbia, packed torrential rains and strong winds, made a landfall in east China’s Shanghai on Friday morning, disrupting traffic, suspending ferries, flights and trains. Shanghai weather observatory on Friday morning issued a yellow alert for typhoon Rumbia, and upgraded it to orange as heavy downpour continues. China has a four-tier, color-coded weather…
Desk Report: The country’s gross investment is projected to exceed its gross national savings in this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, apparently due to rise in the public sector investment, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports Financial Express. The gross investment is projected to stand at 32.3 per cent of the gross domestic product…
UNB Two people were killed and three others injured as a lorry rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Garadoho on the Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Shahajadpur upazila on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as freedom fighter Chan Miah, 70, a resident of Rambari and Abdul Mannan, 65. Officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul highway police station Abdul Quader Zilani…
Abrar Hussain Canada has expressed interest to help Bangladesh in certification of aircraft, aviation safety and security, reports Unb.Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoit Prefontaine conveyed the message during his meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal on Wednesday at the latter’s Secretariat office. He also said that Canada is also willing to…
UNB, Dhaka Shougat Nazbin Khan, a young education advocate from Bangladesh, has received the Commonwealth Youth Awards for excellence in development work. She was one of four outstanding young people aged under 30 recognised in the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards and named as Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for Asia, Shougat Nazbin told…
Banglanews24: BNP has announced to hold a rally in Dhaka on September 1 to mark its 40th founding anniversary. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a press briefing in party’s central office on Tuesday (August 14). Moreover, BNP will also hold a Doa Mahfil program for its jailed chairperson…