Al Jazeera :Liz Truss has became Britain’s next prime minister after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, who asked her to form a new government.Truss, 47, took office on Tuesday in the carefully choreographed ceremony with the monarch a day after the ruling Conservative Party announced that Truss was elected as its leader.“The Queen received in Audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new Administration,” a Buckingham Palace statement said.“Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty’s...
Day: September 7, 2022
News Desk :Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has said that Bangladesh is the biggest development and trade partner of India in the region.“In the last few years, our mutual cooperation has increased rapidly in every field,” Modi said after talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, who is on a four-day state visit to India.Modi said, “Trade between India-Bangladesh is growing rapidly. Today, India is the largest market in Asia for Bangladesh’s exports.”The Indian premier said Delhi will soon...
Staff Reporter :The country reported five more deaths from dengue in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.The latest figure raised this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 31 across the country.During this period, 284 more patients were taken to hospitals with the viral fever as cases continued to increase.Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) showed this.The latest fatalities were reported from Dhaka, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar districts, the DGHS data said. With the new...
Syed Shemul Parvez :Abduction, snatching and robbery incidents in guise of police and other forces are occurring even in a broad daylight in the capital regularly. Consequently, inhabitants of the Dhaka city have become disappointed as most of the incidents are happing in front of people despite having police patrols around the areas.The most recent abduction incident took place in Dhaka University area. It shocked the whole nation as the incident happened in broad daylight. On September 3, a businessman...
Staff Reporter :During the dialogue with Election Commission (EC), the eminent citizens suggested not to use the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) without the consent of all political parties and the safety of voters, especially women, in order to ensure that elections are free and fair.Later, when the EC sat with political parties, 36 political parties were against about the use of EVM in the next parliamentary polls.Earlier on August 23, Ashok Kumar Debnath, Additional Secretary to the EC told the...
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the High Court verdict that ruled sending anyone to jail in cheque dishonor case is contrary to the Article 32 of the Constitution. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the HC verdict. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the state. Assistant Attorney General...
News Desk :The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has said the mushrooming supershops in the capital are unfairly making excessive profits.Officials from the DNCRP surveyed supershop outlets of Meena Bazar, Agora, Prince Bazar, Unimart, among others, across Dhaka City over the past weeks and identified irregularities like higher profits and unfair announcements, infringing on consumer rights, reports bdnews24.comRecently consumers spent almost Tk 5 billion due to traders illegally hiking egg price. The retail prices stamped on supershop products result...
Staff Reporter :The fare of Metro Rail (MRT Line-6) has been fixed at Tk 5 per km, but the minimum fare will be Tk 20.Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader stated it while inaugurating the Metro Rail Exhibition and Information Centre at the Uttara Depot on Tuesday.Passenger will have to pay Tk 100 from Uttara to Kamlapur, while war wounded freedom fighters will be allowed to travel free of cost, showing their IDs.Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Staff Reporter :Selling rice and flour through open market sale (OMS) programme will continue until the rice market becomes stable.Besides, the government has finalized to import 10.30 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat under government to government (G2G) system.Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said this during a press briefing held at the secretariat on Tuesday.‘The government operates the program for five months – from March to April and September to November – every year and the OMS programme will continue...