Al Jazeera :The United Nations’ annual summit returned in person for the first time in three years on Tuesday, with UN chief Antonio Guterres warning in his opening speech of an upcoming “winter of global discontent” from rising prices, a warming planet and deadly conflicts. The 77th General Assembly meeting of world leaders convenes under the shadow of Europe’s first major conflict since World War II – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has unleashed a global food crisis and opened fissures...
Day: September 21, 2022
Staff Reporter :The Rohingya living in the no-man’s land near Tambru area of Bandarban’s Naikhyanchhari Upazila on Tuesday wrote to the United Nations to take immediate measures for their protection and safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine State as their lives are at stake.They requested in an open letter by forming a human chain in the no-man’s land in the wake of the continuous violence along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border recently.On behalf of around 4500 Rohingyas staying in the no-man’s land, Dil...
UNB :A court in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday sentenced seven policemen, all detectives, to seven years in jail for kidnapping a trader and demanding a ransom of Tk 17 lakh for his release.Cox’s Bazar District and Sessions Court judge Mohammad Ismail handed down the judgment in the presence of all the suspended cops.The judge also imposed a fine of Tk 1 lakh on each of the convicts and ordered them to undergo an additional one year in prison for non-payment...
Staff Reporter :Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Country Director Edimon Ginting said that Bangladesh would receive $ 200 crore as loan for various development projects under the current 2022-23 financial year, which is under process.It was disclosed after a meeting with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and ADB Country Director Edimon Ginting held at the Secretariat on Tuesday, said a Finance Ministry press release. “ADB has a strong relationship with Bangladesh. ADB will keep continue to support rural and urban development...
UNB :Despite reduced instalment facilities in term loans, banks have rescheduled loans worth Tk5960 crore and waived interest amounting to Tk2816 crore of interest waived in 6 months (January-June), revealed latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB).According to the BB data, state-owned banks rescheduled loans worth Tk 1,300 crore, while private banks Tk 4,150 crore. The remaining Tk 779 crore has been rescheduled by specialized banks.The BB introduced a loan moratorium and reduced instalment facility during the Covid pandemic to avert...
AFP :A rare operation by the Palestinian Authority security forces to arrest a Hamas member sparked clashes in the West...
Staff Reporter :Five people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and the country records that daily positivity rate is 12.73 percent while the total positivity rate is 13.61 percentAs a result, the total number of deaths from Covid-19 is currently 29,345 in the country and the death rate stands at 1.45 percent.Earlier on July 27, five people died in a single day due to the virus. However, the death toll rose to five in a single day after...
Staff Reporter :Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned seven officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) for two days as part of the investigation into allegation of irregularities into Biman Bangladesh Airlines taking lease of two Egypt Air planes in 2009-14.Deputy Director of ACC Public Relations, Muhammad Arif Sadeq, said that the CAAB officials were questioned as the irregularities cost the national flag carrier a loss of Tk1,100 crore.The commission quizzed Principal Assistant Director of CAAB, Saiful Haque, air worthness...
A family, or in a larger sense, a society that treats its children in a violently ill manner will never progress, because children are its future, plain and simple. A society with rich resources can never prosper if its children are not treated well, given the right kind of education and atmosphere for them to grow up as healthy citizens. Violent treatment of children can cause them to lead a deviated life. Nobody will say that an ideal atmosphere for...
It is unfortunate, to say that at least 17 ministries could not spend even one per cent of the allocation from the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 in July and August. The foreign, youth and sports, and home ministry’s Public Security Division could not spend anything at all. A media report, quoting the latest data of the IMED, said some Tk 18.78 billion has been allocated for 30 projects of these ministries and departments.Since the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation...
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder :Zero Emissions Day began in 2008 when its founder, Ken Wallace, launched a website in Nova Scotia, Canada, calling for September 21st to be a day when no fossil fuels are consumed. It has since grown into a global movement that seeks to implement a 24-hour temporary ban on the combustion of fossil fuels. “Giving our planet one day off a year” was the message, which was quite straightforward and easily understood by anyone. It...
Masum Billah :New textbooks for grades six and seven have been developed in light of the new curriculum going to...