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Bangladesh on Friday set all-time heatwave record as the Met Office recorded 24 days of heatwave during the current month of April breaching previous 23 days of heatwave in 2019."Twenty-three days of heatwaves were logged during two months of April and May in 2019, which were considered the pro...
Country, Districts
Adverse impacts of climate change along with the present prolonged heat wave has been posing threats to the production of livestock, particularly beef cattle.Professor Dr SM Kamruzzaman depicted that climatic stress is a major limiting factor of production efficiency in beef cattle and in dairy catt...
Prolonged heat wave has frustrated the mango farmers, traders and others concerned as around 60 percent of immature mangoes have reportedly fallen due to the natural calamity in the region.There are mango orchards on 93,266 hectares of land in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts....
Speakers in a function here underscored the need for building up capacity of the flood volunteers to reduce loss of life and properties during the emergencies."Geographically the Fulchhari upazila is located in flood-prone areas, that's why most portions of the upazila experiences flood eve...
A total of 6,500 small and marginal farmers in Nangalkot upazila of Cumilla will get seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agricultural incentive under the incentive and rehabilitation programme for the cultivation of Ufshi Aush in the current Kharif-1 season.To increase the interest of farmers in U...
Business & Commerce
The Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) on Thursday urged Bangladesh Bank (BB) to ensure the free entry of reporters into the central bank for collecting necessary information for reporting purposes.In a statement, the organisation mentioned that reporters have been enjoying free access to BB officials c...
City
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP always see darkness in the daylight and that's why they could not see the development of the country."Although Pakistan admires the development of Bangladesh, the opposition could not see the development as they [BNP] see darkness...
Newly appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Professor Dr Mohammad Atiqur Rahman today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj.After laying the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon world leaders to stand against all forms of aggression and atrocities, and say ‘no’ to war, as the precondition for sustainable development is lasting peace and security. "We must speak out against all forms of aggression and...
Criticising the recently released US State Department's 2023 Human Rights Report, a foreign ministry spokesperson on Thursday said it is apparent that the report mostly relies on assumptions and unsubstantiated allegations."As such, some of the inherent and evident biases in the reporting p...
Police arrested a woman with counterfeit notes of Taka 1.15 lakh from the city last night, said a Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) press release today.The arrested woman was identified as Selina Akhter Tisha, 25, wife of Bashir Mia, a resident of Bagmara area of the city.On a tip-off, a team of KMP ...
Social watchdogs and development activists here on Thursday urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to extend its support towards promoting renewable energies in Bangladesh.They also unequivocally called for ensuring a just and equitable transition by ensuring environmental and social safeguards, lab...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Thursday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 60.49 points or 1.08 percent to 5,518.48. Two other indic...
Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP has become desperate to capture state power by any means, while its leaders have lost their sense.“BNP leaders could not understand that the Awami League does politics by standing beside the country’s people. It take...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed on Thursday urged developed nations to fulfill their commitments by providing resources and technologies to the least developed countries (LDCs) to help them implement their climate actions.She made the call while speaking as the chai...
A red carpet was rolled out to accord warm reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin.On her arrival at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok at 01:0...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, now on a visit to Mauritius, on Wednesday urged the Indian Ocean country to invest in the special economic zone in Bangladesh.The state minister made the call in bilateral meeting with Mauritius Foreign Affairs, Regional Integratio...
The ruling pro-Awami League and Vice Chancellor backed teachers at Jahangirnagar University (JU) swept Senate and Syndicate representative elections in the college principal category.The elections were held from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the senate hall of the university on Tuesday.JU registrar and retu...
Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said the government will form a jute council for the development of the jute industries and the jute sector. "Jute council will play an important role in the development of jute industries and the jute sector," he said while...
Speakers at a discussion on “Prevention of Sound Pollution” in Netrakona on Wednesday underlined the need for creating mass awareness side by side of enforcing laws to check sound pollution for protecting the public health from adverse impact of noise pollution.“Sound pollution cau...
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