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Many candidates in the 12th national parliamentary polls are receiving show-cause notices from the pre-election enquiry committees, while many candidates and their supporters are also facing action from mobile courts for violating the electoral code of conduct. Like the election inquiry committ...
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The formal campaigning for the 12th national parliamentary polls slated for January 7 began on December 18. Many candidates are now facing action taken by the ‘Election Inquiry Committee’ formed by the Election Commission (EC) in 300 constituencies to deal with pre-election irregula...
Leading tobacco companies are working to expand the e-cigarette market in Bangladesh and there is anecdotal evidence that e-cigarette use among youths and children is increasing due to various promotional tactics used by the companies.The tobacco industry applies the promotional tactics by placing s...
The United Nations climate conference or the COP28 wrapped up in Dubai of UAE on December 12 with an agreement on renewable energy in order to increase the world’s green energy capacity. During the COP28, Bangladesh along with global leaders of 123 nations agreed on the goals of the Globa...
A draft Rules titled ‘Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Rules, 2023’ is almost ready for formulation.The Ministry of Land has prepared the draft Rules as per the newly enacted ‘Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023’ in a bid to ease the legal proceedings regarding the lan...
Four renowned doctors of Bangladesh from four leading medical colleges in the country were invited to join two separate conferences scheduled to be held in December in India.One event ended on Tuesday (December 12, 2023), while the other one will start today (Wednesday) and will end before Dece...
The local markets in the country are witnessing a drop in onion prices with the arrival of the new harvest and some immediate initiatives of the government. The government is scrambling to stabilise the onion price after it crossed Tk 200 per kg in the local market. Already Tk 11 lakh fine were...
The government has initiated immediate action check prices of essential commodities after the onion market became volatile in the retail market following an overnight price hike and overstocking. The price of onion in Bangladesh nearly doubled overnight after India has extended its re...
The ruling Awami League is going to announce its election manifesto in the second week of December or mid-December. The manifesto of the ruling party for the 12th National Parliamentary elections, slated for January 7 in 2024, is almost final. AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is li...
Climate change is having an increasing impact on health of the global people, and experts believe that global health risks will increase further. As a result, 1 in 12 hospitals around the world could face partial or total shutdown from climate change extreme, while at least 150 hospitals in Ba...
“Losing the only breadwinner of a family is like coming under the direct heat of a scorching sun,” Zaheda Begum uttered the words with a deep sigh as she lost her brother in a road crash. She along with her family members is still carrying the pain and grief of losing the brother wh...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has missed the ‘electoral train’ this time, and now the party will have to wait till the next general elections in 2029 if it wants to assume power. Although the BNP joined the 2018 elections, the party did not take part in the 2014 elections. The 1...
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“Losing the only breadwinner of a family is like coming under the direct heat of a scorching sun,” Zaheda Begum uttered the words with a deep sigh as she lost her brother in a road crash.She along with her family members is still carrying the pain and grief of losing the brother who died...
If all goes according to plan, the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will end with an agreement on the implementation of the ‘Loss and Damage Fund (LDF)’.The two-week long 28th annual session began in Dubai of the United Arab Emir...
Thousands of delegates representing 198 countries gathered in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the world’s most crucial annual climate change summit ‘COP28’ began there on Thursday. The two-week long 28th annual session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to th...
With the number of vehicles rapidly increasing in low and middle income countries, the death in road crashes is also rapidly worsening in the countries. WHO estimates that 1.3 million people die in road crashes worldwide every year, with about 25,000 fatalities reported in Bangladesh.The road crash ...
The Election Commission (EC) and the Election Commissioners as well are confident of their capabilities and competence to conduct the 12th parliamentary elections in a free and fair manner stated for January 7.Two election commissioners on Friday said that the voting environment is congenial across ...
The government is going to introduce fresh Rules as per the newly enacted ‘Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act, 2023’ in order to bring paradigm reforms in the land management.Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said that the government has been working on introducing the fresh Rules on...
Although the average number of deaths in road crashes is different in the reports of various organisations, the reality is that every day dozens of lives are cut short in Bangladesh as the result of road crash.Families, children and relatives as well as loved ones of the road traffic victims miss th...
Bangladesh has made significant progress in the health sector in 30 years compared to other South Asian countries and the country now has the best health status in the region. As a result, the country has the highest life expectancy at birth and health life expectancy than other countries in th...
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