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Quader urges countrymen to keep trust in PM amid global crisis

 Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged the country's people to keep trust in AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amid the ongoing global crisis."The government, led by Sheikh Hasina, is making continuous efforts to deal with the crisis. It is proven today that i...

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FSIBL organises free Thalassemia carrier screening camp

On the occasion of Birthday celebration of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a free thalassemia carrier screening and awareness camp was organized at Kurmitola General Hospital, Dhaka. First Security Islami Bank Ltd. sponsored and Institute for Developing Science ...

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‘Noise pollution causes 30 types of serious physical and mental problems’

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin said that in order to build a healthy and civilized society, excessive and unnecessary noise should be stopped.  He said excessive noise causes about 30 types of physical and mental problems, including mental fatigue and exhaustion, h...

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Stop daydreaming about caretaker govt

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged the leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to shun daydreaming of restoring the caretaker government system.He made the call while speaking at the triennial conference of Khilgaon Thana and Ward 1, 2, 3 and 75 of Awami League on...

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BACCO participates in ICTWEEK Uzbekistan

Bangladesh Association of Contact Center and Outsourcing (BACCO) members are participating ICTWEEK Uzbekistan at the Congress Tower, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The ICTWEEK will continue till October 27. BACCO President Wahid Sharif presented the current scenario of the ICT and BPO industries of Ban...

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Country’s reserves now 12 times more than that during BNP regime: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, at the end of BNP's tenure, the foreign exchange reserve was less than 3.5 billion dollars in 2006, which has increased 12 times during Sheikh Hasina's tenure and now stands at about 37 billion dollars. Bangladesh is now the 31st e...

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S Asians hold 3 key positions in UK

With Indian-origin Rishi Sunak taking over as the British Prime Minister, three key positions in the kingdom have gone to politicians with South Asian ancestral origins.The other two are British Bangladeshi Mayor of Tower Hamlets Mohammad Lutfur Rahman and Pakistan-origin Mayor of London Sadiq Khan....

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Quader asks AL men to stand by cyclone victims

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged the party leaders and workers to stand by the people badly affected by Cyclone ‘Sitrang’, claiming that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government will always remain beside the people.He made this call while speaking at a press...

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Bachsas elects new panel

Poet, journalist, and filmmaker Raju Alim and Sangbad Pratidin acting editor Rimon Mahfuz have been elected as the president and general secretary of the Bangladesh Cholochitra Sangbadik Samity (Bachsas). The election of Bachsas executive committee for 2022-24 was recently held in the capital.The ot...

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Russian artist Sofya’s solo exhibition begins

A solo painting exhibition titled “My Blue Stories” by Russian renowned artist Yechina Sofya, has begun at the Gallery Chitrak in capital Dhaka.Information Minister Hasan Mahmud and Russian Ambassador Alexander V Mantytskiy were present respectively as chief guest and special guest at th...

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Children will build robots for knowledge-based innovative work: Palak

The opening ceremony of the 5th Bangladesh Robot Olympiad was held on Tuesday in the morning at the Student-Teacher Center (TSC) of Dhaka University.State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak was present as the chief guest on the occasion. He said robots will beco...

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AACT joins UNICEF’s International Council

The four-year partnership between Anjuman and Aziz Charitable Trust (AACT) and UNICEF Bangladesh will help address the learning crisis caused by the Covid pandemic, enabling 3,000 vulnerable children re-enter education and catch up on their classes. In honour of their generous contribution to c...

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Russian artist Sofya’s solo exhibition begins

A solo painting exhibition titled “My Blue Stories” by Russian renowned artist Yechina Sofya, has begun at the Gallery Chitrak in capital Dhaka.Information Minister Hasan Mahmud and Russian Ambassador Alexander V Mantytskiy were present respectively as chief guest and special guest at th...

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Govt hasn’t taken day-time power cut decision: Hasan

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the government didn’t take any decision of stopping power supply during day time.“The government didn’t take such decision of stopping power supply in the day time. It is Twafiq-e-Elahi’s personal statement ...

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Sightsavers, BBDN launch StanChart Foundation-financed project

Sightsavers and Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) on Monday launched a project that falls under the Futuremakers by Standard Chartered initiative, which will support youth with disabilities in the labour market by providing them with technical skills and employability training, caree...

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Shahab Uddin calls for protecting dolphins, aquatic ecosystem

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Monday urged all concerned to come forward to protect the dolphins of the country.“The government has prepared the Dolphin Action Plan and declared nine dolphin sanctuaries to conserve the country’s dolphins,” he sa...

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Flash flood likely in SE-region: FFWC

A flash flood is likely to occur at a few places of south-eastern region of the country, according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). According to the FFWC report published on Sunday, the deep depression over the east-central and adjoining areas of Bay of Bengal may intensify i...

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Jalalabad Gas earns Tk 259 cr in 2021-22 FY

The 36th Annual General Meeting for the financial year 2021-2022 of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribu­tion System Limited (JGTDSL), Sylhet was held on 20th October, 2022 at the Hotel Intercontinental, 1 Minto Road, Dhaka.Chairman of the Board of Directors of JGTDSL and Chairman of Petroban...

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BNP has to join polls, if it wants political changeover: Quader

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged BNP to join the next general elections if it wants changeover of power."To Awami League, safe exit means elections. If you want to change the state power, you will have to take part in polls. We are ready...join in polls. If the peop...

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3rd CTO Forum Innovation Hackathon kicks off

The third edition of CTO Forum Innovation Hackathon has started to take the creativity of youth to the international level in inventing sustainable technology for the national interest. On Saturday (October 22), the screen of the idea round came up on the permanent campus of the Canadian University ...