Worldwide food insecurity, climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and other emergencies from Africa to Afghanistan, forced around 100 million people to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said Thursday.Today, one in every 78 people on earth is …
Rail communication of Netrakona district with other parts of the country has remained suspended since Saturday morning as a rail bridge collapsed in Mohonganj upazila of Netrakona district due to flood.Golam Rabbani, station master of Barohatta Rail St…
BNP on Saturday demanded the government to immediately declare the flood-hit areas of the northeastern region as ‘disaster zones’ and provide all the affected people with adequate relief materials.Speaking at a council of BNP’s three wards at Bhatra un…
Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce (BCI) has demanded simplification of the taxation system saying that people feel reluctant to pay taxes due to complexities.“The taxation system must be simple and taxpayers-friendly so that people feel encouraged”, said …
Dhaka, June 18 (UNB) – Bangladesh Army has launched a toll-free helpline for the flood-hit people of Sunamganj and Sylhet, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate.The helpline numbers are 01769177266, 01769177267, 0176917726…
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the proposed comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) will usher in a win-win situation for Bangladesh and India in trade and commerce.He urged the Indian businessmen to invest in the two specialis…
Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.Together, Russia …
The Vestavia Hills Police Department identified the victim in a post on Facebook as an 84-year-old white female who died at a hospital. They did not release her identity.A 71-year-old man fatally shot two elderly people and wounded a third with a handg…
The authorities have opened 19 shelter centres in Chattogram on Saturday after four people were killed in landslides amid heavy monsoon rains .The shelter centers have been opened at Agrabad, Baklia, Kattali, and Chandgao circle of the port city so tha…
Thirty houses of two colonies were gutted in a fire in Chandra area of Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday.Saiful Islam, in-charge of Kaliakoir Fire Service, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit gutted the houses in the…
Residents of Sylhet city have been suffering since Thursday as all major areas of the city, including houses, shops, and hospitals, went under water.The low-lying areas of the city were submerged first. People were seen wading through the knee-to-waist…
Two actors on the Netflix series The Chosen One were killed and six other cast or crew members were injured after the van they were riding in crashed near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula.Local media reported the crash occurred Thursday, and…
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