The World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of $2.25 billion to Bangladesh for its five development and climate-resilient projects.A loan deal was signed in Washington, D.C. during an event marking the 50 years of partnership between the South Asian na…
Australia’s flagship airline Qantas has announced its Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will replace current CEO Alan Joyce.She will become Qantas’ first female boss when she takes over in November.The airline has suffered turbulence in recent ti…
Govinda Acharya, the press adviser to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, has said that the government was working for the greater good of the working journalists based on an action plan and that everyone’s support was necessary towards tha…
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has called for development of a self-regulation system to make the media sector dignified, responsible and accountable.Extending greetings on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day here today, he mentione…
The government is all set to ensure legal provisions through an ordinance to address and resolve the issues faced by the loan sharking victims.A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday decided to amend the laws by bringing an ordinance to …
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) has shared that it recorded a total of 55 incidents of press freedom violation during a year- since May 3, 2022 to April 26, 2023.The previous year had seen 75 incidents of press freedom violation. The media …
Various stakeholders have called for constant vigilance against the efforts to muzzle free press and freedom of expression, including among others by framing anti-constitutional laws or flaring up attacks, harassments and intimidation.At a dialogue en…
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said the founder of Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Swami Vivekananda, believed in non-communal social system.”Serving the humanity was Swami Vivekananda’s only vow….Wh…
A court here today set June 7 for submitting probe report in a case lodged over throwing of a stone-like object at metro rail , damaging a glass window, in the area between Shewrapara and Kazipara on April 30.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanto Islam…
Three persons, including two members of a family, were killed in a road accident on the Jashore-Chuknagar road in Bujtala area under Keshabpur upazila of the district last night.The deceased were identified as Jahangir Joardar, 44, resident of Dumuria…
The Election Commission (EC) has directed the metropolitan police commissioners and the district administrations concerned to ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the electoral code of conduct in the upcoming elections to Khulna, Barishal, …
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged India to take “more effective” steps to ensure a safe and dignified repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their Rakhine state homeland in Myanmar.He came up with the call as Indian High Commissi…
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