As the effects of the second round of flooding were just beginning to subside, heavy rainfall and water from the upstream have once again inundated fresh areas in Sunamganj. Although rainfall decreased from Friday night, leading to a slight drop in water levels, new areas in the low-lying regions of Bishwambharpur and Tahirpur upazilas have been submerged due to upstream ...

Dr. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Secretary General of the University Teachers Association Federation, said their discussion with Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is satisfactory. “Our three-point demands have been discussed openly in the meeting. We will informed our decision after discussing the matter with the federation members.” Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, also President of the Dhaka University Teachers Association, made this ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is holding a meeting with a delegation of the teachers, who are on strike demanding the withdrawal of new pension scheme ‘Prottoy’. The meeting began at around 11:30am on Saturday at Awami League’s Dhanmondi office in the capital. A delegation of at least 10 teachers went to the Awami League office for the meeting. ...

At least 21 people were killed, mostly students, and scores more injured on Friday when a school in central Nigeria collapsed on pupils taking exams, the Red Cross and witnesses said. Trapped students cried for help under the rubble as desperate parents looked for help after the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State fell in on ...

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said he believes students, who have been protesting quotas in government jobs, will accept the Supreme Court’s directive and return home, warning that the government will be forced to take action otherwise. The minister was speaking to journalists at Akhaura railway station in Brahmanbaria, his constituency, on Friday morning. Warning the protesters, the minister said ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A young woman and her mother-in-law drowned reportedly while bathing in the Mugrain haor at Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday afternoon. The deceased Rezia Akter, 45, wife of Firoz Ali, and her daughter-in-law Pipasa Akter, wife of Haq Mia, were residents of Janiarchar village under the upazila. According to locals, Rezia Akter along with Pipasa Akter ...

Urging the quota protesters not to be abused as political tools of anyone, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party is always sincere about the logical demand of the country’s people. “No logical demand was ever ignored by the Awami League. Awami League is always working to build a welfare and prosperous state by bearing the hopes ...

Thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered a new 10-minute injection that can help slow progression of the disease, NHS England says. The medicine, called ocrelizumab, is normally given as an infusion through a vein – a process that can take up to four hours in hospital. The new way to ...

A Russian passenger plane with only crew on board has crashed near Moscow, Russia’s emergencies ministry says. It says the Sukhoi Superjet 100 went down in a forest, and all three crew members are believed to have been killed. There were no passengers on board. Russia’s state-run media report that the plane went down during a test flight following repair ...

Two weeks ahead of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, Samsung Electronics unveiled the next frontier of Galaxy AI with Galaxy Unpacked 2024 on Wednesday, 10 July (local time) at the Carrousel du Louvre — located underground the historic Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Attendees were greeted by Galaxy Unpacked 2024 banners around the venue where an inverted glass pyramid reminiscent ...