Ghoshona

07/12/2022

The police raid the central office of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Naya Paltan in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon, minutes after a clash between the police and the main opposition party activists in front of the office. A 28-year-old man was killed, dozens injured, dozens of leaders and activists detained, and the arrest of political activists goes on.

The clash occurred ahead of the opposition’s December 10 Dhaka mass rally while the government and the opposition party were in a row over the venue of the rally. The Awami League and the police is insisting the BNP use Suhrawardy Udyan to hold the rally while the main opposition party is insisting to hold the rally in front of the party central office at Naya Paltan.

04/09/2022

Deepest Condolences

Film director, producer, lyricist, and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar passed away on Sunday, September 04, 2022, at the age of 79. He was born on February 22, 1943.

This iconic personality composed more than 20,000 songs in a career spanning 60 years and received the Ekushey Padak in 2002 and the Independence Award in 2021.

He composed the famous song “Joy Bangla, Banglar Joy”, and he was the advisor of the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

29/07/2022

Editor of the Bangla daily Desh Rupantor has passed away.

Amit Habib, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital at 11pm on Thursday. Amit was hospitalized after he had a major stroke on July 21. He also suffered a stroke in 2020..

He worked at different dailies, including Kaler Kantho, Samakal, Jai Jai Din, and Bhorer Kagoj, in various capacities, before joining Desh Rupantor.

Deepest Condolences Desh Rupantor

20/07/2022

The DU student student Mohiuddin Roni had been protesting for last 13 days at Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station, demanding an end to irregularities and mismanagement at Bangladesh Railway. and after 13 days later The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has fined ticketing platform shohoz.com Tk 2 lakh – for its negligence in the process of selling tickets. Shohoz will have to pay Tk 2 lakh within five working days.

17/07/2022

A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying defense products for Bangladesh crashes in Greece
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Drone images from the scene showed debris from the bulking Antonov An-12 aircraft strewn in fields. The plane carried 11.5 tonnes of products made by our defense industry. The buyer was the Bangladesh defense ministry.

Source: Daily Star

17/07/2022

Heatwave causes
27 deaths Rangpur division
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At least 27 people died on Saturday in five districts of the Rangpur division. On Saturday and Friday, Rangpur recorded the highest daily maximum temperature of 38.2C, which was the highest daily maximum temperature since 2010, when the highest daily maximum temperature was recorded at 37.6C, according to Mustafizur Rahman, assistant meteorologist, Rangpur Met Office.



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17/07/2022

When will the persecution of minorities stop?

"Within a month, Narail has seen two communal attacks.

Gopal Saha, a fertilizer dealer at Dighalia Bazar, described how he was assaulted by the mobs. "I have been doing business in the market for 22 years. The only reason they beat me up was that I was Hindu. The accused boy's house is far away from mine. How is this my fault? … As a Hindu, I don't feel safe in this village anymore." Victim Beauty Rani said, "When we were being attacked, the police were there. They were watching from a distance and no one came to our rescue. The police can no longer be trusted and that is why people are leaving the village."
Only because the student is Hindu and I [too] am Hindu, my house was burnt down. "I don't know how long this threat of violence will haunt us. Who will give us justice? Who will give us security? ... If I were in the house while they set it on fire, I would have died. God saved me. But is this any way to survive? All I have now is the sari on my body."

16/07/2022

Tiktok removes 3.4 million videos of Bangladeshi users in three months
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Over 100.23 million videos were removed globally for violating Community Guidelines during the same period, with nearly 95% of videos taken down within 24 hours after having been posted. Earlier, TikTok removed more than 2.6 million videos from Bangladesh, in October-December 2021. According to last year's report, Bangladesh also ranked 7th worldwide for the largest volume of videos taken down for Community Guidelines violations in the fourth quarter last year.

TikTok

16/07/2022

$500 Million World Bank Financing to Help Bangladesh Improve Disaster Preparedness for Floods

Only July 15, 2022, the World Bank approved a $500 million credit to help Bangladesh improve disaster preparedness against inland flooding in 14 flood-prone districts benefiting over 1.25 million people.

Source: World Bank
Link: https://bit.ly/3zasBKG

16/07/2022

Bangladesh, 41st largest economy in the world
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According to new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bangladesh is now the 41st largest economy in the world. Bangladesh and India were the only two South Asian countries considered to be part of the 50 largest economies of the world. Bangladesh moved up a notch from 42nd in 2021 to 41st position this year.

International Monetary Fund

16/07/2022

Hindu temple, houses, shops vandalized

A mob vandalized a temple, a grocery store and several houses of the Hindu community in Sahapara area of Lohagara, Narail, alleging that a Hindu man said to be 18 years old made a post on Facebook that hurt their religious feelings. They attacked and vandalized the family's furniture and all other things.

15/07/2022

76% of Bangladeshis cannot afford healthy food
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The Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Unicef, World Food Program, and World Health Organisation jointly published a report named, "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022.” according to the report, A Bangladeshi has to spend an average of Tk276 to buy healthy food daily,

World Health Organization (WHO) FAO en español

15/07/2022

Thursday hottest July day in 66 years in Sylhet
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Sylhet met office on Thursday recorded the city’s hottest day in July in 66 years, at 38.9 degrees Celsius. A high temperature was last recorded in the district in July 1956. On Wednesday, the temperature was recorded at 37.3 degrees. And it was recorded at 36.3 degrees on Tuesday.

14/07/2022

3 out of 4 youths in 92 countries lack employable skills.
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Data from 77 countries showed that less than three-quarters of children aged between three and five years old are developmentally on track in at least three out of the four domains of literacy-numeracy, physical, social-emotional, and learning.

More than 85 percent of young people are off-track in the secondary-level, digital, and job-specific skills attainment. At approximately 10 years old, the majority of children in low- and middle-income countries are unable to read and understand a simple text.

Source: UNICEF and The Education Commission

14/07/2022

Bangladesh tops South Asia ranking on the gender gap index
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South Asia ranked the worst among the eight regions in the report in terms of closing the gender gap. The study noted that there was a lack of progress on gender parity in most countries since the last edition of the report. Bangladesh topped the regional ranking, followed by Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Bangladesh and Nepal had closed 69% of their gender gaps, while Afghanistan had only closed 43.5%, the lowest in the world.

Report: World Economic Forum

12/07/2022