Tourism restricted to save St Martin’s Island: Rizwana
Referring to all the negative publicity surrounding travel restrictions on St Martin’s Island, Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan says that the government has imposed some limitations on tourism to protect the only coral island in the country. Speaking of the destruction of the corals due to uncontrolled development of hotels and motels on the island, Rizwana said: “If this continues, by 2025, all the corals will be destroyed and St Martin’s will sink.”According to the interim government’s new limitations, St Martin’s Island will be open to tourists from November to January. Referring to the concerns of those who are criticising the government’s decision, Rizwana said: “People are muddying the waters for no reason about St Martin’s. According to internationally accepted journals, if this continues, all the corals will be destroyed by 2025 and St Martin’s Island will sink. That’s why tourism is still allowed on St Martin’s Island.”
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 12:56 UTC
Ex-minister Shajahan Khan hospitalised with chest pain
Former minister and labour leader Shajahan Khan has been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after falling ill during interrogation on Monday afternoon. He has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit of the hospital for tests due to chest pain. Shajahan was previously brought to the hospital on Saturday night after feeling ill. Touqir Ahmed, a doctor assigned to the DMCH emergency room, said that he had been given an electrocardiogram, or ECG. Inspector Md Faruk, chief of the DMCH Police Outpost, said that doctors had decided to admit Shajahan to the hospital.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 12:46 UTC
Tourism restricted to save St Martin’s Island, says Environment Advisor Rizwana
According to the advisor, St Martin’s Island will be underwater by 2025 if tourism is not controlledReferring to all the negative publicity surrounding travel restrictions on St Martin’s Island, Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan says that the government has imposed some limitations on tourism to protect the only coral island in the country. Referring to the concerns of those who are criticising the government’s decision, Rizwana said: “People are muddying the waters for no reason about St Martin’s. According to internationally accepted journals, if this continues, all the corals will be destroyed by 2025 and St Martin’s Island will sink. Tourists are visiting and picking up corals,” said Rizwana while speaking of the unregulated development of both hotels and motels on the island. That’s why tourism is still allowed on St Martin’s Island.”
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 12:14 UTC
Pandemic accord deal in sight as talks resume
In December 2021, fearing a repeat of the devastation wrought by Covid-19 --which killed millions of people, crippled health systems and crashedeconomies -- countries agreed to draft an accord on pandemic prevention,preparedness and response. - Equity battle -The pandemic agreement is being hammered out by the World HealthOrganization's 194 memberstates. It has turned into a stand-off between wealthier nations where most of themedicines are developed and poorer countries who felt cut adrift during theCovid-19 pandemic. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that whatever countriesagreed, the accord had to prevent a repeat of the glaring inequalitiesexposed by Covid-19. "Across the board in the pandemic agreement, the feeling is there is reallyno meaningful deliverable" that would overturn the inequities of Covid-19,she told journalists.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
November 04, 2024 11:57 UTC
Govt dismisses another 58 trainee sub-inspectors in Sardah
"The 58 [sub-inspectors] were served with show-cause notices as per the rules over breach of discipline and were dismissed after they failed to reply satisfactorily,” he said. On Oct 21, 252 cadet sub-inspectors undergoing training at the academy were dismissed for 'causing a commotion over the snacks served’ at the graduation parade rehearsal. Three other SIs from the same batch had been dismissed before the 252 SIs. The graduation parade of the 40th BCS cadre's trainee assistant police superintendents on Sunday was postponed due to 'unavoidable circumstances,' on Oct 20. The postponement occurred even though the home advisor and other high-ups in the home ministry went to Sardah to attend the graduation parade.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 10:39 UTC
36 dead in bus crash in Indian Himalayas
DEHRADUN, India, Nov 4, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A bus in India plunged into a deep Himalayan ravine on Monday, killing at least 36 passengers and injuring several others, a government official said Monday. Photographs released by government rescue teams showed the crumpled wreckage of the bus in thick undergrowth, with the twisted front of the vehicle squashed nearly flat. Road accidents are common along the many mountainous roads in the Himalayan region, caused mostly by poor maintenance and reckless driving in the tortuous terrain. "So far, 36 casualties have been confirmed," Deepak Rawat, a senior official from the northern state of Uttarakhand told reporters. Hundreds of people die in road accidents in India every year.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
November 04, 2024 10:10 UTC
36 dead after bus falls into gorge in India’s Uttarakhand
At least 36 people have died and 10 are injured as a bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into a deep gorge in India's Uttarakhand. Local villagers are assisting rescue workers to locate passengers still trapped in the wreckage, Vineet Pal, Almora’s disaster management officer, told TOI. The bus coming from Naini Danda in Pauri Garhwal district was travelling to Ramnagar in Nainital district. Almora SSP and disaster management officials are overseeing the rescue efforts. Survivors said that when the 42-seater bus fell, passengers were ejected due to the impact, while others managed to escape.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 09:01 UTC
Bishwa Ijtema to be split into two phases again in 2025
The first phase is set to be held from Jan 31 to Feb 2, followed by the second phase from Feb 7 to 9Bishwa Ijtema to be split into two phases again in 2025The Bishwa Ijtema, one of the world's largest Muslim gatherings, is once again set to be held in two phases in 2025. The first phase will be held from Jan 31 to Feb 2 on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi, followed by the second phase from Feb 7 to 9. He added that further details about which group will organise the first and second phases would be disclosed in due course. Since 2019, the disciples of the late Maulana Zubairul Hasan and Saad have been organising Ijtema events separately, with Zubair's group typically conducting the first phase. He added that the Zubair group was invited to the meeting but did not attend, signalling their disregard for the current government.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 08:38 UTC
Police Reform Commission moves to gather public feedback on potential changes
In response to the majority of injuries in the anti-discrimination movement involving students and the public, the interim government's Police Reform Commission has issued a notification requesting information from the public on transforming the force. The ministry notification says that the identities of those providing feedback will be kept confidential and that the information received will only be used to assist in reform efforts. "In pursuit of this goal, the People's Republic of Bangladesh government has established the 'Police Reform Commission' to reform the police force, which is currently operational. The Police Reform Commission seeks your valuable opinion on this matter." This nine-strong commission, including a student representative, will recommend measures for creating a 'public-friendly, accountable, skilled, and impartial' police force.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 04:41 UTC
Pabna journalist sued under DSA
On Thursday, I managed to have a copy of the case statement from the Dhaka court," he said. According to the case statement, the accused defamed Azizul by publishing a news on local web portal pabnamail24.com. Meanwhile, different journalist organisations in separate messages have demanded withdrawal of the case after the filing of the lawsuit came to light. If the demand is not met, the journalist community will announce a tough agitation," said ABM Fozlur Rahman, president of Pabna Press Club. He, however, denied the allegation that he sued the journalist to harass him.
Source:bd News24
November 04, 2024 03:17 UTC
Ohio man pleads not guilty by insanity in fatal stabbing at Grand Island-area rest stop
An Ohio man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in connection to a deadly stabbing at an Interstate 80 rest stop near Grand Island in June that left a 72-year-old man fatally wounded and the victim's wife seriously injured. James Thompson Jr., a 22-year-old from Elyria, Ohio, appeared by video from the Hall County jail for the arraignment hearing Tuesday. Deputies found Mary Weaver on the ground bleeding beside their RV and her husband, Gary Weaver, inside bleeding from his chest and head. When the woman tried to get away, Thompson followed, stabbing her multiple times before driving away in a Ford Focus. Thompson got out and ran but was arrested a short distance away with blood on his shirt and cuts on his hand.
Source:Daily Sun
October 23, 2024 04:27 UTC
Volleyball Defeats Penn Before Falling to Princeton
Volleyball defeated Penn in four sets Friday before falling short the next day against Princeton. In the first set, Cornell established an early lead before allowing Penn to go on a couple of runs. The second set featured six different lead changes, making it the most tightly contested of the match. Head coach Trudy Vande Berg said it was uncharacteristic of the team to let the set go in that way. Newsletter Signup“We weren’t aggressive basically in our whole game,” Vande Berg said.
Source:Daily Sun
October 23, 2024 02:36 UTC
Coconino volleyball sweeps Mohave on Senior Night
State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Pacific Armed Forces Europe Northern Mariana Islands Marshall Islands American Samoa Federated States of Micronesia Guam Palau Alberta, Canada British Columbia, Canada Manitoba, Canada New Brunswick, Canada Newfoundland, Canada Nova Scotia, Canada Northwest Territories, Canada Nunavut, Canada Ontario, Canada Prince Edward Island, Canada Quebec, Canada Saskatchewan, Canada Yukon Territory, CanadaZip Code
Source:Daily Sun
October 23, 2024 01:48 UTC
The little airline that could — Lebanon's national carrier braves Israeli airstrikes
The little airline that could — Lebanon's national carrier braves Israeli airstrikesSince Israel began bombarding Beirut’s southern suburbs as part of its offensive against Hezbollah militants, Lebanon’s national air carrier has become a local icon simply by continuing to do its job
Source:Daily Sun
October 23, 2024 00:30 UTC
On the Mark: Go Vote
Get Breaking NewsSign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox.
Source:Daily Sun
October 22, 2024 21:26 UTC