Nurses on four-hour work stoppage
Nurses are conducting a four-hour work stoppage to demand the withdrawal of all cadre officers in the Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery and Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council. The work stoppage will continue from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Tuesday. They went on a three-hour work stoppage on Sept 30 and Oct 1 across the country. In response, the nurses are conducting another work stoppage, said Dr Md Shariful Islam, convener of the Nursing and Midwifery Reform Council. Under the circumstances, we have announced a work stoppage to fulfil our single point demand," he said.
Source:bd News24
October 08, 2024 05:56 UTC
Community Art Exhibit Exposes Local Artists, Highlights Diverse Artwork
It means everything to me.”The exhibit at CAP ArtSpace, an art gallery in Ithaca Commons, served as a kick-off event for the Greater Ithaca Art Trail, a community of over 50 artists from Tompkins County. The Art Trail planned their season kick-off during Ithaca Gallery Night, a monthly event where galleries around Tompkins County open their venues to local artists. 40 artists from the Art Trail shared samples of their art for this exhibit. Artist Cai Quirk appreciated the crowd that Ithaca Gallery Night brought to the exhibit, and said that the opportunity to share their art was meaningful. She smiled warmly while introducing artists and was eager to show off the variety of local artwork around the room.
Source:Daily Sun
October 08, 2024 04:30 UTC
Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensifies, as memorials mark war anniversary
REUTERSSmoke billows over Beirut southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon October 7, 2024. Israelis held ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the Oct 7 attack as the Gaza conflict has spread across the Middle East and raised fears of an all-out regional war. Israel's military said around 190 projectiles had entered Israeli territory on Monday. The Israeli military has described its ground operation in Lebanon as "localised, limited and targeted," but it has steadily increased in scale beginning last week. ROCKETS HIT HAIFAAn Israeli military statement said five rockets were launched towards Haifa, a major Mediterranean port, from Lebanon and interceptors were fired at them.
Source:bd News24
October 08, 2024 02:58 UTC
Hamas will rise 'like a phoenix' from the ashes, leader-in-exile says
REUTERSHamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian group would rise "like a phoenix" from the ashes despite heavy losses during a year of war with Israel, and that it continues to recruit fighters and manufacture weapons. Hamas also fired four missiles at Gaza on Monday morning, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on southern Israel that triggered the war. Israel says Hamas no longer exists as an organised military structure and has been reduced to guerrilla tactics. At least a third of the Palestinian fatalities in Gaza, around 17,000 people, are Hamas fighters, according to Israeli officials. Israel blames Hamas, whose founding charter calls for Israel's destruction, for the failure to secure peace.
Source:bd News24
October 08, 2024 02:45 UTC
Jeb Bradley looks at New Hampshire elections
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Source:Daily Sun
October 08, 2024 01:50 UTC
Seven of a family die in Mumbai fire
Two children are among seven members of a family who have been killed after a short circuit sparked a fire in India’s Mumbai, reports bdnews24.com citing NDTV. The incident took place around 5am local time in Chembur's Sidharth Colony on Sunday. The fire started in a store on the ground floor housing electrical goods before spreading to the upper floors, where a family lived, officials said. The victims were identified as Paris Gupta, 7, Narendra Gupta, 10, Manju Prem Gupta, 30, Anita Gupta, 39, Prem Gupta, 30, Vidhi Gupta, and Geeta Gupta. All of them were rushed to the hospital, but were declared dead upon arrival.
Source:bd News24
October 07, 2024 22:07 UTC
Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
The Supreme Court decided Monday that a court order finding Texas hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a state abortion ban will stay for now
Source:Daily Sun
October 07, 2024 21:32 UTC
My sacrifice be successful if good governance ensured: injured journo Ripon
DHAKA, Oct 7, 2024(BSS)-Journalist Ripon Hawlader, who was critically injured in police firing during the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement in the capital, today said that his sacrifice will be successful if discrimination is removed from the society and good governance is ensured in the country. “Not only for performing my professional responsibilities rather I had support for the movement,” Ripon, a journalist of daily Sarejamin, told BSS today. Ripon received critical bullet injuries at Rampura bridge area on July 18 while taking video footage of a police action on the agitating students of the movement. The injured journalist said that there were no democratic rights of the people, voting rights and freedom of press during the last fascist government. Ripon, hailed from Kolapara upazila of Patuakhali district, now an inhabitant of Rupnagar area under East Badda area.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
October 07, 2024 19:28 UTC
HSC, equivalent exam results to be released on Oct 15
"The HSC results will be published at 11am on Oct 15," Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar, president of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee and chairman of the Dhaka Education Board, told bdnews24.com on Monday. Earlier, Prof Sarkar told bdnews24.com: “The subjects for which exams were held will be evaluated through exam scripts. For those which exams were not held will be evaluated through subject mapping of SSC numbers.”The HSC and equivalent exams for 10 education boards started on Jun 30. Initially, the HSC and equivalent exam on Jul 18 was postponed. If conditions improved, the HSC and equivalent exams were initially set to resume on Aug 4 according to the announced schedule.
Source:bd News24
October 07, 2024 19:22 UTC
9-member constitutional reform commission formed with student representative Mahfuz Alam
Aside from the head of the commission, all other reform commissions, except the police and constitutional reform commissions, have eight members. The police and constitutional reform commissions have nine members each. Like other commissions, the Constitutional Reform Commission has been given a timeline starting from Oct 6 to begin its work and submit a report within 90 days based on everyone’s opinions. The notification regarding the formation of the full constitutional reform commission said that the commission was formed with the approval of the chief advisor to review and evaluate the existing constitution for the establishment of a representative and effective democracy, as well as the empowerment of the people, and to prepare a report with necessary recommendations for constitutional reform. However, later on, Professor Ali Riaz was appointed as the head of the Constitutional Reform Commission, replacing lawyer Shahdeen Malik.
Source:bd News24
October 07, 2024 18:57 UTC
Bir Uttom Komol Siddique dies
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October 07, 2024 17:56 UTC
Saber Hossain placed on 5-day remand
Police will question in custody former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury for five days in connection with the murder of a BNP worker, which occurred two years ago.Saber was presented in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Monday, where Paltan Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Nazmul Hasan, the investigating officer, sought a 10-day remand for interrogation.Saber's lawyer Ehsanul Haque Samaji opposed the remand plea and sought bail, but Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubul Haque rejected the bail request and granted a 5-day remand.According to the case details, ahead of the BNP rally on Dec 10, 2022, party leaders and activists began gathering in Dhaka.On Dec 7, from 3pm to 11pm, clashes erupted in Naya Paltan near the BNP central office, with reports of baton charges, cocktail explosions, tear gas shells, stun grenades, and gunfire.Several BNP activists were injured in the violence. BNP worker Mokbul, identified by a single name, was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with gunshot wounds, where the on-duty doctor pronounced him dead.On Sept 30, Mahfuzur Rahman filed a case accusing 156 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Saber, for their alleged involvement in the violence and Mokbul's murder.Saber, a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, was arrested on Sunday in Dhaka's Gulshan and brought to court under heavy security.As he entered the court premises, a group of protesters gathered, chanting slogans and throwing eggs at him.The court premises saw large crowds of onlookers, with people gathering on balconies of the 10-storey white building to witness the proceedings.Saber was made environment, forest and climate change minister by deposed prime minister Hasina earlier this year.In June 2023, he was appointed as Hasina's special envoy on environment and climate affairs. He also chaired the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the environment, forest and climate change in the 11th parliament.He held important ministerial positions early in his political career. — bdnews24.com
Source:bd News24
October 07, 2024 17:52 UTC
How the world is marking Oct 7 attack on Israel, start of Gaza war
REUTERS/Irina Dambrauskas/People around the world held vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark Monday's first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged on in the enclave. The militants killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages to Gaza on Oct. 7 last year, according to Israeli figures. Nearly 42,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities, and most of the 2.3-million-strong population displaced. ISRAELCeremonies began at about 6:29 am, the time when Hamas-led militants launched rockets into Israel at the start of the Oct. 7 attack last year. Hamas said it fired a missile salvo at Tel Aviv, with the Israeli military saying sirens sounded in central Israel.
Source:bd News24
October 07, 2024 17:37 UTC