The eighth annual Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE)-2017 co-hosted by Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR), Armed Forces Division (AFD) and United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) concluded yesterday at Army Golf Club, reports BSS. Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations &…

It was the 27th day of Ashwin in late autumn. A sudden spell of sultry weather, with the mercury rising to 34.7 degrees Celsius yesterday (Thursday), led Dhaka citizens to ask what has gone wrong with the weather this time of the year. Bazlur Rashid, senior meteorologist at the Dhaka Met Office, told…

Mohammed Jubayed came into the world shortly after midday in a baking hot military tent in the chaos of a vast refugee camp in Bangladesh, now home to…

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed on creating awareness and ensuring active participation of people of all strata alongside the government and non-government organisations in all programmes to reduce disaster risks, reports BSS. In separate messages on the eve…

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has instructed the all International Internet gateway (IIG) to reduce 10 per cent bandwidth supply to Banglalion Communication Limited, a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), for their huge dues to the government. The commission yesterday issued…

The National Girl Child Day will be observed in the country today. The theme of this year's day is 'Rise of girl children will bring progress for country', reports UNB. Different government, non-government and socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to make the…