Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNI) As part of “Resistance Week” organised by Bangladesh’s Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, a sit-in protest was proposed in Dhaka do demand speedy trial against those allegedly responsible for protesters’ killings during former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rule, media reports said on Wednesday. The protesters planned the march from Shahbagh to Rapa Plaza,…
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNI) The World Bank wants to work for development and job creation in Bangladesh and support the interim government to introduce new financial reforms, media reports said. World Bank’s Country Director Abdoulaye Seck, after meeting Dr Salehuddin Ahmed Finance and Planning advisor on Tuesday, expressed World Bank’s support for economic reforms in…
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNI) Jahangir Kabir, general secretary of the Barguna District Awami League, was detained by a police team from Dhaka on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to cause unrest following an alleged viral telephonic conversation with ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, media reports said. He was taken into custody from his residence…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) The government on Wednesday announced gallantry medals including one President’s Medal for Gallantry (PMG) for 1037 personnel of Police, Fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence (HG&CD) and Correctional Services on the occasion of 78th Independence day. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement said that the awards include…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) Online travel firm MakeMyTrip has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism to launch a campaign inviting Indians worldwide to rediscover their roots back home. The campaign titled ‘India: The Homecoming’ has been launched ahead of the 78th Independence Day and targets the Indian diaspora. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) Refusing to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate by August 23 on the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s petition seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday remembered the victims of partition saying, “On Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, we recall the countless people who were impacted and greatly suffered due to the horrors of Partition”. “It is also a day to pay tributes to their courage, which illustrates the power of…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted mineral-rich states to collect past dues on royalties from mining companies, bringing clarity to its earlier judgment passed on July 25 and allowing retrospective collection of the cess on all transactions executed after April 1, 2005. A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising…
Will we wake up after a big accident? Potholes all over are seen on Chetak Bridge Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal When will the dilapidated roads of the city be repaired? It seems that only God is the master of these roads now. The people of Bhopal have been crying about the roads for a long time…
Now you can reach Pune directly from Bhopal Direct flights to Pune to start after 2 months Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal If you are a resident of the capital and mostly travel by flight, then there is good news for you, because, from October 2, a flight from Bhopal to Pune is going to start. The…
