REUTERSBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Ocado distribution centre on the day of a Conservative general election campaign event, near Luton, Britain Jul 2, 2024. REUTERSBadly lagging in the race to win Britain's election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went hunting for votes among whirling robots in a retail distribution centre on Tuesday, kicking off his first campaign stop of the day before 5 am (0400 GMT). The prime minister later surprised people at a motorway service station when he joined a queue in McDonald's to buy breakfast for journalists following his campaign. Sunak shocked many in his party and the country when he called an election several months earlier than expected. Sunak, a former investment banker, has since travelled across the country, giving speeches and attending several hustings a day.

The government will pay Tk 52.14bn for these projects, while Tk 1.40bn is expected to come in from abroad and another Tk 1.06bn from implementing organisationsThe Executive Committee of the National Economic Council has approved 11 projects at a cost of nearly Tk 54.6 billion. The spending for these projects will come from Tk 52.14 billion in government funds, Tk 1.40 billion in foreign funds, and Tk 1.06 billion in funds from their implementation organisations. The approvals were given at the ECNEC meeting led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the NEC Conference Room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka on Tuesday. The approved projects are the ‘Dhaka Region Agricultural Development’ project of the Ministry of Agricultural Resources; two projects of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives namely – ‘Important Rural Infrastructure Development in Barguna District’ and ‘Important Rural Infrastructure Development in Munshiganj District’; the ‘Land Acquisition for Raipura 120 MW (AC) Peak Grid Tied Solar Power Plant’ project of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; the ‘BCIC Printing Industrial City’ project of the Ministry of Industry; the ‘Establishment of Child Development Centres, Kishoreganj, Joypurhat and Chattogram" project of the Ministry of Social Welfare; the ‘Construction of Islamic Arabic University’ project of the Secondary and Higher Education Division; the ‘Cumilla-Salda-Kasba (Syedabad) road (N-114) to National Highway’ project of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges; the Ministry of Housing and Public Works’ ‘Urban Building Protection’ project; the ‘Establishment of Pillars on the Banks of the Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakshya and Balu Rivers, Construction of Ancillary Infrastructure, including Shore Protection, Walkways and Jetties (2nd Phase)’ project of the Ministry of Shipping and the ‘Construction of Administrative and Barrack Buildings of Police Stations for Bangladesh Police in Different Parts of the Country’ project of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In attendance at the meeting were Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Industry Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan, Social Welfare Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury; Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda, Agriculture Minister Mohammed Abdus Shahid, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samant Lal Sen, Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan, Environment, Forest and Climate Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, and Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury along with other members of cabinet and senior officials.

Chicken prices were stable for a decade and then began to rise in 2022. At one point, broiler chicken prices rose to Tk 250-Tk 260 per kg while Sonali chicken prices went up to Tk 420. “As far as I can gather, chicken prices are at their lowest in the past year,” Liton said. On Sunday, Mohammed Dulal of Faruk Chicken Broiler House sold chicken at Tk 170 per kg. PRICE DROP AFFECTS POULTRY FARMSA drop in the prices of chicken has caused issues for poultry farmers.

A landslide in Khagrachhari’s Alutila Sapmara area has disrupted traffic between Dhaka and Chattogram. According to passengers, the Fire Service began to remove the soil from the road after traffic came to a halt, as per bdnews24.com reports. It may take a few hours before the whole road is cleared.”Meanwhile, severe flooding in Rangamati’s Langadu has disrupted road connectivity to the rest of the country. Heavy rains have increased the water level of the Maini River and battered the road connectivity in the region, adding to the suffering of locals. Mahmuda Begum Lucky, the chairman of Merong Union, told bdnews24.com: “Due to the heavy rain and landslides, 20 villages in Merong Union were flooded last night.

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China badminton player, 17, dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing on courtIndonesia, July 1, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - An "outstanding" 17-year-old Chinese badminton player died of cardiac arrest after collapsing on court during a tournament in Indonesia, officials said on Monday. "The world of badminton has lost a talented player," Badminton Asia and the PBSI said in a statement. "Zhang Zhijie loved badminton and was an outstanding athlete of the national youth badminton team," the CBA said in a statement. Governing body the Badminton World Federation said it was "saddened by the loss of emerging badminton talent Zhang Zhijie. "We offer our deepest condolences to his family, his teammates, to the Chinese Badminton Association, and the entire Chinese badminton community," it said in a statement.

100m of the Tahirpur-Bishambharpur road is submerged by the waterWater rising again in Sunamganj due to rain, runoffAfter a week’s gap, the water in Sunamganj’s rivers and streams is rising once again amid heavy rain and hill runoff. The Surma River was flowing 3 cm above the danger line at the Sunamganj Point, said Mamun Howlader, executive engineer of the district’s Water Development Board. In the 24 hours to 9am on Monday morning, the district saw 170 mm of rain, Mamun said. “We are worried that this water will quickly move down to Sunamganj and give rise to flood conditions.”The ongoing rain may persist in the area until Jul 6, the executive engineer said. “One hundred metres of the Tahirpur-Bishambharpur road has been flooded as the water rose,” said Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Chowdhury, Sunamganj deputy commissioner.

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SEOUL, July 1, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles but one launch failed, South Korea's military said Monday, a day after Pyongyang warned of "fatal consequences" following major joint exercises in the South. In response to the North's repeated launches, South Korea has fully suspended a tension-reducing military treaty. North Korea is also currently holding a major party meeting, which was opened by leader Kim, state media said Saturday. "These missile launches are likely the Kim regime's way of compensating for recent failed tests, aiming to impress a domestic audience during ruling party meetings." "Pyongyang is also determined not to appear weak while South Korea conducts defence exercises with Japan and the United States."

Narail, July 1, 2024 (BSS)- Three people were killed and another was injured in lightning at Ramnagar Char area in Narail Sadar upazila on Sunday midnight. The deceased were identified as - Ratan Mondal, 55 of Manirampur Upazila in Jashore, Milton Roy, 50, of Khulna Nijgram village and Nanda Dhali, 50, of Taka Upazila in Satkhira District. The injured Chitto Mondal was admitted to Narail Sadar Hospital in a critical condition. Narail Sadar Thana OC Sajedur Rahman confirmed the incident saying that, the locals found them lying on a field in the morning and rushed them to Narail Sadar Hospital, where the duty doctors declared the three dead. The bodies will be handed over to the families after autopsy and necessary legal procedures,he added.

REUTERS/Adnan AbidiIndia replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation on Monday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray. The new laws were approved by parliament in December in Modi's previous term with the government saying they aim to "give justice, not punishment". It says they were needed as colonial laws had been at the core of the criminal justice system for more than a century. Opposition Congress party lawmaker P. Chidambaram said the previous parliament session did not hold any "worthwhile debate" before passing the laws. "The initial impact will be to throw the administration of criminal justice into disarray," he posted on X.

Following backlash, Bangladesh Police Service Association President Monirul Islam says that the organisation had asked media outlets to verify their reports on graft allegations against police personnel before publishing them and had not ordered them to stop reporting on such incidents, reports bdnews24.com. Asked about the BPSA’s statement amid the discussion of alleged corruption in the police force, Monirul said that the police and the government have repeatedly stated that agencies will not bear the responsibility of individual wrongdoing. “Sometimes [these reports] included a lot of exaggerations or information that lacked context. That is why, in addition to our protest, we made a request in that statement,” he said. “We did not give you any orders or even instructions in any way.