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June 26, 2024 19:39 UTC

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June 26, 2024 17:31 UTC

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June 26, 2024 17:04 UTC

SANGSAD BHABAN, June 26, 2024 (BSS) - Lawmakers today said the proposed budget has been placed aiming to fulfill the demand of the people. Taking part in the general discussion on the national budget for 2024-25 fiscal at the Jatiya Sangsad here, the lawmakers said the proposed budget has focused on education, health, food, local industries and social security which would improve peoples' life and ensuring forming a developed society. Welcoming the proposed budget, Abdur Razzaque of Tangail-8 said the budget has been placed in line with the electoral manifestoes of the ruling Awami League. The allocation under the safety net programmes has been proposed Taka 1,36,026 crore for FY25 while it was only Taka 22,000 crore during the BNP-Jammat regime, said the lawmaker. Another opposition lawmaker Hafijuddin Ahmed of Thakurgaon-3 said the proposed budget has increased Taka 64,000 crore new tax which would create negative impact on the common people.

June 26, 2024 16:15 UTC

Lloyd Austin initiated the conversation and it was the first such call since March 2023U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a press conference during a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File PhotoU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a press conference during a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File PhotoThe US and Russian defense chiefs spoke by telephone on Tuesday in rare communication between the two powers and with tensions rising after Moscow blamed Washington for a deadly Ukraine attack over the weekend on the Russian-annexed Crimea. The two sides gave widely divergent accounts of the conversation - the first one between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russia's new Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, who replaced Sergei Shoigu in May. Russia's Defense Ministry, however, said that Belousov warned Austin of the dangers of continued US arms supplies to Ukraine in the 28-month-old war.

June 26, 2024 16:13 UTC





Those charges stemmed from WikiLeaks' release in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents on Washington's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - one of the largest breaches of secret information in US history. "I believed the First Amendment protected that activity but I accept that it was ... a violation of the espionage statute." Chief US District Judge Ramona V Manglona accepted his guilty plea, noting that the US government indicated there was no personal victim from Assange's actions. Assange's UK and Australian lawyer Jennifer Robinson thanked the Australian government for its years of diplomacy in securing Assange's release. "This is something that has been considered, patient, worked through in a calibrated way, which is how Australia conducts ourselves."

June 26, 2024 15:38 UTC

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June 26, 2024 13:17 UTC

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June 26, 2024 12:06 UTC

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the formation of two investigative committees to probe allegations of insider trading against Abdullah Al Mahmud, the director of the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The Financial Institutions Department of the ministry has also ordered the DSE to suspend Al Mahmud from his duties as director until the investigation is over. Despite not receiving the letter from the finance ministry, the DSE has already begun investigating the manipulation of the share market. Three months after becoming the director of the DSE, the Daily Jugantor newspaper published a report alleging Mahmud had engaged in market manipulation. Following the Daily Jugantor’s report, the finance ministry gave directives to investigate whether Mahmud has breached the rules and guidelines of the DSE and BSEC.

June 26, 2024 10:44 UTC

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Ahead of their first presidential debate, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are offering sharply different visions of the US role in the world, both in style and substance. - Russia and Ukraine -Biden has spearheaded international efforts to support Ukraine after Russia invaded the neighboring country -- in defiance of his direct warnings -- in February 2022. With Biden's encouragement, the US Congress has approved $175 billion in support for Ukraine, including weapons and budgetary support. But the Biden administration faults Trump for backing Netanyahu in sidestepping the Palestinian issue in the push for Arab recognition of Israel. Biden has also accused Trump of worsening Iran's nuclear program by withdrawing from a deal negotiated under former president Barack Obama.

June 26, 2024 10:12 UTC

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June 26, 2024 09:08 UTC

Several vehicles broke down in the middle of the road due to waterloggingHeavy rain has inundated several areas of Dhaka city, causing the water to rise to waist height in some parts of the city. After the heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning, several areas, including the capital’s Mirpur No. Around 11:30am, an on-duty traffic policeman at Mirpur 10 told bdnews24.com: “A lot of water had accumulated here. However, it has tapered off a bit now.”The rains also inundated areas near Begum Rokey Sarani’s Shewrapara and Kazipara. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded 61 mm of rain in Dhaka from 9am to 12pm.

June 26, 2024 08:10 UTC

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June 26, 2024 08:07 UTC

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June 26, 2024 06:02 UTC

She advises the public to stay cautious, not fearful, about Russell's viper amidst growing concerns‘Fear humans, not snakes’: Hasina stresses vigilance as Russell’s viper spreads to more areasPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged caution rather than panic in tackling the spread of venomous Russell’s viper, saying people need to fear their human counterparts more than the snakes. Snakes fear humans and may bite out of panic, she said during a press conference at Ganabhaban on Tuesday. “There's no need to fear snakes; humans pose the greater threat,” she said. Though known in some places as Chandraboda, the snake's English name is more familiar to the people of Bangladesh nowadays. The prime minister shared her experience at the conference, recalling: "While fishing, I often saw snakes passing by.

June 26, 2024 05:50 UTC