Vote for the boat and let us serve you again: Hasina to citizens
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has addressed the nation ahead of the election, urging Bangladeshis to vote her Awami League party to power for a fourth consecutive term. “If we have made any mistakes along the way, we ask you to look on it with kind and forgiving eyes,” the premier said in a speech broadcast by state-run Bangladesh Television on Thursday evening. “If we can form a government once again, we will have a chance to fix these mistakes. Please vote for the ‘boat’ symbol in the Jan 7 election and allow us the opportunity to serve you once again.”The BNP, the largest opposition party in the country, has called a 48-hour hartal starting Saturday and continuing into election day as part of its campaign to boycott the polls under what it has described as a ‘partisan’ government.
Source:bd News24
January 04, 2024 14:55 UTC
Longtime boyfriend jogs 8 km in shorts and gym vest to marry Aamir Khan's daughter
Ira Khan, the daughter of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend, fitness trainer Nupur Shikhare, in Mumbai, according to local media reports. Aamir’s first wife Reena Dutta, ex-wife Kiran Rao, sons Junaid Khan and Azad, and Nupur’s mother Pritam Shikhare, were all seen decked up for the big wedding on Wednesday. The groom, however, jogged 8 kilometres to the wedding venue, and proceeded to complete the formalities wearing a pair of shorts and a gym vest, The Indian Express said.
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January 04, 2024 12:46 UTC
Our Moment Cafe group celebrates anniversary
Richard and Carolyn Vena, of the Village of Summerhill, dance during an Our Moment Cafe meeting at Chula Vista Recreation on Oct. 17. The group meets twice a month at Chula Vista Recreation and once a month at Bacall Recreation.
Source:Daily Sun
January 04, 2024 11:44 UTC
BNP activists vandalise police vehicle during procession in Dhamrai
BNP activists have allegedly attacked and vandalised a police van in Dhaka’s Dhamrai Upazila during a procession marking the opposition group’s election boycott campaign. At least three policemen were injured in the attack that took place near the Gazi Market in Kalampur on Thursday, said Sirajul Islam, chief of Dhamrai Police Station. The BNP activists brought out a procession in Kalampur, but the police quickly intervened, witnesses said. Law enforcers detained some of the activists, prompting BNP loyalists to hurl brickbats at a police vehicle, according to Sirajul. The injured policemen received first aid at a local hospital, he said.
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January 04, 2024 11:13 UTC
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January 04, 2024 04:32 UTC
India's Gujarat state signs deals worth $86bn ahead of investment summit
India's Gujarat state on Wednesday signed initial investment agreements worth 7.17 trillion Indian rupees ($86.07 billion) with 58 companies operating in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, and chemicals, its government said. The home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat has been signing these agreements ahead of its biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, which is scheduled to take place in state capital Gandhinagar from Jan 10 to Jan 12. The companies that signed the pacts included NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, which proposed an investment of 900 billion Indian rupees ($10.80 billion) to create 15 gigawatt (GW) renewable energy parks and projects to meet the agricultural sector's power needs, a senior Industries Department official said. NTPC also proposed a further investment of 700 billion Indian rupees ($8.40 billion) for fuel cell electric vehicle mobility, hydrogen blending with natural gas, production of green chemicals such as ammonia and methanol, and 5GW hydrogen-based energy storage projects, the official added.
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January 04, 2024 01:52 UTC
High Court rule on case against bdnews24.com’s Khalidi: ACC in court again
The ACC case states that Khalidi sold 20,000 of his shares in bdnews24.com for Tk 250 million and raised another Tk 250 million from issuing another 20,000 shares to LR Global. The case alleges the asset valuation report was “fake” and out of the Tk 500 million investment, Tk 420 million was deposited into accounts with four banks. In 2020, the ACC went to the Supreme Court, challenging the bail Khalidi secured from the High Court, but the Appellate Division dismissed the ACC’s petition and rebuked it for "wasting the court's time". Although bdnews24.com had publicised the investment in detail, the ACC accused Khalidi of gaining wealth beyond means. The ACC itself referredin the case to the reports published by bdnews24.com on the asset manager’s investment.
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January 03, 2024 19:30 UTC
Hasina set to address nation today
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation today ahead of the 12th parliamentary elections, reports bdnews24.com. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the premier will deliver her speech following the ruling party's final campaign event on Thursday (today) without specifying any time. Meanwhile, the press wing of the Prime Minister's Office said Hasina would address citizens in the evening. Quader revealed that 80 observers from 11 countries were expected to arrive in the country for the election. "Representatives from the European Union are already in Dhaka, and 50 foreign journalists from various countries have arrived."
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January 03, 2024 18:01 UTC
Bangladesh records 70 dengue cases, 1 death in a day
In the latest daily count, hospitals in Dhaka admitted 13 patients, while the other districts recorded 47 new cases. Of the 561 dengue patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country in the morning, 259 were in Dhaka and 302 outside the capital. Experts have blamed a prolonged monsoon and rising temperature, along with a lack of effective measures to kill the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the known carrier of the virus, for the outbreak.
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January 03, 2024 13:24 UTC
EC approves more than 200 foreign observers to monitor Jan 7 polls
More than 200 foreign observers will oversee the 12th general elections this year on Jan 7, Election Commission’s Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath said. The commission approved applications from a total of 186 foreign observers and journalists until Wednesday noon. The applications submitted by some other foreign observers are still in process, Ashok said, stating the tally will reach over 200. The commission approved another group of 20,773 local observers to monitor the polls. The commission will brief the local and foreign observers on Jan 6.
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January 03, 2024 12:25 UTC
12 killed as bus and truck crash head-on in India’s Assam
At least 12 people have been killed and 25 others injured after their bus collided head-on with a truck in Assam’s Golaghat district. The accident occurred in the Balijan area near Dergaon on Wednesday morning, according to news agency ANI. The bus was headed towards Tilinga Mandir from the Kamarbandha area. It collided with a truck coming from Jorhat in the opposite direction, according to Rajen Singh, the Golaghat superintendent of police.
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January 03, 2024 08:30 UTC