Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flights to Riyadh indefinitely in the interest of the security of the passengers in the context of the attack on the airport of Saudi Arabia. However the organisation is planning to start the flights to Dammam from next October 21. In this case permission will have to be taken from the Dammam Airport authorities.
The Bangladesh Puja Celebration Council has given 26-point directives for the Puja Celebration Committees at the district and upazila levels to celebrate the Sharadiya Durga Puja in a peaceful, safe and environment-friendly manner. In the directives a call has been made to avoid the use of high-volume microphones and sound systems, bursting fireworks and crackers and unnecessary lighting.
Although the use of internet and mobile phones has increased in Bangladesh, the rate of internet use at the family level has decreased. The rate of internet use among people aged five years or more has increased and stood at 59.2 percent. On the other hand, the number of mobile subscribers in the country has crossed 19 crore. However the rate of computer use still remains below 12 percent.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today visited footpaths cleared of encroachment in the capital’s Mirpur area and spoke with pedestrians to assess how the eviction of street hawkers had improved their movements.
About 29 percent of the highly educated youth in Bangladesh are unemployed. On the other hand, about half of the highly educated workers are engaged in such professions where their educational qualifications and skills are not being fully utilised. This picture of the labour market of the country has emerged in a report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed taking measures against a doctor after seeing him smoking in his own room while inspecting Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Agargaon of the capital. At that time he expressed dissatisfaction as the room of the doctor was unclean.