Current Affairs
Bangladesh relies on two submarine cables, internet price to drop 50 percent with new connection
Bangladesh remains dependent mainly on two government submarine cables — SMW-4 and SMW-5 — even as neighbouring countries connect one after another to double-digit numbers of international submarine cables. India has 19, Malaysia 23, Thailand 12 and the Philippines 19 international submarine cable connections, while Bangladesh remains stuck with only two. This gap between limited capacity and growing demand has raised concern, with sector stakeholders saying the country's digital economy could face major obstacles in the coming decade if new connections are not added on time. They believe new submarine cables would raise the country's internet usage rate by 20-30 percent, which could bring down internet prices by up to 50 percent.
Nepal floods: 13 bodies recovered in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district has recovered 13 bodies from the river so far, as bodies continue to flow into India's Uttar Pradesh through the Narayani-Gandak river system due to devastating floods and flash floods in Nepal, officials said. Of the 13, six are men and seven are women.
DU syndicate declares Rashed Khan DUCSU GS seven years after election
Dhaka University (DU) Syndicate has declared Rashed Khan elected as general secretary (GS) of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) nearly seven and a half years after the 2019 election, following the cancellation of the studentship of Golam Rabbani, who had earlier been declared winner of the post.
Messi bids farewell to international football
Lionel Messi, Argentine legend and eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, has announced his retirement from the national team, ending his international football career.
Deaths from mob violence and violence against women-children increased: MSF
Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF) has claimed that mob and political violence across the country has increased alarmingly in August compared to July. The organization has also informed that the number of recovery of unidentified bodies has also increased during the same period.
Democracy-loving people are the source of all political power of BNP: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has commented that the democracy-loving people of the country are the source of all political power of BNP. He has said the other name of BNP is the struggle of building a public-welfare, democratic and self-reliant Bangladesh.
Courtesy meeting of Indian High Commissioner with PM’s Finance Adviser
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Finance and Planning Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir.
Video of accused chanting ‘Joy Bangla’ in lockup goes viral, two police withdrawn
Two police members have been withdrawn over the incident of the video of chanting ‘Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu’ while sitting in the lockup of Fatulla Model Police Station of Narayanganj spreading on social media.
Final voter list of local government election published, voters nearly 12.88 crore
The Election Commission (EC) has published the final voter list keeping the upcoming local government election ahead. According to the new list, the number of registered voters for casting votes in the local government election of the country is 12,87,77,643.
World leaders participating in SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan
The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has started in the Central Asian country Kyrgyzstan on the completion of 25 years of its establishment. More than a dozen top leaders of the world including President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of China Xi Jinping are participating in this summit that started on Monday (August 31).