Fiber Cable breaks down near Indonesia's sea area, for that the country's second Submarine Cable SEA-ME-WE-5 network has been out of service. As a result, the customers including the internet service providers of the country are getting slow internet service for the last four days. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Submarine Cable PLC said that the repairing time of the submarine cable can be lengthy till the last week of May. BSPLC General Manager Saidur Rahman informed that news on Tuesday (April 23). He said that the SEA-ME-WE-5 cable broke down in the sea coast of Indonesia at midnight last Friday. They take a little more time for administrative work. All in all, they said, the work can be done amid of the third or fourth week of next month.

Bangladesh Railway has withdrawn rebate on fares for passengers traveling more than 100 kilometers from May 4. As a result, all types of train fares are increasing. According to Bangladesh Railway officials, it gives about 20-30 percent rebate for travelling over 100km. Director General of Bangladesh Railway Sardar Sahadat Ali, confirmed the information to the media on Monday (April 22). 'The costs of train passengers travelling over 100 kilometres are likely to rise from May 4, as Bangladesh Railway will not provide the existing rebate facility from that day,' said Sahadat Ali. Train fares will be adjusted by withdrawing the the rebate from May 4, he said. However, in response to a question about the rate at which the train fare is increasing, the DG said it will be fixed the commercial branch of the railway.

The second session of the 12th parliament will be held on May 2. This information was given in a letter signed by Abdus Salam, Senior Secretary of Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat on Monday (April 15). "The President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday summoned the 2nd session of the 12th parliament at 5pm on May 2 at the Parliament Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The first session of the 12th Parliament began on January 30 and prorogued on March 5. Two bills were passed during the 22-day session. Earlier, The ruling party Awami League won 223 out of 300 seats in the 12th parliamentary elections held on January 7. The opposition Jatiya Party got 11 seats. Independent candidates won 62 seats.  

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) believes that the government is going to face a huge revenue deficit in the fiscal year 2023-2024. Observing the current trend of revenue collection in the last six months, it is expected that there may be a deficit of Tk 82,000 crore at the end of the financial year. CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun made the announcement at a press conference at the CPD office in Dhanmondi on Saturday (March 16). According to the CPD, there has been a big deficit in revenue collection for 10 to 11 years. This deficit will remain in the financial year 2023-24 as well; By the end of the year, it could be Tk 82,000 crore. They also said that the government's budget deficit has decreased, but the government's dependence on commercial banks has increased to reduce the deficit.

South Korea's financial watchdog said some of the country's largest brokers misrepresented risky China-linked structured products to retail investors, and it is considering penalties and a ban on sales. Regulators plan to take action after reviewing compensation offers from the financial firms involved, the Financial Supervisory Service said. An investigation uncovered poor regulatory compliance and systematic failures regarding the sale of products linked to the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index. "The mis-selling cases we announced today [Monday] were not just a deviation by individual firms but were common among most banks that were investigated," Lee Se-Hoon, senior first deputy governor at the FSS, said. Losses are estimated to total 5.8 trillion won (HK$34.6 billion) at the index's current levels. The potential losses will be the latest blow to the structured products market in Korea after the 2015 China stocks crash, the 2016 Brexit surprise and the 2020 oil market slump.  

The existing mild to moderate cold wave that is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and the districts of Moulavibazar, Barishal, Bhola and Cumilla may continue as mild cold wave and abate from some places, said a Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) bulletin issued for 24 hours commencing 9 am today (Jan 23). "Light rain or drizzle is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna division and weather may remain dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places," BMD bulletin added. However, Night and day temperature may rise slightly over the country. Country's maximum temperature on Monday was recorded 27.5 degrees Celsius at Teknaf while today's minimum temperature 6.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at Chuadanga.

Mild cold wave that is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon, Dinajpur and Moulvibazar may spread.   Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (Jan 20).   Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Night and day temperature may fall slightly over the country. Country’s maximum temperature was 27.5 degree Celsius at Sandip, Sitakunda, Feni and Cox’s Bazar and minimum was 9.6 degree Celsius at Srimangal. The sun will set at 5.36pm today at Dhaka and rise at 6.43am tomorrow (Jan 21).

Cold day condition may prevail at places over thecountry due to thick fog for the next two or three days and weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).   Air navigation, inland river transport and road communication may be disrupted due to thick fog which may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places over the country. Night and day temperature may rise slightly over the country. Source: BSS

The governor of the US state of Hawaii warned that the death toll from the devastating wildfires in Maui could drastically rise as responders comb the wreckage for human remains. "We are prepared for many tragic stories," Governor Josh Green told "CBS Mornings" in a recorded interview that was aired Monday. Twenty cadaver dogs and dozens of searchers are making their way through devastated blocks of the historic town of Lahaina. "They will find 10 to 20 people per day, probably, until they finish. And it's probably going to take 10 days. It's impossible to guess, really," he said. This means the death toll, currently estimated at at least 96 people, could double or even triple. As cellphone service has slowly been restored, residents have been able to reconnect with family and friends. The number of people still missing has been reduced from more than 2,000 to around 1,300, said Green. Full devastation in Lahaina More than 2,700 buildings were damaged or destroyed as the fire tore through the town, according to official estimates, causing $5.5 billion (€5.04 billion) in damage. Lahaina, which served as the Hawaiian kingdom's capital in the early 19th century, was home to around 12,000 residents. It had a bustling tourist street packed with shops and restaurants. Now, "there's nothing to see except full devastation," said Green, who has visited the town multiple times. Difficulties identifying remains Meanwhile, police are asking people with missing relatives to provide DNA samples to speed up the process of identifying the human remains. The intensity of the fire and the extent of the destruction is making identification process difficult. "The remains we're finding are from a fire that melted metal," said Maui Police Chief John Pelletier. "When we pick up the remains... they fall apart." The wildfire in Maui is the deadliest in the United States since 1918, when 453 people died in Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to nonprofit research group the National Fire Protection Association.

A fossil discovery suggests that mammals may have preyed on dinosaurs several times their size, according to a new study published Tuesday. The fossil, first stumbled upon by a farmer in 2012, was uncovered at a site known as "China's Pompeii" in the country's northeast. There, millions of years ago, a volcanic eruption took place, burying plants and animals. Scientific Reports, the journal that published the study, said the fossil showed two creatures — a mammal and a dinosaur — from around 125 millions years ago, during the Cretaceous period. Even though the mammal is much smaller, researchers think it was attacking the dinosaur when they both got caught in the volcanic flow, study author Jordan Mallon, said. The mammal is perched on the dinosaur, its paws gripping the reptile's jaw and a hind limb while its teeth are stuck into the ribcage. A paleobiologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Mallon said he had "never seen a fossil like this before." The new find suggests that mammals may have actually preyed on dinosaurs several times their size and didn't just scavenge ones that were already dead, Mallon explained. Fossil shows two creatures, with the mammal attacking the bigger-sized dinosaur Researchers think the mammal was attacking the dinosaur when they both got caught in the volcanic flow. The mammal in the fossil duo is the meat-eating Repenomamus robustus, which is about the size of a house cat, Mallon said.