Daily GK 23 October 2024

✏️ How many cubic feet of gas was recently found in Haripur, Sylhet?

Answer: 8 million cubic feet.

✏️ Who will represent Bangladesh at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)?

Answer: Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

✏️ What is ‘Isabeline Whittier’?

Answer: It is a newly discovered bird species.

✏️ When is National Safe Road Day celebrated?

Answer: October 22.

✏️ Which country developed the ‘THAAD’ missile defense system?

Answer: The United States.

✏️ Where is the 16th BRICS summit being held?

Answer: Kazan, Russia.

✏️ Which countries are members of the ‘Five Eyes’ alliance?

Answer: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

✏️ Where is the ‘Falak-ul-Afalak Fort’ located?

Answer: In Iran.

✏️ Who are the new Secretary General and CEO of the July Shaheed Memorial Foundation?

Answer: Sarjis Alam and Mir Snigdha.

✏️ When was the Bangladesh News Agency (BSS) established?

Answer: January 1, 1972.

✏️ Who will lead the Bangladeshi delegation at the BRICS summit?

Answer: Foreign Secretary Mohammad Jashim Uddin.

✏️ How many member countries are currently in BRICS?

Answer: 9 countries.

✏️ How many countries is King Charles of Britain the head of state for?

Answer: 14 Commonwealth countries.

✏️ Which Bangladeshi player was included in the best XI of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup?

Answer: Nigar Sultana Jyoti.

✏️ Who is known as the ‘Poet of Beautiful Bengal’, ‘The Most Lonely Poet’, and ‘The Purest Poet’?

Answer: Poet Jibanananda Das. (Death: October 22, 1954)

✏️ What is the contribution of the transport sector to GDP for the fiscal year 2023-24 according to provisional estimates?

Answer: 7.37%.

✏️ According to the World Bank, what could be the economic growth of Bangladesh for the current fiscal year?

Answer: 4 percent.

✏️ According to Oxfam’s report, what is Bangladesh’s position in labor policy formulation and implementation?

Answer: 161st (out of 164 countries).

✏️ Which country named the cyclone ‘Dana’?

Answer: Qatar.

✏️ What is the name of the powerful hurricane that recently hit Cuba?

Answer: Oscar.

✏️ Where is Shahpari Island located?

Answer: Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.

✏️ When does the 16th BRICS summit begin in Kazan, Russia?

Answer: October 22, 2024.

✏️ What is Bangladesh’s position in the Global Inequality Index?

Answer: 124th (source: Oxfam and Development Finance International).

✏️ When did poet Jibanananda Das, author of the poetry book ‘Jhara Palok’, pass away?

Answer: October 22, 1954.