Business & Commerce
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has slashed duty on import of onions, potatoes, and pesticides in an effort to control its prices in the local market.The tax reductions for potatoes and onion will remain in effect until 30 November next, an official release said on Thursday, saying the customs w...
National,Front Page
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has expressed its optimism about controlling mosquito-borne disease Dengue by conducting regular and special programmes."We are hopeful to check Dengue under the DSCC areas in a successful manner by conducting regular and special programmes," DSCC Ad...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered PBI to investigate a murder case filed against 24 persons including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former Transport minister Obaidul Quader for gunning down a man in Rampuraon July 19 during the anti-discrimination protest.The victim’s wife fil...
Country, Districts
Collaborative efforts of all the government and non-government entities concerned can be the best way of alleviating poverty in the region, particularly in its rural areas. Utmost emphasis should be given on reaching all the services, including health and education, to the marginalized families...
Flood water is receding slowly as around 5,50,000 people still remained stranded in five upazilas in the district while over 25,000 people are still staying in shelter centers.Flood water decreased fast in Ramgati and Raipur upazilas but the trend is slow in other upazilas as water level receded onl...
National,Back Page
BNP Standing Committee Member and eminent labour leader Nazrul Islam Khan today urged the leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal to foil conspiracies of destroying the country's industries in the name of labour movement."As a labour organization, we must fight to protect jobs of w...
Art& Culture
The academic activities of Rajshahi University (RU) will resume on September 8 (Sunday) following an unscheduled closure of around two months.Apart from this, admission process in first year honours classes in 2023-2024 academic year which remained suspended at present will resume within a shortest ...
One of the 23 top listed terrorists, Sheikh Mohamad Aslam alias Sweden Aslam was released on bail from the Kashimpur jail here on Tuesday night after 19 years of his captivity as was accused in 22 criminal cases, nine of those for murder. "Sweden Aslam had been in the Kashimpur High Securi...
A Natore court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping a child in Bagatipara upazila of the district in 2011.Judge of the district Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Muhammad Abdur Rahim handed down the verdict to Dulal Hossain, 31, a resident of Chaipara vil...
Family members of two who were martyred in the student-people movement on Wednesday got financial support in Sail Bazar and Shoaib Bazar areas under Singra upazila in Natore district.Ramzan Ali, 30, son of Nazrul Islam of Sail Hazipur village and Sohel Rana, 28, son of Mottaleb Hossain of Soair vill...
Mita Mormu, 20, an undergraduate student at Kakonhat Degree College under Godagari upazila in the district, has found the path of generating income through lamb rearing.She said sheep farming has a vital role towards women empowerment and poverty reduction at the grassroots. Many of her co-villager ...
City
Environmental, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasised the need for integrating environmental policies into agri-food systems during her address at the 8th IUCN Regional Conservation Forum.The forum, held in Bangkok on Wednesday, brought together experts from across Asia to...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has dissolved the board of directors of the IFIC Bank PLC.The central bank has also formed a new board for IFIC Bank with the appointment of four independent directors and two representatives from the government, according to a letter issued by the central bank on Wednesday....
Stocks on Wednesday extended its losing streak as the risk-averse investors preferred to book profit on quick-gaining shares.DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), closed the day with 47.45 points down and settled at 5,739.07 points. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 1...
The Committee on the preparation for "White Paper on the State of Bangladesh Economy" would look into the loan agreements signed over the years especially the loan agreements signed in the energy sector."If the agreements on foreign loans that were signed over the years are available,...
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said the interim government believes in the freedom of media and it wants to see vibrant media in Bangladesh."We believe in the freedom of media and we want to see vibrant media (in Bangladesh)," he said in a meeting with the editors of ...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) granted amnesty for all 57 Bangladeshis earlier convicted by the UAE Federal Court."All 57 Bangladeshis who were earlier convicted by the UAE Federal Court have been granted pardon by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bi...
Around 8,000 Rohingyas have recently crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing armed conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Tuesday. “I have information that around 8,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh. We will have a serious discussion at t...
Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Farooq-e Azam on Tuesday said donor agencies assured that they would provide assistance in rehabilitation process following the assessment of flood damage."We are approaching rehabilitation process from the stage of relief operations," he said, adding...
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