Business & Commerce
After witnessing a downward trend in the last session, stocks on Thursday rebounded in Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues.After witnessing volatility, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 62.81 points or 1.17 per cen...
National,Front Page
At least 30 major establishments, including the main building of Bangladesh Television, two metro rail stations, Khaja Tower, hub of the city’s internet data cables, Setu Bhaban along with the vehicles of police and BGB were torched and severely damaged by protesters during the anti-quota move...
City
A Dhaka court has placed six people, including Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Md Taher on a five-day remand in a case lodged for obstructing police in conducting their duties and causing damages to the state properties.Dr Md Saleh Uddin Sayeed, Kamrul Ahsan Ripon, Alhaj Md M...
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the BNP-Jamaat clique used an essentially non-political and non-violent movement to wage a violent movement of their own. "How did such a peaceful movement turn into a campaign of arson, vandalism, violence, and looting? Be...
Khulna city returned to its normal activities on Wednesday as people thronged the government and non-government offices, banks, insurances and financial organizations, different brokerage houses, markets, shopping malls and other establishments after the general holidays of three days.The government...
Country, Districts
Police arrested 141 people in drives conducted in different parts of the district in 10 cases in connection with vandalism and violence in the district.The arrested have been charged with extensive vandalism in Tangail district on last Thursday and Friday. They attacked, vandalized and set fire to m...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all scheduled banks not to charge late fees from clients over delayed repayment and depositing in saving schemes between 18 July and 25 July.Many loan borrowers and credit customers could not make their payments on time due to the recent situation, as per a BB circular...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- on Wednesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 95.66 points or 1.76 percent to 5,350.83. Two other indices al...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the leaders and workers of her party and its associate bodies, affluent section of the society and well-wishers to extend hands of cooperation to the country’s lower income, poor and working class people.In a statem...
A number of flood affected farmers of Kamarjani union under Sadar Upazila here received medicines for their domestic animals including poultry birds to save them from the diseases in post flood period.Taking this in view, the Department of Livestock had taken pragmatic measures so that the animals a...
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of Aman cultivation on 1,75,936 hectares of land under a programme with a production target of five lakh tonnes of rice in the district during the current season.According to the DAE official sources, Ufshi variety of rice will be cultivat...
With a theme of ‘Brikkho Diye Sajai Desh, Somriddha Kori Bangladesh' (Decorate the country with trees, enrich Bangladesh), a 15-day long ‘Tree Fair and Tree Plantation Programme -2024,’ began on local circuit house premises on Tuesday.Khulna district administration and Sundarba...
The government has given Taka 28.41 crore as compensation to 71 persons for acquiring their land for various development projects in the city.The government has acquired their lands for implementation of five projects, including Rajshahi Medical University (RMU).The cheques of compensated money were...
A seven-day long tree plantation drive and tree fair-2024 began here on Tuesday.Netrakona District Administration and District Forest Department jointly took the program and organized the fair at the old collectorate building in the town here to popularize the tree plantation program of the governme...
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at a press briefing has vehemently condemned the 'anti-independence slogans' being chanted by the students, who are protesting for quota reform.The SCBA Secretary Shah Monjurul Hoque and 10 members of the 14-member executive committee, including the two v...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has sought Japan's continued support in transforming Bangladesh to a green, sustainable and prosperous country through green investments and capacity-building."And technology transfer would be of crucial importance for ...
A Dhaka court has adjourned till July 31 the hearing in a graft case against BNP leader Mosaddeq Ali Falu.Yesterday was fixed for recording the testimony of a new witness in the case. But no witnesses appeared to testify at Dhaka Special Judge Court-10. Allowing a time plea filed by the Anti-Corrupt...
Workers Party of Bangladesh has strongly protested and condemned the slogan chanted by anti-quota protesters terming themselves as Razakar during their movement."Such slogan is not only shocking but also unfortunate in the independent Bangladesh," said the party's politburo in a statem...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that collective efforts are a must to achieve the target of 2041."The government is giving priority to power generation from clean and green energy," he said this as the chief guest at an agreement signing ceremon...
The government on Tuesday ruled out the apprehension of decline in export income, GDP growth and per capita income due to export data reconciliation.In response to recent media reports on export data, the Ministry of Finance in a press release today said that steps have already been taken for ensuri...
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