City
A daylong Plastic-Free Cities Campaign was held at Mohammadpur Town Hall Market and Mohakhali Market in Dhaka on the occasion of World Environment Day.The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) jointly organised the campaign, a GAIN press release said.War...
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Tanvir Bhuiyan, an accused in the murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata, gave a confessional statement before a Dhaka court on Tuesday.Police produced the accused before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACCM)Tofazzal Hossain as he wanted to ...
Country, Districts
Postponed voting in Sarishabari Upazila Parishad Election of the district will be held today (on Wednesday) in the fourth phase.The voting in the upazila was scheduled on May 8 but postponed before few hours of polling due to legal bar.Election Commission has completed all preparations to hold the p...
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) will open cattle market on June 10 for trading sacrificial animals on the Zoragate Bazar premises ahead of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, held on June 17.The decision was taken in a meeting of the sacrificial animals conducting cattle market committee set by the KCC authority on...
Collaborative efforts of all the government and non-government organizations concerned can be the crucial means of attaining desired yield in the activities of family planning.There is no way but to make the family planning sector a total success for the sake of building Bangladesh as a happy, prosp...
Two people were killed as a covered van crushed them on the Jashore-Benapole Highway early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin, 62, a retired college teacher hailed from Gatipara village under Benapole Port Thana and Ali Bax, 66, a night guard of a local NGO.Local people said the acci...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has the courage to bring corrupt people to justice.He said this while addressing a representatives’ meeting at the party’s Dhaka district office in the capit...
Business & Commerce
The country's premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), on Tuesday witnessed an upward trend as investors remained active on sector-wise issues.DSEX, the prime index of DSE, went up by 11.89 points or 0.23 per cent to settle at 5,247.53. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also advanced 4.43 points t...
The government has appointed Ernst and Young (EY) India to develop strategic initiatives for Smart Leadership Academy (SLA) set up to create smart leaders and promoting a citizen-centric culture to navigate Fourth Industrial revolution.To this end, the World Bank financed Enhancing Digital Governmen...
The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring one cargo LNG, one lakh metric tons of fertilizer and 6,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.The approvals came from the 14th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year he...
Sports
Bangladesh national kabaddi team emeregd champions for the fourth consecutive times in a row in the prestigious Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament beating Nepal by 45-31 points with two creditable lonas in the final match held at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur on Mon...
A Chapainawabganj court on Sunday sentenced one person to 17 years imprisonment in an arms case.The convicted person was Manarul Islam, 32, son of late Fazlur Rahman of Choto Hadinagar Kamal Tola under Shibganj upazila in the district.The District and Senior Session Judge and also the Judge of Speci...
The government has given Taka 36.40 crore as compensation to 30 more people for acquiring their lands for various development projects in the city.The government has acquired their lands for implementation of Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) project.The cheques of compensated money were distributed...
State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu has said Bangladesh is keen to ensure mutual benefits after signing of free trade agreement (FTA) with China."We want to move ahead with FTA. There is no doubt about it. We have to make sure that our partnership is mutually beneficial," he sa...
The general point to point inflation rate in May has slightly increased to 9.89 percent due to the continuous increase in food inflation.According to the monthly consumer price index released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the general point to point inflation rate in April was 9.74 pe...
Stock markets on Monday finished the session of the week flat as the major indices of the both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges showed no significant rise amid lower activities of large-cap securities.The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 1.97 point up at 5,235.63. The blue...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office to ensure transparent and accountable use of public funds. The President came up with the directive as a three-member delegation led by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh, Md Nurul ...
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Monday said the government is taking up stern actions if allegation of corruption is found against anyone.He said this while talking to journalists before joining a workshop at Kusthia District Shilpakala Academy auditorium in the town.Hani...
State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Sunday said that efforts are on to sell products of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) among the common people through setting up permanent shops in the next fiscal year (FY25).Besides, he said plan is also there to sell TCB products among t...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Sunday said active citizen participation, especially from the youth, is crucial in implementing policies aimed at protecting environment and promoting sustainable development. “Youth must engage themselves in solvi...
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