City
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday greeted the countrymen and the Muslim Ummah across the world on the occasion of the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr to be observed at tonight (Saturday). In separate messages, they prayed for continuous peace, progres...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over four divisions in the country with hails at isolated places in the next 24 hours begins from 9am Friday."Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is li...
Sports,Hockey
Abahani Limited started their super six campaign with a massive win as they thrashed Bangladesh Police Sporting Club by 7-0 goals in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League held at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Friday.In the day's match, experienced midfielder Roma...
National,Front Page
At least five people including one Anser and four security personnel received injuries as armed robbers attacked the Rampal Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant at Rampal area in Bagerhat last night. The injured were identified as Md Kamal Pasha, a Havildar of Khulna Anser Battalion, Akram, Sayedul I...
National,Back Page
A Dhaka court on Thursday convicted and sentenced Indian citizen Samir Sarkar to one and half years in prison in a case lodged over recovery of four kilograms of ganja in capital’s Shanir Akhra area in 2021.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Afnan Sumi pronounced the judgment in the morning Thursda...
Business & Commerce
For the first time in 16 years, Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday auctioned 25 kilogrammes of gold at nearly Tk 18 crore. BB Spokesperson and Executive Director Mazbaul Haque said 25.312 kgs of gold of various qualities were sold for Tk17.99 crore. After completing all the processes on Wednesday...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin sought New Zealand’s active role in the international forum to end the prevailing Rohingya crisis as New Zealand’s High Commissioner in Dhaka David Pine today paid a farewell call on him at Bangabhaban in the capital on Wednesday.“Bangladesh has given...
Election Commissioner Brig General (Retd) Md Ahsan Habib Khan on Wednesday said the Election Commission is working tirelessly to present a free, fair and festive upazila election across the country.“Election related government officials including the law enforcement agencies have assured to fo...
Deputy leader of Parliament Matia Chowdhury on Wednesday said the country could not go forward without women empowerment. Emphasising on higher education for the women, she said the present govt is working for the wellbeing of women. Matia Chowdhury was speaking in a function on dist...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said that the government is working to make the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC) and the country's film industry as a whole self reliant, reducing their dependency on the government."I think no industry s...
Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers (BFUNPW) and Bangladesh Newspaper Employees Federation (BNEF) on Wednesday demanded formation of 10th wage board and implementation of ninth wage board award in all newspaper outlets immediately.They made the demands at a joint meeting o...
Sports,Cricket
Bangladesh and Australia women’s national cricket teams paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.Players of both teams exchanged greetings with the Premier at Ganabhaban on afternoon.During the meeting, the Prime Minister highlighted various steps taken for the develop...
Country, Districts
Boutique houses here are passing busy times as demand of its products is on rise ahead of the Eid festival. Iffat Ara, Director of Angana Mahila Samity in the city, expressed much satisfaction over her boutique business, saying its demand is gradually mounting. "We have established 'An...
Bangladesh's export earnings of good have exceeded the $5 billion mark for the four consecutive months as exports reached $5.10 billion in March, marking a 9.88% increase compared to the same month last year.March's export earnings, however, were slightly lower than the $5.19 billion recorde...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) authorities to focus on research for exploring the new energy sources."We need to find out new sources of energy and we should focus on strengthening energy related research," he said as a BE...
New Delhi on Tuesday dismissed Beijing's attempt to rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh saying assigning invented names will not alter the reality that the state will always be an integral and inalienable part of India."China has persisted with its senseless attempts to rename places...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has re-fixed the duration of interbank transactions for April 5-7.Despite the government holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr on April 5-7, branches of the scheduled banks in the readymade garments industrial areas will remain open to facilitate payment of garment workers' salary, Eid bo...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) - on Tuesday plunged further due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 22.98 points or 0.40 percent to 5738.40. Two other indic...
Leaders of various students’ organisations welcomed the High Court order staying the effectiveness of BUET authorities’ notice curbing political activities on campus.“We definitely want that democratic atmosphere is ensured in all educational institutions as we have a very glorious...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Monday said the government is sincerely working to implement climate adaptation actions by spending US$ 3.5 billion every year. "But, actually, US$ 9 billion is needed for carrying out adaptation activities," h...
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