National,Front Page
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced the names of 141 highest tax-paying companies and individuals, including Bangladeshi tobacco tycoon Kaus Miah, for the fiscal year of 2022-23.Beating many top businessmen, Kaus Miah - the owner of old Dhaka-based Hakimpuri Jarda (chewing tobacco) - h...
City
Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad AbdurRazzaque on Tuesday said it's a big challenge to meet the food demand of growing population as soil fertility, arable land and water sources are dwindling gradually in the country.He said this while addressing a seminar, soil care award conferring ceremony a...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called for speeding up customs-related procedures more, particularly the faster clearance of export-import goods, to enhance the competitiveness of readymade garment industry.A delegation of BGMEA, led by presidentFaruque Has...
Country, Districts
Speakers at a function here Monday underscored the need for empowering and strengthening the youths to advance the country towards its desired development.“If we all work together, the youth and teenagers of the society will be aware of their rights and will come forward with positive attitude...
Sports,Cricket
Najmul Hossain Shanto and Taijul Islam, the two architects of Bangladesh's 150-run victory against New Zealand in the first Test, is believed to be the main weapons of the team again when the side would take on the visitors in the series-ending match tomorrow (Wednesday).Shanto made 37 and 105 i...
Business & Commerce
The country's export earnings during the July-November period of the current fiscal year (FY24) totaled $22,232.28 million with a 1.30 percent growth over the same period of the last year.According to the latest statistics of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the export earnings during the July...
The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) has launched a help desk to provide pension related services to all pensioners of the country.Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Md Nurul Islam on Monday inaugurated the help desk at a function at Audit Building in the city, s...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to take measures to restore all canals in the capital city Dhaka and its adjoining areas as well as Buriganga, Shitalakshya, Turag and Balu rivers as soon as possible.The Premier issued this directive at a meeting on...
Aspirants or banks or financial institutions will be able to lodge petitions with the Election Commission (EC) challenging returning officers' (ROs) decisions over rejection and acceptance of nomination papers from today (Tuesday) as the scrutiny of the papers have been completed.As the ROs on M...
The general point to point inflation rate in November this year slightly eased to 9.49 percent mainly because of the downtrend in both food inflation and non-food inflation.The general point to point inflation rate in October last was 9.93 percent, according to the monthly consumer price (CPI) index...
Awami League (AL) advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu on Monday called upon the people to cast their votes in favour of “boat”, electoral symbol of AL, in the forthcoming national polls to give a befitting reply to all sorts of conspiracies.“It is natural that a small country ...
A seminar titled 'Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building Workshop for Precision Agriculture using UAV techniques in South and Southeast Asia Region' was held at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday.JU Geography and Environment department organized the seminar at the teachers' lounge ...
Restricting indiscriminate extraction of groundwater can be the crucial means of water resource protection in the region, particularly in its water-stressed high Barind tract, for the greater interest of protecting the living and livelihood conditions.An adverse impact has already been created on th...
Speakers at a daylong function here Sunday said the marriage registrars’ role is very crucial in preventing early marriage to build an early marriage free society.“As the marriage registrars can play a very important role in registering marriages, they have a professional responsibility ...
Around 2.20 lakh farmers will get incentives for cultivation and production of high yielding and hybrid varieties of Boro paddy in Rajshahi region during the current 2023-2024 season.Of them, one lakh farmers will get five kilograms of high yielding seed, 10 kilograms of DAP and 10 kilograms of MoP ...
Country's both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), on Monday witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid optimism.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 12.46 points or 0.20 per cent to s...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday handed over the 'Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award' to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina."Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud handed over the Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award to Prime Minis...
National,Back Page
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday asked the graduates of National Defence Course (NDC) and Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) to contribute to national development."In this era of globalization, efficient and smart manpower are a must to continue development spree . . . You (NDC, AFWC gradua...
Foreign minister on Sunday urged Kosovo to recruit skilled human resources as well as import top-quality readymade garments and pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh. He made the urge while the outgoing Kosovo ambassador to Bangladesh Güner Ureya paid a farewell call on him at foreign mini...
A Dhaka court on Sunday framed charges against 72 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including its ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman in a case filed with capital's Rampura Police Station for allegedly obstructing police to conduct its duty.The other prominent accused in the case are- Jamaat secreta...
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