Entertainment
Different forms of tobacco advertising and promotional activities are still going on in Bangladesh using film, telefilm, drama and OTT platforms.Alongside the various dramas and movies, many yet-to-be-released drama and movie posters and advertisements feature smoking scenes prominently, which is th...
National,Front Page
The government has taken a move to bring another amendment to the country’s labour law this year. The initiative of bringing further amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, updated in 2018, has been taken so that the law is formulated in line with the recommendations of the Interna...
Although safe workplace is crucial for sustainable development and ensuring fundamental human rights, the issue of safety at workplace still remains one of the greatest challenges in less economically developed countries. The growing number of occupational accidents and diseases as well as safe...
The north, northeastern and northwestern regions of Bangladesh, especially the northeastern part of the country which is surrounded by Haor, is very vulnerable to lightning strikes, experts said. The lightning strikes take place in Bangladesh generally during April to June pre-monsoon season wh...
National,Back Page
The government is moving forward to bring drastic changes in laws, rules and regulations related to forests to protect dwindling forests in Bangladesh. As part of the move, the government has taken initiative to pass two new laws that will reshuffle rules and regulations on how forest resource...
(Part-2)After the ban on e-cigarettes in India in 2019, Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had planned to impose a ban on the novel tobacco product in Bangladesh. The step has not yet been implemented till now allegedly for tobacco industry’s interference at policy level. Th...
(PART-1 )The Prime Minister has committed to making Bangladesh a tobacco-free country by 2040 to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and build a healthy nation.The reality is that, whether as a result of the anti-tobacco movement, or because of the government’s efforts, or both, t...
Banana stems, usually considered as waste, are likely going to be used for banana-fiber textiles in Bangladesh as green saree from banana-fiber has been invented in Bandarban, a district in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHTs). A beautiful saree has been made from the fibers of the banana tree in ...
This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination and equivalent examinations are likely to begin on July 9, 2023.An official of Dhaka Education Board told Bangladesh Post on Saturday (March 25) that they are taking preparations in this regard, taking the matter into consideration tha...
The expansion of road transportation is contributing to dramatic increase in road accidents across the country.The number of vehicles, especially small ones such as private car, three-wheeler and motorcycle, has increased substantially for far too less road, resulting in the increase in road acciden...
Indiscriminate tree cutting, killing of wild animals, infrastructure projects, illegal settlements and high voltage power cables in reserved forests endanger wildlife.Environmental activists and conservationists said that roads, railways and power lines are being constructed through reserved forests...
Opinion
Agriculture sector of Bangladesh plays a vital role in boosting the country’s economic growth. Data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) shows that vegetable production in the country is increasing year by year for various reasons, i...
The government is moving forward to enact ‘Data Protection Act (DAP), 2023’ aiming, what it said, to make provisions for providing protection and controlling the matters relating to the processing of data of a person and matters.The draft of the DPA has been prepared. The Information and...
A Shapla pata fish, the stingrays of the Bay of Bengal, weighing 130 kg was caught in the fishhook in the Bay on Friday (March 3), fetching a whopping price of Tk. 70,000.Before the sale, an eager crowd gathered to see the fish there. Wholesale fish trader named Noor Mohammad of Teknaf bought the fi...
Road accident is a great social concern in Bangladesh and the situation is not improving as expected. Thousands of people lose their lives innsuch accidents while many more are left to survive maimed on roads and highways in the country every year .Dhaka sees a rising trend of road accidents as most...
Dhaka often ranks the worst world city in the Air Quality Index (AQI). Road excavation, construction activities, industries, brickfields and vehicles are considered as major sources of air pollution in the capital city of Bangladesh. The air pollution in the city has not decreased even though c...
Tobacco companies in Bangladesh and other countries apply pricing strategies to retain smokers and weaken the impact of tobacco tax. The increase in the tobacco tax is mostly absorbed by the tobacco companies. The availability of single cigarette stick complicates the market in Bangladesh and s...
The retail prices of vegetables, fruits and other agro-based food items are much higher in urban markets as compared to rural markets.The vegetable prices are much higher than that of other food items. Differences in rural-urban retail prices of vegetables mainly vary in Dhaka, the capital city...
Landmass of the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world encompassing a total area of about 11,000 square km, is shrinking year by year due to various factors including encroachment, pollution and impacts of climate change. Alongside the decrease of landmass, the environment an...
A total of 1,76,282 students obtained the top score of grade point average (GPA-5) in HSC and equivalent examinations this year, which is much less than the number of seats in medical colleges and public universities, except the National University. The GPA-5 is considered as the high...
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