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Workers, traders demand cut in tax on bidi

Hundreds of workers have formed a human chain to protest the ‘conspiracy oriented’ tax hike on bidi from the Fiscal Year 2020-21 which already has affected the livelihood of several lakh ultra-poor workers, traders and cultivators amid the coronavirus pandemic.The National Board of Reven...

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Platform of columnists floated

Bangladesh Columnists’ Forum (BCF), a platform of senior journalists, academics, researchers and economists specializing in commentaries on contemporary issues of a national and global nature, began its journey on January 1 in 2021.Journalist and biographer Syed Badrul Ahsan has been convenor ...

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ASM Rab felicitates Press Club’s first female president

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) ASM Abdur Rab congratulated Farida Yasmin for being elected as the first female president of the National Press Club. He also congratulated newly elected general secretary Elias Khan and newly elected leaders of the press club management committee for the 2...

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Mohammad Ali new DG of BWDB

Engineer Mohammad Ali joined as the Director General of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) on Thursday, December 31. Prior to joining this post, Mohammad Ali was a member of Bangladesh Joint River Commission. He obtained his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engine...

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Radisson Blu Dhaka presents offer on Christmas

Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, a luxury hotel in Dhaka, is offering a range of Christmas Celebrations on Christmas Eve (December 24) and Christmas Day (December 25).The iconic, octagon-shaped Hotel Lobby features a spectacular Christmas Tree, Reindeers and a Gingerbread House. Guests will be able ...

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Coast Guard seizes trawler with 2.7 lakh Yaba tablets

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Station Teknaf and St. Martin conducting a joint operation near St. Martin’s Galachipa Ghat on Tuesday midnight seized 2,70,000 Yaba tablets and a wooden trawler.During the operation, when the movement of a wooden trawler seemed suspicious, Coast Guard members sign...

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Victory Day, Mujib Year events held in Dhaka

Intelligentsia School and College observed the Victory Day-2020 and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by holding various programmes. On the occasion, a discussion was held on its campus at Rampura-Banasree in the capital on December 16. Prizes we...

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Coast Guard detains 3 Myanmar nationals with Yaba, currency

Bngladesh Coast Guard (BCG) station Teknaf and St. Martins conducting a joint operation at The Bay of Bengal about 5 nautical miles south of Chhera Dwip detained three Myanmar nationals, with 4.5 lakh pieces of yaba and 9.5 lakh Kyat (Myanmar money) on Sunday midnight. BCG Media Officer Lt. Com...

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Family Welfare Service Week begins

To improve countrywide family planning service and to create awareness to stop adolescent pregnancy, a three-day-long campaign was inaugurated on Sunday (December 6). The Family Welfare Service and Publicity Week will be observed from December 6 to 8. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Ma...

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Humayun Kabir achieves PhD

Dr Md Humayun Kabir Bulbul has achieved PhD degree in dentistry from the institute of Biological Science (IBSc) of the University of Rajshahi based on his research titled “A clinical comparative study of different pulpotomy materials in primary teeth”.The field of his research work was i...

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First Bangladeshi gets Minu Memorial Award in Korea

Film Director Sheikh Al Mamun has been awarded the Minu Memorial Award as the first Bangladeshi, in recognition of his work in helping to increase the rights of migrant workers for many years.The Minu Memorial Award is given by the supporters of the late Minod Moktan, a late migrant worker in Nepal,...

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‘Govt allocates Tk 100cr for startups’

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has organized a webinar titled "Funding Your Venture: The First Step". The webinar was held on the virtual platform on Thursday afternoon. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed P...

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DPS STS students continue service for underprivileged children

Students from DPS STS School, Dhaka continue to display their enthusiasm for contributing to social development, as they now arrange the ‘DPS STS Education for Human Greatness’ campaign to facilitate the education of the local underprivileged children amidst COVID-19 crisis.  This h...

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44th death anniv of Maulana Bhashani observed

The 44th death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, a legendary politician and dreamer of Bangladesh's independence, was observed on Tuesday with due respect.Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) and different other political parties and socio-cultural organisation observ...

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Ex-BSMMU VC dies

Prof Dr Mohammed Tahir, former Vice Chancellor Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), has passed away. He was 78.  He breathed his last at LabAid Hospital in the capital at about 8:00 am on Monday (October 25, 2010). He had been suffering from old age complications. Dr Tahir ...

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Coast Guard recovers 5 bodies after 40-hour operation

A speedboat with 17 passengers sank in the Agunmokha river on the Koralia-Panpatti waterway in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali due to hostile weather on October 22. Local fishermen immediately rescued 12 passengers in the accident but 5 passengers went missing in the river due to the surging waves. ...

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Banglalink to get Genex’s RPA services

Genex Infosys Limited – recently awarded by the leading Telecom Provider Banglalink Digital for providing Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Services, said a press release.Genex will automate multiple business processes for Banglalink using world’s top RPA platform UiPath to accelerate the...

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BSMRMU holds webinar on Covid-19 impacts

A webinar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Ports and Shipping Sectors of Bangladesh and Way Ahead’ organised by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU) was held on Monday. Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni joined the webinar as the chief guest. Vice-Chancellor of t...

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Fire Service staff urged to perform duty with honesty

Brigadier General Md. Sajjad Hossain, Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defense Department, called upon all the officers and employees of the department to perform their duties with honesty and sincerity. He made this remark while addressing the annual Darbar function of the department...

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14 sailors rescued from sinking lighter vessel

Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) ship ’Shyamol Bangla’ while patrolling the Bay of Bengal rescued 14 crew members from a lighter ship named MV Karina-1, loaded with 2,000 tonnes of wheat, near Sandwip island on Monday midnight.While anchored in the Bay of Bengal, 10 nautical miles south of S...