Rawhide trading resumes after tanners pay dues
Trading of sacrificial animal rawhides resumed at the grass-root level, as the tanners started paying arrears to the hide and skin merchants, after a tripartite meeting on Saturday. At the same time, it was also decided in the meeting that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed among the...
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Shape your souls with spirit of sacrifice, PM tells BCL activists
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked on Saturday the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to build them with the mentality of sacrifice to better serve the people of the country, reports UNB."Stay above personal demands and gains, hold the mentality of sacrifice, follow the path of ideology and...
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Ctg port grows in capacity
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 31: Chittagong Port, the country's premier seaport, has grown in the capacity of container handling and others over the years.The number of vessels berthing in port has increased, with 3,747 ships berthed in 2018 and 3,370 in 2017.The stay time of ships has also decreased.Sources said off-dock container...
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41 NGOs withdrawn from Rohingya camps for wrongdoings: FM
SYLHET, Aug 31 (UNB): Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Saturday 41 non-government organisations (NGOs) have been withdrawn from all kinds of activities in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps for their wrongdoings.A total of 139 NGOs have been operating in the Rohingya camps since the Rohingya crisis began in...
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Two more die of dengue, 760 more hospitalised
Two more people died of the deadly dengue fever on Saturday in two districts, though the total number of patients across the country continued to decline.The deceased were identified as Badsha Molla, 55, in Chattogram and Shilpi Akter, 45, in Khulna, sources said.Hailing from Sitakunda upzilla, Badsha Molla had been...
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Former chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abdul Mazid (fourth from left) at the inaugural
Former chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abdul Mazid (fourth from left) at the inaugural session of the workshop on "Islamic Capital Market and Sukuk" at a city hotel on Saturday Story on Page 1 -- FE photo
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