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Monitoring essentials market

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) says the inflation rate has been showing a falling trend over the last two months (August-September) and that the decline in the prices of food and non-food items bears testimony to that. The Consumer Price...

Boosting efficiency, image of RMG sector

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

The rapid expansion of readymade garments industry (RMGI) over the past four decades has made significant contribution to the socio-economic uplift of Bangladesh. It is also a matter of satisfaction that a majority of workers employed in this sector are...

Prospect of establishing labour rights

2024-10-08 00:00:00

Labour leaders vented their frustration over the shrinking of prospect of putting in perspective the rights of the workers at a workshop titled, "Labour Law Amendment and Protection of Labour Rights" organised jointly by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies...

Corporate and social media

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-10-08 00:00:00

What is known as 'corporate media' today is not the same that media was in the past. At birth, infancy and when it came of age, it was not an outgrowth of the business model of the corporate world and...

Traffic jam now a common phenomenon on Benapole roads

2024-10-07 12:00:00

BENAPOLE, Oct 06 (bdnews24.com): Traffic congestion has become a regular phenomenon at Benapole, the largest land port in the country, due to mismanagement on the roads.Locals say that buses and trucks parked on the road cause traffic jams for up...

Betanir Padma Beel in Rangpur possesses a bewitching beauty

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-07 12:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 06: 'Betanir Padma Beel', a lotus water body- in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur district presents a quite mesmerising beauty to the beholders. Visitors get enchanted to enjoy the aesthetic loveliness of the beel (water body) bestowed by nature....

Gadgets & Services

2024-10-07 00:00:00

ASUS unveils first copilot+ PC ASUS, a global leader in technology, has launched its first ASUS Copilot+ PC, the ASUS Vivobook S 15. This revolutionary laptop was introduced in Bangladesh at the exclusive event "Next Level. AI Incredible" held by...

Utility payment more efficient now with bKash

DESK REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

The advent of digital technology in the financial sector has transformed countless aspects of people's lives, from day to day purchases to paying utility bills.Paying bills online eliminates tensions of missing deadlines, managing time during business hours for physical visits...

How to prevent future disruptions

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

From July 14 to August 5, 2024, Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented internet shutdown, disconnecting the entire country from the rest of the world for over five days. This period of total blackout, compounded by partial disruptions and social media blocks,...

BNP team meets diplomats of three Nordic countries

2024-10-07 00:00:00

A BNP delegation led by its standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury met the diplomats of three Nordic countries --Sweden, Denmark and Norway-in the city on Sunday, reports UNB.The meeting was held at the residence of Swedish Ambassador Nicolas...

Ex-principal secy Azad on seven-day remand in murder case

2024-10-07 00:00:00

A Dhaka court Sunday placed Abul Kalam Azad, former principal secretary of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a seven-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in the capital, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief...

AL, Jubo League leaders arrested in murder case

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested a leader of Awami League (AL) and a Jubo League leader in connection with the murder of Imon Hossain Akash from Pallabi area on Saturday during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports UNB.The arrestees are Mohammad...

GM Quader urges party men to stand by flood-hit people

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday urged his party leaders and activists to stand beside flood-hit people of the country, reports BSS."In people's sufferings, Jatiya Party does not sit ideally," said a press release quoted him as saying.He also...

Tourists urged to avoid three hill districts until Oct 31

2024-10-07 00:00:00

KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 06 (UNB): The district administrations have requested tourists to refrain from visiting hill districts Bandarban, Rangamati, and Khagrachhari from October 8 to 31, citing security concerns.Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner Md. Shahiduzzam said the decision was taken in light of...

Travel ban on ex-fisheries minister, NSI DG

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

A Dhaka Court on Sunday issued a travel ban on former fisheries and livestock minister Md Abdur Rahman, former National Security Intelligence (NSI) director general TM Jobaer and his spouse Fahamina Masud.The judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court...

Tuku returns home after long exile

2024-10-07 00:00:00

BNP standing committee member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Sunday returned home from London after a long exile, reports UNB.The BNP leader arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a Thai Airways flight at 02:00 pm. BNP leaders and activists...

Mahmudur Rahman demands ban on Chhatra League

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Amar Desh, on Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum demanding a ban on Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), reports UNB."BCL has to be banned as a terrorist organisation within...

RAB to capture Quader, Nanak, Harun on info

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday said it would arrest Awami League leaders Obaidul Quader and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and former Dhaka city DB chief Harun-or-Rashid once they get specific information about them.RAB director (media and legal wing) Lt...

All parties fully backed interim govt: Mahfuj Alam

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam has said all political parties wholeheartedly extended support to the interim government for their efforts during the dialogue with the Chief Adviser (CA) on Saturday, reports UNB."All political parties extended their support to the...

Plot on for resurgence of fascist regime: Rizvi

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said an international conspiracy is ongoing to fuel the resurgence of the fascist regime in the country."The masters of Sheikh Hasina have started working in different ways to...

Weather (2024-10-07)

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The...

70pc of BD children face discrimination: KKA

2024-10-07 00:00:00

At least 70 per cent of children in Bangladesh experience some form of discrimination, revealed Kochi Konther Asar (KKA), a children's organisation, during a press conference marking 'World Children's Day 2024' and 'World Children's Week.'Held at the Biswa Sahitya Kendra...

Dengue: Four more die, 1,225 fall sick

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Four more people have died of dengue while 1,225 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports bdnews24.com.The Directorate General of Health Services, or DGHS, said...

Police issue guideline for peaceful Durga Puja celebration

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Police Headquarters in a statement on Sunday issued a security guideline for all to ensure peaceful celebration of the Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu Community, reports BSS."Bangladesh police has already taken enough security arrangement to hold the...

Upstream, downstream countries must work jointly to tackle climate change: Rizwana

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has highlighted the importance of upstream countries informing downstream countries in advance about rainfall, structural conditions, and water release timings noting that both must work together, reports UNB.She also...

BFIU seeks Munni Saha's fiscal details

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Sunday requested the country's commercial banks and financial institutions to provide account details of journalist Munni Saha.The unit also ordered banks and non-bank financial institutions to submit information on bank accounts, deposit plus scheme...

Bangladesh Navy personnel extinguishing a fire

2024-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Navy personnel extinguishing a fire that broke out aboard an oil tanker of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) at the Chittagong Port recently. Days earlier another fire broke out aboard another oil tanker of the BSC. — ISPR

World Habitat Day today _

2024-10-07 00:00:00

The World Habitat Day 2024 will be observed today (Monday) in the country as elsewhere in the world in a bid to raise awareness among people for safe and habitable abode for all, reports BSS.The United Nations designated the first...

BACCO pledges support to July Martyrs Memorial Foundation

FE REPORT | 2024-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh Association of Contact Centre and Outsourcing (BACCO) has pledged its full support to the July Martyrs Memorial Foundation, which was formed to honour those martyred during the July-August uprising and provide employment opportunities for their families. BACCO made the...

A delegation of ADB met Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud

2024-10-07 00:00:00

A delegation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud at his ministry office in the capital on Sunday. — PID