Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) vice-chairman Md Anwar Hossain has laid emphasis on ensuring cargo facilities at Chattogram and Sylhet airports like that at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, reports BSS."Bangladesh has huge potentiality to export agricultural products such as vegetable...
Md Ruhul Amin Khan joined as Chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) on Wednesday. He started his career as an 11th batch officer of BCS (Administration) cadre in 1993. Prior to joining BADC, he was serving as managing director...
FE REPORT | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
A tripartite 40 MW power agreement was signed among Nepal, Bangladesh and India on Thursday. Syeda Rizwana Hassan, Adviser for Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources, witnessed the signing of a 40-megawatt electricity agreement between Nepal, Bangladesh, and India....
FE REPORT | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
Speakers at a meeting on Thursday underscored the need of diversifying SME loan policy of banks and financial institutions (FIs) and making those inclusive to keep a place for the marginalised groups among SMEs.They said banks and FIs copy one...
Sky Bees Limited, a local company, will invest US$ 45.95 million to establish an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, commonly known as drone) manufacturing industry in the BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ), reports BSS.This will be the first factory to manufacture...
China has expressed keen interest to import sea fishes, shrimps, crabs, jute products and mangoes from Bangladesh.The interest was evinced as Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen made a courtesy call on Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter at her...
COLOMBO, Oct 03 (Agencies): Sri Lankan spin bowler Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from cricket for a year by the sport's world governing body after he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge.The International Cricket Council said the 26-year-old spinner, who...
PARIS, Oct 3, 2024 (AFP): France captain Kylian Mbappe has been left out of his team's UEFA Nations League matches this month after coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday named his squad.The Real Madrid star returned from a short spell on...
Former Pakistan skipper Younis Khan has endorsed ex-captain Babar Azam's decision to resign from captaincy, stating that it will be "beneficial" for him, according to Pakistani Tv channel Geo Tv.The veteran cricketer has also proposed the names of wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad...
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Oct 03 (Agencies): Bangladesh kicked off the Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run win over tournament debutants Scotland in the searing heat of Sharjah on Thursday.An unwanted 16-match, decade-long losing streak in T20...
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 03 (AP): A court has authorized the removal of the remains of soccer legend Diego Maradona from a private cemetery so they can be placed at a public mausoleum that is under construction in Buenos Aires.The court...
A farmer busy putting his water spinach, harvested from a landfill in the city's Matuail area, into a bag for sale in the nearby market — bdnews24.com
HABIGANJ, Oct 3, 2024 (BSS): Two youths died after being electrocuted at Goakara village under Lakhai upazila of the district on Wednesday night.The deceased were Faraj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Rauf Mia, and Jamshed Mia, 35, son of Hazi...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 03 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained two Indian nationals from Yusufpur border outpost area (BOP) in Charghat Upazila of Rajshahi.The detainees were Ainal Haque, 55, son of Abdur Rahim, and Shoaib Nabi Sheikh,40, son of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 03: Local fishermen are returning to the district fish landing centre from the Bay of Bengal with trawlers full of hilsa during its peak season.But, the price of the national fish is still high despite its peak...
Palestinian activist wins prizefor peaceful resistanceSTOCKHOLM, Oct 03: Palestinian activist Issa Amro on Thursday accepted the Right Livelihood prize-considered by some an alternative Nobel-for his "nonviolent resistance to Israel's illegal occupation" in the West Bank, the jury said. Amro was...
SINGAPORE CITY, Oct 03 (BBC): Subramaniam Iswaran, a senior cabinet minister in Singapore's government, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison in a high-profile trial that has gripped the wealthy nation.Iswaran, 62, pleaded guilty to accepting gifts worth more...
WASHINGTON, Oct 03 (AFP): Donald Trump launched a "private criminal effort" to subvert the 2020 US election and should not be shielded by presidential immunity, Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing unsealed on Wednesday.Smith, in a 165-page...
BEIRUT, Oct 03 (BBC/AFP): Overnight Israeli air strikes on central Beirut killed nine people, Lebanese officials say. Israel carried out a deadly air raid Thursday on a Hezbollah rescue facility in central Beirut, Lebanese sources said, after multiple Israeli ground...
GOMA, Oct 03 (AP): A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press.It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were on board...
From a young age, children are exposed to devices that release large amounts of dopamine in the brain, a chemical that makes us feel good. Many millennial parents might not realise this, but this exposure can lead to addiction over...
The Chittagong University Central Student Union, known as CUCSU, was established in 1966 with the aim of enhancing students' education, fostering leadership, and giving them a platform to voice their concerns and rights. Unfortunately, these ideals have long been neglected....
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
Acceptance of commission by doctors from diagnostic centres and different benefits from pharmaceutical companies has long been an open secret in the country. Media reports suggest the commission from diagnostic centres ranges from 30 per cent to 50 per cent...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
Eminent citizens, the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), the Udichi and progressive social and political organisations have come down heavily on the interim government for dissolution of the 10-member coordination committee it formed for revising the primary and secondary school textbooks....
Despite reports of relative calm in the readymade garment (RMG) hubs of Ashulia and Gazipur, the reality on the ground speaks for a different picture. Workers have continued to take to the streets, organising protests and blockading highways-a clear indication...
Syed Md Aminul Karim and Md Ariful Islam | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced significant changes and developments across its financial landscape, but amid the progress, corruption continues to plague the banking sector. The country is at a pivotal moment, as it must tackle systemic issues to ensure...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in collaboration with other development partners - the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), USAID, and the UK's FCDO - is assisting the task force formed by Bangladesh Bank (BB) to address vulnerabilities in the...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 02 (UNB): A court in Sirajganj on Wednesday placed ex-MP for Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry and her husband Md Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the death...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent Diamond World Limited Managing Director (MD) Dilip Kumar Agarwala to jail in connection with a case filed over the murder of 16-year-old Hridoy Ahmed during the recent anti-discrimination student movement in the capital's Badda...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a total seven-day remand in two separate cases of attempt to murder filed with Nababganj Police Station and Dohar...
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