CHATTOGRAM, Apr 25 (UNB): Shahjalal Boli emerged as the champion of the 114th edition of the popular and traditional wrestling competition of Chattagram 'Jabbarer Boli Khela' on Tuesday.Shahjalal Boli from Cumilla defeated defending champion Tariqul Islam Jibon Boli from Chakaria...
Chattogram Port Autho-rity (CPA) on Tuesday observed the 'Port Day' marking the 135th founding anniversary of the country's premier Chattogram Port, reports BSS.In observance of the day, the CPA has taken elaborate programmes including hoisting of the national and CPA...
Russian flag carrier vessel 'MV Yamal Orlan' on Tuesday anchored at Mongla sea port with consignment of machinery products for the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), reports BSS.The ship anchored at the Jetty No. 8 of the port with...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd addressed the capital's gas leakage problem in the early hours of Tuesday, which created panic among the city dwellers in the previous night.Earlier, the panicked dwellers in many parts of the city...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said a decision has been made to evacuate Bangladeshi nationals from Sudan with the help of other countries, reports UNB."The Bangladesh Embassy in Khartoum has already started spreading this message among the...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
The prices of chicken and vegetables showed a further hike after the Eid vacation, although the city's kitchen markets and groceries have started opening at a slow pace. Broiler chicken was found selling at Tk 260-270 per kg, while "Sonali"...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Grameen Telecom has categorically denied all the claims raised by some of its former employees for getting 5 per cent of net profit of the company under the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. The organisation, founded by Nobel laureate Professor Dr...
On the first day in office President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday paid tributes to the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 1952 language heroes, reports UNB. He first went to the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Fund crunch is likely to cause delay in the start of development work of the country's prime Dhaka-Chattogram corridor up to Cox's Bazar.The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has taken on different...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Achieving the targeted net foreign currency reserve of US$ 24.46 billion by June, as set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), remains a matter of concern for the country, said sources at the Ministry of Finance (MoF).They said Bangladesh managed...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
The central bank has tightened provisions for borrowers, looking to get fresh loans under a Tk 100 billion Export Facilitation Pre-finance Fund (EFPF), if they fail to repatriate export proceeds.In a circular on Tuesday, Bangladesh Bank (BB) stated that it...
TOKYO (Japan), Apr 25 (UNB): A red carpet was rolled out as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tokyo Tuesday afternoon on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.On arrival at Haneda International Airport...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh has permanently opened its two major seaports — Chattogram and Mongla — for India to use for transit and transshipment of goods in exchange for set charges.Officials said the customs authority under the National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
The safeguard measures proposed in the European Union’s (EU) new GSP regulation would severely affect Bangladesh’s overall economy, according to EuroCommerce – the principal European organisation representing the retail and wholesale sector.It notes that if the proposed rules remain untouched,...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolated place in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the...
Bangladesh registered thirteen more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning, reports UNB.With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,174, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).However, the official death toll from...
A participant speaking at the first Skill Lab Bootcamp, NSU Startups Next, an intensive training programme designed to equip aspiring entrepreneurs with the knowledge, on the North South University campus in the city recently
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
Syed Shahjahan, senior journalist and permanent member of the National Press Club, passed away at a city hospital on Friday. He was 75.He had been suffering from various health complications for a long time. Syed Shahjahan was buried at Kalshi...
FE REPORT | 2023-04-26 00:00:00
The TIB urged the government to reform the labour law, review the workers' minimum wage in line with the cost of living, push the agenda of a living wage, and remove the barriers against exercising workers' rights of trade union...
Tributes have been paid to Pankaj Bhattacharya for the last time at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city, reports UNB.The veteran politician died at the age of 83. His body was taken to Shaheed Minar around 4:00 pm on...
All coaching centres in the country will remain closed from April 26 to May 23 for holding the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations smoothly, said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday, reports UNB.The minister came up with...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the newly-constructed VVIP terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city, reports UNB.She opened the VVIP terminal on the morning of Tuesday before she left for Tokyo on the first leg...
SHERPUR, Apr 25 (UNB): General secretary of Jhenaigati upazila unit Bangladesh Chhatra League Shahriar Khan Shaon was expelled over rape attempt. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Central Executive Committee expelled Shaon for attempting to rape an indigenous college student, said a...
SYLHET, Apr 25 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a convicted war criminal from Sylhet's Golapganj - a year after he was sentenced in a case related to war crimes in 1971. The 70-year-old convict, Md Abdul...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP's) counter terrorism unit has arrested a top leader of newly-emerged militant outfit Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from capital's Sabujbagh area, reports BSS.The arrestee Md Sakib Bin Kamal is believed to be the IT wing chief...
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IASG) on Monday adopted a resolution recognizing the genocide committed by the Pakistani military during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.The resolution was entitled as "Resolution to Declare the Crimes Committed during the 1971...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was released from jail on Tuesday on bail after more than four and a half months of his arrest. He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 4pm, said Asadul...
SYLHET, Apr 25 (BSS): Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today said a list of Razakars (Pakistani collaborators), who committed crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War will be published by December this year.Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said BNP's disappointment over the new President is not unusual as the party is frustrated with the very statehood of the country.The minister said this replying to a question of a...
PepsiCo Inc on Tuesday raised its annual sales and profit forecasts after beating first-quarter results on the back of steady demand for its sodas and snacks, as well as price hikes undertaken to offset rising costs, reports Reuters.Major consumer goods...
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