MANILA, April 21 (Reuters): Radisson Hotel Group plans to add 150 hotels in Asia-Pacific this year as it banks on travel, tourism, and economic recovery in the region, its CEO said on Thursday.Radisson, one of the world's largest hotel groups,...
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Thursday amid concerns about supply as the European Union (EU) mulls a potential ban on Russian oil imports days after diminished supplies from Libya rocked the market.Brent crude futures rose $1.58, or...
RANGAMATI, Apr 21 (UNB): A woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kaptai in Rangamati on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.The identity of the deceased could not be known.Inspector Shahinur Rahman, in-charge of Kaptai Police outpost, said...
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 21 (UNB): A fire broke out at a mosquito coil factory in the Agrabad area of the port city on Thursday morning.Fortunately, no casualties were reported.The fire started around 9am at the factory in Panwalapara, said Kafil Uddin,...
RANGPUR, Apr 21 (BSS): Bankers at a school banking camp have stressed on popularising the School Banking System among young students to create their savings practice since childhood.They said this at the camp organised by Kakina Bazar Branch of Sonali...
A female weaver making saree using handloom at Pathrail union in Delduar upazila of Tangail district — Focus Bangla
LALMONIRHAT, Apr 21 (UNB): A 38-year-old man returning home on a bike was waylaid and stabbed to death by miscreants in the Batrish Hazari area of Lalmonirhat in the small hours of Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as Ayub...
DINAJPUR, Apr 21 (UNB): Transport workers in Dinajpur called off their indefinite strike on Thursday afternoon several hours after enforcement protesting the arrest of eight fellow workers and the attack on a transport leader. Fazle Rabbi, general secretary of the...
LALMONIRHAT, Apr 21 (BSS): Experts at a 'Research follow-up and progress sharing meeting' have said adoption of sustainable agricultural technologies at farmers' levels have become crucial for achieving food and nutrition security.RDRS Bangladesh organised the meeting under the research-oriented 'Farmers...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-04-22 00:00:00
Travelling home on grand festivals like Eid in Bangladesh is getting tougher by the year. In the last couple of years, the long journeys have virtually been exercises in tests of how much and how long one can endure the...
The earth is our home. It provides us with everything necessary for life, but its resources are limited. Human activities have put the Mother Earth and its resources in danger. That is why every year on April 22, the World...
If everything goes right, the Padma Multipurpose Bridge will be opened to traffic in June this year since most of its construction works are already complete. The biggest bridge of Bangladesh will connect two districts -- Munshiganj and Shariatpur. People...
Eid is one of the biggest festivals in Bangladesh. It is also the time when the largest internal mass movement of people takes place in the country. During Eid festivals, everyone wants to spend time with their near and dear...
Rafeen Huq | 2022-04-22 00:00:00
Many people had feared that educational institutions of primary, secondary and tertiary levels would have high dropout rates because of the havoc that the pandemic wreaked on the lives of millions during the past two years. A study carried out...
Months ago following an announcement by the Malaysian authorities to withdraw the moratorium on manpower export from Bangladesh to that country, things looked fine as both governments seemed forthcoming in ensuring orderly migration process and getting rid of the past...
Golam Rasul | 2022-04-22 00:00:00
Island nation Sri Lanka is sinking in the worst economic crisis in its history. Ballooning foreign debt, low foreign-exchange reserves, high inflation, shortage of food, fuel, medicine, and other essential items and long hours of loadshedding made citizens' life a...
The number of unemployed graduates is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, out of every 100 graduates, 48 are unemployed in the country. So, educated jobseekers have to face a fierce competition to get...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2022-04-21 12:00:00
Cyber-bullying is a form of bullying or harassment that uses the electronic media for targeting victims. It is also known as online bullying, and has proliferated enormously in recent years among the younger generation in keeping with rapid expansion of...
Sonali Bank Limited, Principal Office, Kurigram, organised a 'School Banking Camp 2022' at Kakina Mahinma Ranjan Smriti High School in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday. Over 100 students opened accounts with the Kakina Bazar Branch of the bank at the event. Md...
KRAMATORSK, (Ukraine), April 20 (AFP) : Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive in the east where a besieged officer in Mariupol warned Wednesday his forces were facing their "last days, if...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Thalassaemia Samity Hospital has sought donations from the Zakat fund of the financial institutions and generous individuals to provide treatment to thalassaemia patients.A statement issued by Bangladesh Thalassaemia Samity (BTS) on Wednesday said as per a random survey, some...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCR) conducted drives against 157 business entities in the capital and other parts of the country and realised fines worth over Tk 1.1 million (Tk 11,36,300). Officials of health, agriculture and fisheries departments,...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported one death from Covid-19 and 28 new cases on Wednesday, official data revealed.The figures were zero and 50 respectively on Tuesday.With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities from Covid-19 reached 29,127 in Bangladesh since the virus was...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh gives priority to its national as well as worker interests first in sending migrants to Malaysia, expatriates' welfare minister tells a discussion.The process of sending workers to Malaysia should be reopened soon as it would help create job opportunities...
A pedestrian is trying to find his way through the narrow gap between two pieces of metal fencing while the other man, seen in distance, has just landed straight into the busy road after crossing the fencing in a similar...
RAMBUKKANA, April 20 (AFP): Police enforced a curfew on Wednesday in a Sri Lankan town where an anti-government demonstrator was killed, a death that triggered international condemnation just as the crisis-hit country seeks an IMF bailout. Regular blackouts and acute...
Five people were killed in separate incidents as a nor'wester swept over different parts of the country on Wednesday, reports UNB.The deaths were reported from Barishal, Chattogram, Bogura and Manikganj districts.In Barishal, a woman and her father-in-law were killed when...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
A High Court division bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a total of 1501 cases, a significant number in disposing of cases in a single day, related to bail prayer and filed from 2016 to 2019. The...
FE REPORT | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) urged the government to maintain uninterrupted supply of natural gas to the export-oriented garment and textile industries in order to facilitate smooth production. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan made the request during a meeting...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Bhutan has confirmed the import of 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) of internet bandwidth from Bangladesh."The discussion has been going on for the last few years. Today, Bhutan has accepted our proposal; a formal process will begin soon," Posts and...
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