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Injecting goodness in lifestyle from an early age

TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI | 2024-04-03 00:00:00

As a parent, one wears many hats: supporter, advocate, cheerleader, and advisor. Regardless of their child's age, they fret and hope they're steering them right. Every action, tear, heartache, obstacle, and ailment their child faces, they feel it tenfold.Whether your...

Are you indulging in daily life virality?

MEHENAZ SULTANA TISHA | 2024-04-03 00:00:00

Every day, you wake up to look at your screen, and there is a new drama on Facebook. Some dramas even last for two or three days. Whether it is simply another memetic catchphrase resurfacing from an old TV show...

Embracing the future of marketing

2024-04-03 00:00:00

In the constantly evolving marketing world, Bangladesh is at a crossroads where established techniques meet disruptive new advances. As AI influencers emerge as strong players in global brand advertising, Bangladesh's marketing industry is on the verge of confronting something extraordinary....

Salary of imams and muezzins

2024-04-03 00:00:00

At the end of each month, the imams and muezzins of the mosque receive a salary of Tk7,000. However, amidst the current rampant increase in commodity prices, this amount is paltry. Despite this, these individuals, who belong to low-income brackets,...

Tackling vehicle pollution

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-04-03 00:00:00

The Environment, Forest and Climate Change minister, reportedly, has asked the relevant authorities to furnish a list of public buses "having over 20 years (of) their economic life, in an effort to control air pollution in the capital." Could this...

Decision on vehicle parking shelved!

Wasi Ahmed | 2024-04-03 00:00:00

The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) made a significant decision years ago, approving a proposal to establish 64 parking lots within the capital. This decision ignited hope among city dwellers and those concerned about addressing the persistent issue of vehicular...

Helping growth of a healthy next generation

2024-04-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh has been a global model for family planning, as the use of family planning methods increased from around 8.0 per cent per eligible couple in 1975 to 64 per cent in 2022. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...

Rationalising optimum innovation ecosystem

M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-04-03 00:00:00

For driving economic growth out of innovation, there has been a race in less developed countries to develop the innovation ecosystem lately. Notable building blocks of the national innovation ecosystem are (i) research universities, (ii) R&D centres, (iii) a rich...

Couple, son burnt in Dhamrai kitchen gas fire die in hospital

2024-04-02 00:00:00

A couple and their son have succumbed to burn injuries they suffered in a kitchen gas fire in Dhamrai on the outskirts of Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com. Sufia Begum, 48, died at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic...

No Eid holiday extension

2024-04-02 00:00:00

The Cabinet has rejected a recommendation to extend the Eid holidays by another day. This means only Apr 10-12 will still be considered part of the public holiday, reports bdnew24.com.Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq informed the media of...

TCB starts selling Indian onions at Tk 40/kg today

FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) starts selling Indian onions at Tk 40 per kg today (Tuesday).The essential commodity is expected to be available at 103 TCB sales points in Dhaka, 55 points in Chattogram and 17-20 points in Gazipur.State...

Importers must submit IGM before cargo ships sail

FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Customs has introduced mandatory pre-arrival processing rules, necessitating the submission of the import general manifest (IGM) in the ASYCUDA system before cargo ships leave their last port of call.A recent gazette notification outlines the rules, which apply to...

Dhanmondi Road in Dhaka is experiencing heavy traffic

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Dhanmondi Road in Dhaka is experiencing heavy traffic caused by a rise in rickshaws. The increase is partly attributed to low-income earners coming to Dhaka from other parts of the country during Ramadan and Eid for higher income opportunities. —...

Bus fare cut by Tk 0.03/km

FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

The government has refixed fare for both long-distance and intercity buses by reducing Tk 0.03 per passenger per kilometre in the wake of a reduction in fuel prices.The Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has revised the fare for all...

Taxmen freezing private varsities' bank accounts to realise arrears

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

Taxmen are freezing tax-defaulter private universities' bank accounts in a clampdown to realise long-overdue taxes that came to Tk 8.31 billion, sources said. And the drastic move launched by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) began paying off for the...

Govt looks to ramp up LNG imports in next two years

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

After inking around half a dozen long-term deals on import of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the government now has moved to short-term contracts to ramp up imports of the fuel in the next two years.State-run Petrobangla is now negotiating prices...

Sehri, Iftar & Prayer Timings (2024-04-02)

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Student politics gets HC green light

FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

The High Court on Monday cleared the way for student politics on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus. The High Court stayed a notification issued by the BUET authorities on October 11, 2019 banning student politics on...

WB sees 4.5pc growth in Asia in 2024

2024-04-02 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr 01 (Agencies): Asian economies are not doing as well as they could and growth in the region is forecast to slow to 4.5pc this year from 5.1pc in 2023, the World Bank said in a report released Monday.Debt,...

Eid shoppers' crowds swell but sales still modest

YASIR WARDAD and SAIF UDDIN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

Eid clothing sales preceding Eid saw a comparative rise Monday but shop-owners said the range of turnovers didn't meet their expectations.Fashion-outlet representatives expressed mixed feelings over their volume of sales that usually increases manifold bit by bit from the 20th...

Dhaka for extension of loan availability period

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh has recently exhorted China to extend the period of loan availability for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) up to 17 May 2025, according to finance ministry sources.Citing information from the project implementer Bangladesh Railway, finance ministry told...

Remittance falls to belie usual Eid surge

JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

Unlike usual Eid surge in inflow of money from expatriate Bangladeshis, inward remittance this time recedes as March receipts even dropped down the US$2.16-billion mark of the previous month.The total remittance receipt in the month was US$1.99 billion even though...

Weather (2024-04-02)

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Weather may remain...

JU student lodges sexual harassment complaint against teacher

2024-04-02 00:00:00

A female student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday lodged a written complaint of sexual harassment against a teacher of Marketing department in the name of counselling several times, reports UNB .The victim, a student of Marketing department, lodged the...

Provide land services with sincerity: Minister to ACs Land

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has directed the assistant commissioners (Land) to provide services to the land service recipients with sincerity and good behavior, reports UNB. At the same time, he also directed them to listen carefully to the problems...

BTRC to hold public hearing on telecom services in May

FE REPORT | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hold its second public hearing on telecommunication services in Dhaka next May.The regulator is preparing for the hearing, which was instructed by the State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed...

9.0m to depart Dhaka by road: NCPSRR

2024-04-02 00:00:00

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) forecasts around 15 million individuals are poised to exit the greater Dhaka area, including Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Gazipur, and Narayanganj city corporation areas, for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr celebration, reports...

Bangabandhu's autobiography 'Unfinished Memoirs' launched in Bhutanese language

2024-04-02 00:00:00

The autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, "Unfinished Memoirs", has been translated into Bhutanese (Dzongkha) language, reports UNB.WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia and granddaughter of the Father of the Nation, Saima Wazed, and Princess of...

Early rains fuel fears of worse dengue outbreak

SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-04-02 00:00:00

Dengue cases are on a worrying trajectory this year, with early rains coinciding with a surge that surpasses even the record-breaking numbers seen in the same period last year. This has health experts sounding the alarm over a potentially deadlier...

Jatiya Tanti Samity's ad hoc committee desolved

2024-04-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh Handloom Board has desolved the ad hoc management committee of Bangladesh Jatiya Tati Samity, reports BSS.The 12-member ad hoc committee formed on December 20 in 2021 for conducting the Samity's activities was desolved on Monday.Different electronic and print media...