Country, Districts
Farmers in the district have started harvesting their early variety Aman paddy with a hope of bumper production. After cutting the paddy, the farmers are taking preparation for cultivating potatoes. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of Panchagarh office sources said 81,000...
Business & Commerce
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday reduced the tax rate to 15 percent on capital gains above Taka 50 lakh from selling shares of listed companies on the stock exchanges for encouraging investment in capital market. Previously, taxpayers had to pay 30 percent tax on the capital gains ...
National
The government has appointed 20 special public prosecutors (PPs) in an Explosive Substances Act case filed with Lalbagh Police Station over the 2009 BDR mutiny.The solicitor wing of the Law and Justice Division issued a notification in this regard on November 3.The 20 newly appointed special public ...
A group of 70 stranded Bangladeshi expatriates from war-torn Lebanon arrived safely in Dhaka on Monday night on an Emirates Airlines flight (EK-584), fully funded by the Bangladeshi government.To date, a total of 338 Bangladeshis have been repatriated from Lebanon in seven flights, according to a pr...
National,Front Page
The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted a petition for preparing the paper book at own cost to file an appeal against a 7-year conviction to BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.A High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Just...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged the young people to make up their mind and dream to bring a positive change in the country."I particularly encourage the young people to make up their mind, figure out and dream. Dream is the beginning of change. If you dream, it will happe...
A Bangladeshi expatriate was killed on his way to work in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, according to the Bangladesh embassy in Beirut.The incident took place in the Grazmiye area of Beirut on Saturday afternoon (local time), the embassy reported today.The deceased has been identified as Mohammad ...
City
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam Sunday called for cooperation in rehabilitating the families of those martyred in the July-August mass uprising and treating the injured.The adviser made this call in separate meetings with the representatives of mobile phon...
Adviser to the Ministries of Industries and Housing and Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan has laid emphasis on strengthening economic ties with Korea for the country’s industrial development.Addressing a seminar at a city hotel on Sunday he said, strengthening economic ties with Korea is vital f...
The City Unit of BNP has announced 3- day programmes to mark the ‘Jatiya Biplob and Sanghati Dibas’(National Revolution and Solidarity Day) on November 7 at a city hotel after a joint preparedness meeting of BNP and its associate bodies on Saturday.Member secretary of t...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday accorded reception to the SAFF winning Bangladesh women’s football team as its members shared their dream and the daily struggles they face with the head of the government.The footballers apprised of their dream when they met the chief adviser...
Calling for working together to strengthen cooperative movement in the country, adviser for local government A. F. Hassan Ariff on Saturday said unity is the driving force of cooperative movement.“The main purpose of cooperatives is to work together. But dispute over issuance of membership of ...
The SAFF champion Bangladesh women’s football team in a reception hosted today by the Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in their honour, shared the story of their life with the head of the interim government.The Chief Adviser accorded a warm reception to SAFF winning Bangladesh women&rsqu...
Professor Emeritus and literary critic Sirajul Islam Chowdhury on Saturday said the libraries need to be made an excellence center of cultural practice."The role of books is most important in practicing culture. There were libraries in almost every area. But those are now lifeless. Those librar...
Sports,Cricket
Openers Anamul Haque Bijoy and Amit Mojumder hit centuries as Khulna reached 358-6 on Day 1 of the third-round game against Dhaka Metro in 26th National Cricket League (NCL) at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.Amit hammered 145 off 234 with 14 fours and three sixes while Bijoy scored 169 b...
A month long vaccination campaign on HPV (Human Papillomavirus) has been going on in Sadullapur Upazila like other areas in the district since October 24.Official sources said upazila health department has fixed up a target to provide HPV vaccine to 13,000 girls aged 10-14 who are studying in grade ...
53rd National Cooperative Day was observed in Chapainawabganj on Saturday with the slogan "Cooperative to build discrimination-free Bangladesh."Different programmes were taken up in the district to mark the day.After hoisting the national flag in front of the Deputy Commissioner's offi...
Canal cleanliness campaign was launched in the city on Friday aimed at removing stagnant water and preventing dengue prevalence in the city.To mark the National Youth Day-2024, divisional and district administrations and the department of youth development opened the campaign at Baya Bazar area in c...
Senior divisional level officials on Saturday urged all concerned to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and dedication for building a cooperative-based and discrimination-free society to ensure welfare of all citizens.They made the call while addressing a discussion organised by Divisional...
Eminent jurist and constitution expert Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday suggested updating the country's constitution.He made the suggestion when a delegation of the Constitution Reform Commission, led by its head Professor Ali Riaz, paid a courtesy call on him at his Motijheel office in the capital...
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