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Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Friday said all faiths live with harmony in Bangladesh as the Hindu community is celebrating their biggest religious festival Durga Puja peacefully in the country."Durga Puja is being celebrated peacefully in the count...
National,Front Page
Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman today underscored the need for holding fair elections for continuation of democracy.“We must hold a free and fair election aiming to keep the country’s democracy continue,” he said in a message marking Shaheed Jeh...
Mirpur-10 metro rail station is expected to resume operation shortly as the system of every parameter was witnessed satisfactory following the final test for reopening of the station on Thursday.“We’ve completed the test operation of Mirpur-10 metro rail station successfully. Everything ...
Shaheed Mehedi Hasan, senior reporter of the online news portal Dhaka Times, once wrote in his facebook status that he would be headlines on newspapers one day, but who knew that his thoughts would turn into reality in his life. Mehedi’s death drew wide coverage both in the national ...
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Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said the interim government is committed to protecting the constitutional rights of people from all religious communities and maintaining communal harmony across the country."The rights of every individual are constitutionally recognized, and the go...
Business & Commerce
Textiles and Jute Ministry Adviser Brigadier General (Rtd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain today called upon the Denis companies to invest in Bangladesh's jute and textiles."I am calling upon the Denis companies to invest in Bangladesh's jute and textiles industries," he said while Ambassado...
Country, Districts
People of the Hindu community here on Thursday celebrated the Maha Saptami, the second day of the five-day Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the community, amid great enthusiasm and festive mood.The religious festival was marked by arati, recitation from scriptures, distribution of prosh...
World
Bolivia has joined South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice that alleges the Israeli Gaza offensive breaches the UN Genocide Convention, the court said on Wednesday.The South American country is the latest of several nations, including Colombia, Libya, Spain and M...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged Russian entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh. He made the call when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on him (Chief Adviser) at his Tejgaon office in Dhaka.During the meeting, Mantytskiy r...
Dhaka on Wednesday protested to Indian government on the killing of a Bangladeshi national, Md. Kamal Hossain hailing from Sadar South upazila of Cumilla district.Kamal was shot and killed by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India on October 7. “The Government of Bangladesh calls upon t...
The United Nations (UN) has praised Bangladesh's contribution to different peacekeeping missions across the world.The admiration came at a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Jashim Uddin and UN Assistant Secretary General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific of Departmen...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged Spain to increase trade and investment in Bangladesh to help in economic recovery after years of plundering during the ousted autocratic regime.He made the request when Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Gabriel Sistiaga met him at his office i...
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Wednesday the government is working to develop an effective early warning system to minimise the loss of lives and livelihoods of the people in the natural calamities.She was speaking as the chief guest at a stakeholders'...
Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the general point to point inflation has almost come to a steady position."General inflation has almost declined by one percent officially... On the whole, we've been able ...
The country's export earnings witnessed a 6.78 percent growth in September this year totaling US$3.51 billion, a $220 million jump compared to the same period last year.The export earnings in September last year were $3.29 billion.The EPB prepared the data based on real time shipments data as pe...
Relaunch of Shyampur Sugar Mills Limited (SSML), Rangpur's only heavy industry, can boost the local economy and bring prosperity to many including farmers and workers, and change their fortune. Talking to BSS, farmers, former workers of the industry and leaders of different farmers’ o...
Five-day Durga Puja, largest religious festival of the Hindu community began here on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm and festivity.The Durgotsob is being celebrated in 3,314 puja mandaps in all eight districts under the Rajshahi division in addition to 96 in Rajshahi city.The main features of the fes...
As many as 3512 Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) personnel have been deployed at the Puja Mandaps on the occasion of the Sharodiyo Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu Community here, this year.The 5-day long Puja festival has begun on Wednesday morning that will come to...
The Bangladesh Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in September increased by 6.2 points from the previous month to 49.7 suggesting that the economy is still in the construction mode despite improvements in all key sectors.This latest PMI reading was attributed to slower contraction readings poste...
Dhaka has requested the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to arrange chartered flights to evacuate Bangladeshi expatriates stranded in Lebanon, as Israeli airstrikes continue to target major cities in the middle eastern country.“The challenge is that Beirut's airport is curren...
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