National,Front Page

AL pay homage to Syed Ashraf

Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its affiliated organisations Tuesday paid tributes to former AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on the occasion of his fourth death anniversary.They paid respect to the late AL leader by placing wreaths at his grave at the capital's Bana...

City

Senior Rangpur journo Manik no more

A senior journalist of Rangpur Manik Sarker Manik is no more. He breathed last while undergoing treatment for kidney failure at Rangpur Medical College Hospital today at 6:30 am. He was 56.Manik, a Member of Rangpur Press Club, left behind a son, his wife and a host of relatives, admirers and w...

City

RCC makes Bilsimla Railway crossing road four-lane

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been elevating the Bilsimla Railway crossing to City Hat street road to four-lane aimed at making the movement of both vehicles and people quick and smooth.RCC is turning the road to 80-feet wide along with a four-foot-wide road divider with an outlay of around Ta...

Sports,Cricket

Chattogram keep faith on ‘impact players’

Chattogram Challengers will hope that their impact players can deliver when it matters most as they aim to spring a surprise in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament.Chattogram showed some worthy performance in the last BPL with an average team. This time also they did not run ...

Sports,Cricket

Balanced Khulna gear up for big challenge

Tamim Iqbal is one of the biggest stars of Bangladesh and also has some envious record in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) history.He will be the person to motivate Khulna Tigers to come all guns blazing in the tournament this season.Tamim Iqbal has already retired from international T20. However, he...

Country

‘Social services helping achieve SDGs leaving none behind’

High officials at a discussion on Monday said massive social welfare services being provided to backward people are helping to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) leaving nine behind.They expressed the view at the event organized by the Department of Social Services (DSS) in observance ...

Country

2 held with over a kg of heroin in Rajshahi, C’nawabganj

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in two separate anti-crime drives arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 1.1 kilograms of heroin in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts on Monday night.The arrested persons were identified as Abdur Rahman, 27, son of Mukhlesur Rahman of Char Kodalkati vill...

Country

Infusing dynamism into social services stressed

Speakers at a discussion here unequivocally called for infusing dynamism into the social services for the welfare of the people with special needs and other underprivileged sections of the society.They put emphasis on ensuring transparency and accountability in all the welfare-oriented social servic...

City

Mild cold wave sweeps parts of country

A mild cold wave was sweeping over the districts of Panchagarh, Moulvibazar and Kurigram and it may continue, said a Met Office forecast on Monday.Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country while Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and northe...

City

Massive dev programmes in education sector on: Sujon

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon has said the incumbent government has been implementing massive development programs in country's education sector for spreading the light of quality education across the country.He said, as part of the development programmes, huge relevant infrastructures ...

City

Ferry movement resumes after 12 hours on Jamuna

Poor visibility caused by dense fogs disrupted ferry movements for 12.00 hours on Aricha-Kazirhat and 5 hours on Paturia- Daulatdia routes in the early hours of Monday, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Paturia Ghat officials said."Dense fog blanketed the Aricha-Kazirhat riv...

National,Back Page

BB creates Tk 10,000cr export facilitation fund

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has created an export facilitation fund of Taka 10,000 crore to support export-oriented firms.Under the fund, an exporter will be allowed to take a loan of a maximum of Taka 200 crore from the fund, which is a pre-finance scheme by nature, as per a BB circular issued on Sunday.A...

National,Back Page

President, PM greet members of police on police week

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today greeted all the members of Bangladesh Police on the occasion of the Police Week-2023 beginning today.On the eve of the week, they issued separate messages wishing success of all the programmes of the week.President Abdul Hamid in hi...

National,Front Page

AL announces its new Central Working Committee

The ruling Awami League (AL) has announced Central Working Committee a week after the party held its 22nd national council on December 24, reelecting Sheikh Hasina as its president and Obaidul Quader as general secretary.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was reelected as AL President for the 10th consecu...

National,Front Page

Taka 4,100cr collected as income tax, 28.51 lakh returns submitted

Some 28.51 lakh individual taxpayers submitted their returns in the current fiscal year 2022-23 where the National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected Taka 4,100 crore as income tax.Submission of income tax returns this year grew by 23.98 percent while revenue collection also increased by a healthy 24....

National,Front Page

Export earnings post 10.58pc growth in July-Dec

The country's overall export earnings have bounced back from the global uncertainties as it posted a growth of 10.58 percent during the first half (July-December) period of the current fiscal year (FY23) compared to the same period of the last fiscal.The export earnings during the first half of ...

National,Front Page

Syed Ashraf’s 4th death anniversary today

The fourth death anniversary of former Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam will be observed today.On January 3 in 2019, Syed Ashraf, also the then Public Administration Minister, died at the age of 68 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok. He had been suffering from...

National,Front Page

Inflation eases further to 8.71pc in Dec

The general point to point inflation rate in December last year eased further as it fell to 8.71 percentage point mainly because of the downtrend in food and non-food inflation.The general point to point inflation rate in November last was 8.85 percentage, according to the monthly consumer price (CP...

National,Front Page

S Korea takes record Bangladeshi workers in 2022: Embassy

A record number of 5,891 Bangladeshi “low and medium” skilled workers were taken by South Korea in 2022 through its Employment Permit System (EPS) programme.In continuation of the EPS program, the first batch of this year’s Bangladesh expatriate workers is scheduled to leave Dhaka ...

Business

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks further down

Country's both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Sunday plunged further due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 17.49 points or 0.28 percent to 6,177.88. Two other ...