Business & Commerce
Bangladesh and China exchanged a draft feasibility study report for initially signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to increase trade and investment.The two countries exchanged the report at a ceremony at the conference room of the Ministry of Commerce at Bangladesh secretar...
National,Back Page
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Thursday visited the special economic zone (SEZ) in Madhabram area under Bhogdanga union of Kurigram Sadar upazila.State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and BEZA Executive Chairman Shaikh Yusuf Harun, among others, accomp...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked all concerned to take effective steps for availing maximum benefits and facilities after the country's graduation from the LDCs in 2026 and also to devise strategies to face the challenges following the graduation.She gave the directive while chairi...
City
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that BNP wants nullify the meaning of the independence, as they did not believe the spirit of the War of Liberation and democracy.“Every person of the country is now getting benefits of the f...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said all development partners should come to a single platform aiming to prevent resource fragmentation.“To maximise resource utilisation, duplication and overlapping should be minimised. With numerous challeng...
Sports,Hockey
India recruit Silhaiba Lisham slammed a brilliant hat-trick saw Ajax Sporting Club registered a massive 7-3 goals win over Victoria Sporting Club in the first match of Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League held at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.Apart from Lisham ...
Country, Districts
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police busted a fake cosmetics factory in Rajshahi city and arrested its owner Friday night. The arrested, Monsur Amin, 45, son of Ruhul Amin of Laxmipur Bhatapara area under Rajpara Police Station, is also the manufacturer of fake cosmetics,said a press rele...
China on Thursday expressed keen interest to import jute goods from Bangladesh as its ambassador here Yao Wen had a meeting with Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak at latter's secretariat office.Briefing reporters after the meeting, the minister said the Chinese envoy praised Bangla...
The production target of egg, milk, and meat, fixed by the Livestock Department, has been exceeded in the 2022-23 year in all ten districts of Khulna division. The production target of hen and duck eggs was 306.50 crore whereas the production was 334.55 crore which was 9.15 percent higher again...
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the history of proclamation of independence in 1971 by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was distorted after his assassination in 1975. "Bangabandhu's proclamation of independence was sp...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a proposal in principle for importing some 50,000 metric tons of onion from National Cooperative Exports Limited of India.The approval came from the sixth meeting of the CCEA in this year held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room of Ba...
The Australian Assistant Minister for Defense Matt Thistlethwaite has said Australia is ready to work with Bangladesh."Australia is ready to work with the present government of Bangladesh as the country has formed a new government after holding credible national elections on January 7, this yea...
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today extended the timeframe for procuring electricity from three gas-based power plants by five more years operated by Summit Power Limited.The approval came from its seventh meeting in this year held today at the Cabinet Division Conference Room ...
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said parliamentary diplomacy can play a crucial role in establishing a society free from hunger, poverty and exploitation, which was the ever cherished dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.She made the remarks while ...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Monday said the government is following the green and climate resilient development policy to ensure that all the developments are environment- and climate-friendly one.“The climate change issue is now mainstreaming. Th...
The death toll from Friday’s trawler capsize in Meghna rose to 9 as three more bodies were recovered on Monday morning.“The death toll rises eight as three more bodies were recovered from the river at Bhairab fisheries warehouse (Aroth) area today”, said Obaidul Karim, deputy direc...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said because of the opposition of BNP, Bangladesh have not got yet the international recognition of the genocide the Pakistani forces carried out during its 1971 liberation war."They (BNP) are agents. Because of them, we still haven&#...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Monday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 66.73 points or 1.13 percent to 5,834.39. Two other indices...
Sports,Cricket
Title contenders Abahani Limited registered their seventh straight victory in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League as they beat Bangladesh Police Sporting Club by 4-2 at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. In the proceeding, national forward Rakibul Hasan Rocky scored...
Sports,Chess
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman finished 8th in the Hanoi Grandmaster-2 Chess held in Hanoi, Vietnam. IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman earned 3.5 points out of nine games. In the 9th or last round games held on Sunday last afternoon (local time), IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman lost to FM Vaz Ethan of India. GM Tra...
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