National,Front Page
Diplomats including ambassadors, high commissioners and commercial counselors of various foreign missions, high commissions and embassies, working in Bangladesh would visit the ongoing Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2024 at Purbachal on February 6 where local products would be exhibited befor...
City
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the government is not doing anything to harass Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus."Government has not filed any false case against him (Dr Yunus). The government is not harassing him. That case was filed by the labourers....
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said the country's rivers and waterbodies must have to be protected to ensure a livable environment for people and biodiversity as well."We have to keep pace with the rivers and nature to prevent environment...
Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain has urged people to build resistance against corruption across the country on Thursday. "If we want to build Sonar Bangla', we must fight against corruption . . . every department would be built as corruption-free through digitalization...
Country, Districts
A man died after being electrocuted in Dhunat upazila of the district Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Rahim Box, 65, a resident of Khaduli village of the upazila.Police said Rahim Box was electrocuted at a house while repairing a tube well at the village around 12:30pm. He died on the sp...
Business & Commerce
Bangladeshi company CartonCraft Limited is going to invest US$ 2.51 million to set up a Packaging and Accessories manufacturing industry in BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ). Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on Thursday signed an agreement with the company to this effect at BEPZA Co...
Stocks on Thursday witnessed upward trend as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising with higher activities of some large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 60.65 points or 0.99 per cent to settle at 6,213.99. ...
Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Lokman Hossain Miah has laid emphasis on the government's substantial investment in Bangladesh's energy and other sectors to showcase Bangladesh as an investment-friendly destination.He outlined the various me...
National,Back Page
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday received credentials of newly appointed ambassadors and high commissioners of seven countries to Bangladesh at Bangabhaban in the capital city of Dhaka.The new non-resident envoys are: High Commissioner of Botswana Gilbert Shimane Magole, Ambassador of Cam...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced incentives across all export items for aligning with its impending graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026.Bangladesh Bank (BB) today issued a circular in this regard.The circular will be effective from 1 January 2024 and will be valid till...
Stocks on Wednesday performed mixed with major indices finishing flat. The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 3.12 points up at 6,153.34. But, the Shariah DSES and the blue-chip DS30 closed the day with 2.44 points down at 1,351.96 and with 7.16 points down at 2,103.93.Out of 39...
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Tuesday accused some corporate houses, millers, wholesalers and retailers of causing price spiral of rice through hoarding and issued a stern note of warning asking them to get prepared to land in jail unless they correct themselves. “They m...
Chairman of Awami Jubo League Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash on Tuesday said the BNP boycotted the 12th parliamentary election as the party has become isolated from the people due to their subversive activities in the name of movement. "The countrymen don't believe BNP due to their anarchy ...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday assured his ministry's officials and employees of resolving the official problems quickly and urged them to speed up their operations."The speed of judicial proceedings will increase and case backlog will come down, once ...
Commercial honey collectors are passing their busy time to collect honey from the blooming flowers of mustard in the district as the season is going to end soon. The honey collectors are rushing from one yellow mustard field to another with their bee boxes in all the seven upazilas of the distr...
A three-day international tourism fair will begin in the capital on Thursday with participation of travel and leisure service providers of eight countries including hosts Bangladesh.Civil aviation and tourism minister Muhammad Faruk Khan will inaugurate the fair titled "12th Biman Bangladesh Tr...
Stocks on Tuesday witnessed upward trend as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising with higher activities of some large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 52.99 points or 0.87 per cent to settle at 6,150.22. Two ot...
World
The 36th 'National Poetry Festival-2024' will be held at Hakim Chattar adjacent to Dhaka University Central Library from February 1-2.Poets from Argentina, Nepal, Germany, Iraq, the Philippines and other countries would participate in the festival.Jatiya Kabita Parishad General Secretary Tar...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin will address the first session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) starting at 3 pm today.In line with the parliamentary practice, the President addresses the first parliamentary sitting every year.Earlier, he convened the first parliament session of 2024 exercis...
Dr Jiaoqun Shi has joined as the new Representative for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangladesh.Today Dr Shi submitted his credential to Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a FAO press release said.Dr Shi, a national of C...
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