National,Back Page
Fatema Tuz Zohara, first woman pilot in police aviation wing. The Aviation Basic Training Course was inaugurated with four police officials in Army Aviation School in July, 2021. Zohara, a BCS cadre of 36th batch, took training with 10 other officials of army and navy. The first woman police pi...
City
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim urged the people of Dhaka city to cast their vote for Awami League to build a smart metropolitan.“Bangladesh is taking the shape of a smart country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and I will put in my all effort...
Sports
A month-long athletics training camp began on Thursday at Tangail district stadium. Tangail district additional deputy commissioner (general) Md Oliuzzaman formally inaugurated the training camp, said a press release.Tangail District Sports Association (DSA) general secretary Mirza Moinul Hossa...
Business & Commerce
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has procured nearly Taka 1,000-crore equipment to increase its ground handling capability in line with the flight operation capacity of the newly built 3rd terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)."Currently, we are handling 160 flights daily. With thi...
Essential commodity importers and traders on Wednesday demanded zero margin import of six commodities which will be essential during the upcoming Holy Month of Ramadan.The six items are onion, edible oil, sugar, lentil, chickpeas and dates.Businessmen made the demand in a meeting with Senior Commerc...
The interest among the individual taxpayers for submitting returns through online has increased as a total of 4,07,501 taxpayers submitted their returns through online till December 31, 2023.The number of submitted returns through online is higher this year compared to the previous year while the de...
In a groundbreaking development, upon completion of detailed feasibility through transaction advisory services, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the Maersk Group, are set to negotiate a transformative Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the development of t...
After witnessing a downward trend in the two sessions, stocks on Wednesday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues.After witnessing volatility, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 2.65 points or 0.04 per...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said BNP’s voice against election is becoming soften gradually as their call to boycott of poll has completely failed.“BNP supporters are eagerly waiting to exercise their franchis...
With a view to smoothing and easing revenue collection online to make the Mongla Sea Port as smart Port, the Mongla Port Authority (MPA) has opened 'e-Payment System Service'.MPA Chairman Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali inaugurated the system at a ceremony as chief guest on Tuesday, Md Makruzzam...
Jatiya Sangsad Whip Iqbalur Rahim on Wednesday said 'Boat' is the only symbol of development in the country, so the countrymen should cast their vote in favour of Awami League candidates."The Awami League government has ensured peace, development, security and food for all," he tol...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the journalist community to remain alert against any rumor and misleading information."Stay alert against rumors," she said when two delegations of the noted journalists separately met her at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence in the cap...
The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) joint election assessment team on Wednesday held a meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman at the latter’s office in the capital.The delegation discussed various issue...
National,Front Page
Awami League (AL) president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she wants that the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election slated for January 7 will be free, fair and neutral setting a milestone in the country’s democratic history.“People will cast votes for their favourite cand...
The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Ltd, a state-owned power generation entity, is set to build another three solar power plants with 300MW capacity at Sonagazi upazila in Feni district of the country.EGCB recently signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Japanese business con...
Country, Districts
Two people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run three-wheeler and a pickup van in Matidoli area of the district town Wednesday. The deceased were identified as CNG-run three-wheeler driver Mokhleshur Rahman, 50, son of Yunus Ali, a resident of Shibganj upazila ...
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the country didn't see any development during the regimes of illegal power grabbers who seized power violating the constitution with the strength of arms.Seeking vote for her party’s election symbol ‘Boat&rs...
Revenue collection witnessed a whopping growth of 425 percent over the last 14 years of the Awami League government in three successive terms after it assumed office in 2009 following a landslide victory in 2008 general election.This eye-catching revenue collection growth is largely attributed to th...
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts and one upazila today.From 3 pm, the AL chief will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at Tejgaon here, an AL press release said on Tuesday.Sheikh Hasina will gradually address...
Country's export earnings during the first half (July-December) period of the current fiscal year (FY24) totaled $27,540.37 million with a 0.84 percent growth.According to the latest statistics of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), country's export earnings during the July-December period of...
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