Business & Commerce
Speakers at the stakeholders meeting on National Integrity Strategy (NIS) of Biman Bangladesh Airline have underlined the need for further improving quality and customer-oriented services to boost business and sustain in the modern global competitive aviation industry. Although Biman is doing b...
Terming the expatriates as the backbone of the nation, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that the country as well as the respective families of the expatriate Bangladeshis is being benefitted from the hard earned remittances sent by the expatriates."So, we should be much more attentive in resolv...
Sports,Cricket
An upbeat Bangladesh looked determined to come all guns blazing as they take on New Zealand for the third and final T20 International in a bid to seal the series at Bay Oval in Maunt Maunganui today.Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 following their five-wicket victory in the first match. The second gam...
Entertainment & Glomour
The Palestinian Freedom Theatre in the occupied West Bank will welcome actors back this weekend, just over a fortnight after an Israeli raid on the centre sparked an international outcry.Its artistic director Ahmed Tobasi told AFP the theatre in Jenin refugee camp had become a symbol of Palestinian ...
Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan is in hot water with Yellowstone Park authorities after straying off the beaten path in a geothermal area of the famed national wilderness.The Irish heartthrob and on-screen superspy was strolling through the sprawling national park on November 1 when he was gi...
National
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the countrymen will give a befitting reply with votes to the local and foreign conspiracies being hatched to bring third party to power to disrupt January 7 election."Various conspiracies are being hatched to foil the...
City
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said anti-graft watchdog like Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is required in society but sometimes it is issuing statements likewise political one.He said this in a statement in the port city in response to a recent statemen...
National,Front Page
From the rubbles of an war-ravaged country, Bangladesh's per capita income (nominal) has now shoot up to $2,793 in 2023 after beginning with a mere $91 in 1972 just after independence weathering various odds and difficulties thanks to the prudent macroeconomic policies of the Awami League govern...
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that politics of Awami League is just for the welfare of people, but BNP-Jamaat's politics is to burn people."Their (BNP-Jamaat's) politics is to burn people. Do the people want them? Tell me. No, people don'...
Terming election in Bangladesh as a domestic matter of the country, India on Friday made it clear again that the people of Bangladesh will decide their own future through the polls."The election is a domestic matter of Bangladesh and we believe it is the people of Bangladesh to decide their own...
Country, Districts
Honey collectors of Jamalpur district have set up 5133 bee boxes to collect honey from the mustard field of the district during this current season.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said they collected 5760 kilograms of honey from the mustard field in the district till Dec...
Police in separate drives arrested five criminals on charges of stealing cash and gold ornaments and possessing hemp (Ganja) in the city in the past 24 hours.Additional deputy police commissioner Sarder Rakibul Islam disclosed the matter at a press conference held at Sonadanga Model Police Station (...
Sugarcane crushing at Joypurhat Sugar Mills began here today with a target of producing 2,170 tonnes of sugar by crushing 35,000 tonnes of sugarcane during the current 2023-24 season.Sheikh Shoebul Alam, Chairman (Grade-1) of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industry Corporation (BSFIC) inaugurated the sug...
Around 39.08 lakh tonnes of potatoes are expected to be produced from 1.56 lakh hectares of land in all eight districts of the division during the current Rabi season. According to the latest official data, the target of producing 14.60 lakh tonnes of potato has been set from 58,414 hectares of...
The government has declared January 7 (Sunday) as a general holiday for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections to allow the voters to cast their votes without any hassle on that day.In response to a letter of the Election Commission, the Public Administration Ministry has issued a gazette notificati...
National,Back Page
Seventy percent works of the project to protect rivers surrounding the capital Dhaka was completed to return life to the rivers including Buriganga, Turag, Balu and Shitalakkhya as construction of three eco-parks and 25km walkway has already been completed.The rest of the work will be completed by J...
The government has extended the deadline for Hajj registration till January 18 next year.The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the registration period of hajj pilgrims till January 18, 2024. Final registration can be done by paying the full amount of initial registration/package by depositi...
Sports,Chess
International Rating Chess competition begins from tomorrow at Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) hall room.The organizers said in a press meet on Thursday that participation in this competition is open to both rated and unrated chess players.They said interested participants will have to submit thei...
Seedbeds are being prepared by the farmers to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in all eleven upazilas of the district this season.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said 1,91,425 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year. The DAE has set...
A views-exchange meeting on ‘Our Role to Build Smart Bangladesh’ was held at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office here Wednesday under the joint auspices of Pabna District Administration and District Information Office. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md Asaduzzaman presided o...
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