Country, Districts
Aman paddy harvesting is going on in full swing in the district as farmers started Aman harvesting on their respective land with much enthusiasm.The farmers are happy with production and fair price of Aman paddy as the whole paddy field now turned into golden colors with ripen grains.This year, the ...
The government has started paddy and rice procurement programme in the district.Deputy Commissioner Md Shamim Hasan inaugurated the programme at a function held at district Food Godown Friday noon.The government would procure 1009 metric tonnes of Aman paddy at the rate of Taka 30 per kilogramme and...
Business & Commerce
Chairman and Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh Limited Zaved Akhtar has been elected as the President of Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the tenure of 2024-2025.At the same time, Eric. M. Walker, Managing Director of Chevron Bangladesh, and YasirAzman, Chie...
City
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said an opportunity has been created for women to devote themselves as firefighters to serve the nation like in other sectors."Women are performing their duties bravely. Similarly, the women firefighters will get an opportunity to serve the natio...
National,Front Page
Safety net scheme of the government has been playing a significant role to curb poverty as 1.15 crore marginal people from 262 upazilas are getting the benefits."A large number of rural marginal people across the country are getting benefits from the safety net scheme of Prime Minister Sheikh H...
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday said Bangladesh needs national wage policy to address the garment workers financial challenges while strong labour laws and their implementation are vital to bilateral ties between Washington and Dhaka. “Strong labour laws and ...
Collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) has increased while transparency in VAT collection has been brought after installation of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) machines.Currently, the average VAT collection per EFD machine is Taka 50,000 per month. Earlier, the amount of VAT collection per month was on...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has doubled the limit of sending remittances through mobile financial service (MFS) from the existing limit of Taka 1.25lakh. The Bangladesh Bank's Payment Systems Department (PSD) today said in a circular that from now on expatriates can send a maximum of Taka 2.5 lakh...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 46th in the US magazine Forbes’ list of “The World's Most Powerful Women 2023” published on Tuesday.In the previous year, the premier was ranked 42nd in Forbes’ list of powerful women.She has also been ranked 9th in the ca...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday urged the country’s all mass media to raise voice together against arsonists and brutality of BNP-Jamaat.“All mass media should raise their voice together so that BNP-Jamaat is not...
A three-day long 2nd International Symposium on 'One Health, One World' begins on Wednesday at NababNawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU).DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr A S M Maksud Kamal inaugurated the symposium jointly organized by DU Disaster Science and Climate Resilien...
Entertainment & Glomour
Hollywood actors overwhelmingly ratified a new, hard-fought deal with studios on Tuesday that paves the way for a rebound of an entertainment industry that had seen film and television production come to a halt during a months-long strike.The Screen Actors Guild, known as SAG-AFTRA, said 78 percent ...
World Soil Day was observed in the district as well as elsewhere in the country and the globe on Tuesday.This year's theme of the day was “Soil and Water: A Source of Life”.Deputy Commissioner Abu Naser Bhuiyan presided over the discussion that was addressed, among others, by Additio...
Entrepreneurs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have expressed their keenness to invest more in the country’s different sectors including energy, logistics, manufacturing and food.The information was unveiled today at an event marking the concession agreement between the Chittagong Port Aut...
The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG and 2.40 lakh metric tons of fertilizer alongside approving power tariff for two solar-based power plants.The approvals came from the 41st meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CC...
bKash, the largest MFS provider of the country, has organised a two-day long annual seminar to boost skills of all employees engaged in Anti Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML&CFT) compliance functions.Employees engaged in AML&CFT department including those statio...
National,Back Page
During the ongoing climate conference (COP28) in Dubai, Bangladesh has secured the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) championship Award in the category of Innovation in Developing Finance.The initiative is carried out under the Local Government Initiative on Climate Chan...
Election Commissioner (EC) Mohammad Alamgir on Tuesday said the Election Commission has been working to ensure a peaceful voting environment with ample security measures.Hoping spontaneous participation of the voters, the Election commissioner said, "Our duty is to let the voters vote...
The state-owned Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) will start the supply of electricity to the national grid from Sonagazi 75-megawatt solar power plant by end of this month."Around 95 percent of the project work has already been completed. We are going to start suppl...
'Ganatantro Mukti Dibash (Free Democracy Day)' will be observed in the country today marking the fall of the then autocratic ruler in 1990. On the eve of the day, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday, in a message, greeted the countrymen, describing them as "sentinel of democrac...
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