Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : There have been allegations of slowness and use of low-quality materials in the construction of ‘Birnivas’, a residence for 9 brave freedom fighters in Ishwardi. The construction work is not completed even in a year and a half. In the meantime, the plasterboards of some houses have started to fall. Due to these reasons, the brave freedom fighters expressed their anger. According to the office of the Upazila Project Implementation Officer, Ghulam Mahbubur Rahman Babul Sardar...
Day: February 3, 2024
Business Desk : Pacific Denims Ltd, one of the leading apparel exporters in Bangladesh, logged a 66 percent year-on-year decline in profit in the October-December period of financial year 2023-24. This brought the profit to Tk 27.86 lakh in the second quarter, down from the Tk 82.82 lakh posted in the identical quarter of 2022-23, according to the un-audited financial statement of the company. Thus, the company’s earnings per share (EPS) fell to Tk 0.02 from Tk 0.05. The company...
Staff Reporter : The unabated sale of loose edible oil marketed in drums not only poses a threat to public health but also works as an impediment to the proper implementation of the 2013 Vitamin Fortification in Edible Oil Act. PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) expressed their concern vote the matter on the occasion of National Food Safety Day through a statement on Friday. With the theme “Shastho, Pushti o Shomriddhi Chai, Nirapod Khadder Bikolpo Nai” (Health, Nutrition, and Prosperity: Safe...
Al Jazeera : Malaysia has halved the sentence of disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was convicted and sent...
Staff Reporter : The United States has been continuing its reservations on the 12th parliamentary election, saying that the poll was not free and fair. They, however, said that they would continue their engagement in various areas as they do with other countries. Mathew Miller, a spokesperson of the State Department, made the remarks in reply to the question of a journalist during a press briefing on Thursday. The journalist asked him that the United States is interested in working...
City Desk : Foreign minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday held separate bilateral meetings with his Belgian, Czech, Swedish, Vietnamese counterparts on the sideline of 3rd Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum being held in Brussels. During the meeting with Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade Hadja Lahbib, Mahmud thanked her government to provide continuous support in the development journey of Bangladesh, a foreign ministry press release said here, reports BSS. Lahbib expressed keen interest to further strengthen the...
Reuters : Japan, America’s closest ally in Asia, has been trying to send a message to US presidential hopeful Donald...
Ahmed Jakir : The Awami League-led government is grappling with growing concerns over the escalating prices of essential commodities, despite...
Australia thrashed West Indies by eight wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) against Australia on Friday. Earlier, Keacy Carty was denied a century in a run-out mix-up and debutant paceman Xavier Bartlett took four wickets as the West Indies reached 231. Carty looked primed for his maiden ODI century before he was badly burnt by his batting partner Hayden Walsh and was run out for 88 off 108 balls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Bartlett, playing in his...
Reuters : Farmers have blocked several border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands, Belgian and Dutch traffic centres said on...