Anisur Rahman Khan : Performing Hajj has become financially challenging for the middle-income group, as a total of 44,043 Hajj...
Day: February 8, 2024
Kamruzzaman Bablu : Expatriate income through banking channels has seen continuous growth since October 2023. In January, marking the first...
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party in Bangladesh, BNP, expressed grave concerns on Wednesday, stating that the nation is currently caught in the crossfire of border killings by Myanmar and India, describing the situation as alarming. These remarks were made during a press conference held by the BNP’s National Standing Committee, the party’s apex policy-making body, at its chairperson’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka. Present at the conference were BNP standing committee members Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, and...
JnU correspondent : Jagannath University (JnU) Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Unit vice-president Parag Hossain Slapped and beat a student named Md. Minhajul Islam. Minhajul is the university’s Mass communication and journalism department 2022-23 academic year student for not listening to motorcycle horn. The incident took place in front of the main gate of the university on Wednesday (07 February) at 1.30 pm. The accused Parag Hossain is a student of the 2015-16 (11 batch) academic year of the university’s mathematics...
Dr Matiur Rahman : In pursuing a sustainable future, the global community has rallied around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 objectives established by the United Nations to address many social, economic, and environmental challenges. Among these, SDG-12 is crucial for creating a more sustainable world. It calls for “Responsible Consumption and Production,” recognizing our consumption and production patterns’ profound impact on the planet and its inhabitants. SDG-12 underscores the interconnectedness of consumption and production patterns, highlighting...
AFP : A wave of strike action has brought Germany to a standstill in recent weeks, as Europe’s largest economy has struggled for growth and consumers have felt the pinch from sky-high inflation. Rail, bus and airport workers have walked out one after another amid bitter salary negotiations in a country that usually prides itself on good labour relations. The latest industrial action by airport ground staff has forced Lufthansa to cancel nine out of every 10 flights for Wednesday....
Business Report : Shimanto Bank signed an MoU with Concord Real Estate & Development at the Bank’s head office recently....
Business Desk : Berger Paints BD Ltd has signed an Issue Management Agreement with IDLC Investments Ltd on 5th February...
BSS : President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Wednesday asked the university authorities concerned to implement world-standard higher education. He came up...
Staff Reporter : The Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) under the Ministry of Industries has officially recognized the “Tangail Saree” as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh. This announcement was made by Zakia Sultana, the Senior Secretary of the Industries Ministry, on Wednesday (7 February), with a gazette notification scheduled to be issued on Thursday. The DPDT is tasked with recognizing and certifying GI products in alignment with the standards of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),...
UNB, Sunamganj : A 50-year-old man was killed and 15 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute at Ujandhal village in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain of the village. According to police and locals, the deceased brother’s Sanwar Hossain, Warid Mia, and cousin Sufi Mia had a longstanding dispute with Monfar Mia (in-law of Anwar Hossain) over planting paddy saplings on the land. The two sides...
National Desk : A delegation from the OCP, Morocco visited Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) on Wednesday. BARI scientists and...