City Desk : The Agriculture Minister Abdus Shahid has said that the official price of rice will be determined in...
Day: April 20, 2024
Business Desk : Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has launched smart banking with the digital services of online banking, internet banking and electronic fund transfer aimed at bringing dynamism into its banking services. It has launched the RAKUB service delivery and internet service activities in the RAKUB Mobile App through the central e-payment system ekpay of the Aspire to Innovate (a2i) programme, reports BSS. With this breakthrough, clients of the bank will be able to open new accounts from home...
Business Desk : The World Bank Group has announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030. This is part of a larger global effort to provide a basic standard of care through every stage of a person’s life – infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. For decades, the World Bank Group has helped provide health services for women and children in more than 100 countries, said a World Bank media...
BSS : Valiant freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, who had designed the first flag of Bangladesh just before the independence,...
Staff Reporter : Petrobangla, the state-owned oil, gas, and minerals corporation, has set an ambitious target to complete drilling of 48 wells across various gas fields by 2025. This initiative is aimed at augmenting the national grid with an additional 618 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) of gas. The endeavor, which involves both Petrobangla’s own companies and external contractors, is a response to the acute gas shortages impacting power and industrial sectors among others. A senior Petrobangla official, speaking...
Staff Reporter : During a press briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific, Huong Lan Vu, a Communication Officer for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), advocated for Bangladesh to adopt a more flexible exchange rate regime. This recommendation comes in light of the country’s challenges in maintaining adequate foreign exchange reserves. According to Vu, transitioning to a flexible exchange rate is crucial for Bangladesh to “build external resilience and build buffers and reserves.” This suggestion is particularly...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at the old Brahmaputra river in Hossionpur, Kishoreganj, to partake in the one-day religious bath festival known as Ashtami Snan. The event, held on Tuesday, attracted pilgrims from various parts of the country who believe in the spiritual cleansing power of the river’s waters. The pilgrimage, a tradition among Hindu communities, draws crowds seeking purification from sins through the sacred dip in the Brahmaputra. Alongside the religious rituals,...
News Desk : A severe heatwave is sweeping over the Chuadanga and Rajshahi districts and high temperatures are likely to scorch Bangladesh for three days, meteorologists say. In Chuadanga, the mercury has continued to rise, crossing 41 degrees Celsius for the first time this season in early summer, reports bdnews24.com The highest temperature in the district was recorded at 41.3 degrees Celsius on Friday, Meteorologist Hafizur Rahman said. Chuadanga’s temperature had registered as 40.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, 40.8 degrees...
Business Desk : Govnd Joshi has been appointed as the hotel manager of Amari Dhaka, a 5 star hotel property...