Business Desk : With the current economic stress stemming from the impact of post-Covid and the Ukraine war, Bangladesh found itself in a dollar crisis and having to heavily rely on foreign loans. To boost the economy, the country needs to enhance its revenue generation. Experts believe strategic pricing policy in the country’s biggest source of internal revenue, the cigarette sector, can help. Data from the NBR reveals that in the first eight months of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, revenue...
Day: April 20, 2024
Reuters : Nearly half of China’s major cities are suffering “moderate to severe” levels of subsidence, putting millions of people...
Madukhali (Faridpur) Correspondent : Suspiciously attacked the workers engaged in the construction of a two-storied wash block in the school on suspicion of setting fire to the Sarvajan Kali Mandir adjacent to the Panchapalli Government Primary School in MadhukhaliUpazila of Faridpur. 2 construction workers were killed on the spot and 14 people including the OC of Madhukhali police station were injured in the thrashing by the excited crowd. The two brothers killed in the attack are Ashraful Khan (17) and...
Entertainment Desk : Nachiketa and Joy Shahriar have collaborated on a new song titled ‘Arektibar Bancho’, released yesterday by Aajob...
Staff Reporter : At approximately 1:30 pm, a garment worker named Rina Akhtar found herself in the midst of chaos outside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Agargaon. Her relative was receiving treatment in the ICU when suddenly a fire erupted, prompting Rina to spring into action. Without hesitation, she rushed into the ICU and successfully brought her relative to safety amidst the turmoil. Recounting the harrowing experience, Rina Akhtar described the frantic search...
Staff Reporter : In a distressing incident in Dhaka, a 22-year-old man was found deceased, hanging with his limbs bound, in his residence in the Sipahibagh area early on Friday morning. The young man, identified as Jamal, originally from Jamalpur district, was discovered in his tin-shed home where he lived with his mother. According to Officer-in-Charge Salahuddin Mia of Khilgaon police station, the grim discovery was made around 2:00 AM by local residents. At the time, Jamal was alone; his...
City Desk : Bangladesh reported 16 more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,049,816, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB. The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,494 as no new fatalities were reported during this period. The daily case test positivity rate was 4.12 percent as 388 samples were tested, said the DGHS. Diarrhoea breaks out in Joypurhat,...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : After being elected as the Member of the Parliament for Dhaka-10 constituency, popular film actor Ferdous...
Staff Reporter : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s address on Friday at an event commemorating the 52nd founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Krishak League in Ganabhaban has reignited scrutiny over the contentious issue of legal actions targeting members and leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). In her remarks, Prime Minister Hasina reiterated that these actions are driven not by political vendettas but rather by responses to a spectrum of criminal offenses. “The cases were filed for the commission of...
Masum Billah : The curriculum introduced in January last year has yet to see the established and accepted evaluation system...