Day: May 4, 2024
Business Desk : Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) announced the name of the winners and distributed prizes of its highest honour “IAB Gold Medal 2023, IAB Awards 2023, and IAB Interior Design Awards 2023” on Saturday. The award ceremony was held at the grand ballroom of InterContinental Hotel in Dhaka. With the presence of professional and researcher architects, the winners of “IAB Gold Medal 2023,” different categories of “IAB Awards 2023” and “IAB Interior Design Awards 2023” were announced and...
Alam Sarowar Tito, Kishoreganj : The harvesting of Boro paddy has began in the haor region in the eastern part of Bangladesh, with farmers optimistic about a bumper production this season. Farmers in Kishoreganj, Netrokona, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Brahmanbaria have started harvesting the paddy. This year, the government has set a target of producing 40 lakh tonnes of paddy from near 10 lakh hectares of land in the haor area. In Kishoreganj, Boro paddy has been cultivated on about 167,500...
Mirzapur (Tangail) Correspondent : In Tangail’s Mirzapur, many diseases including diarrhea are spreading amid the ongoing intense heatwave across the country. Children as well as the elderly people are affecting seriously. Overcrowding of patients in hospitals is increasing day by day. The hospital and clinic authorities are struggling to treat the patients. Due to intense heat, diseases have spread among children in various villages of Mirzapur Municipality, Mahera, Jamurki, Fatepur, Banail, Anaitara, Warshi, Bhatgram, Bhaora, Bahuria, Gogai, Latifpur, Azgana, Tarafpur...
Staff Reporter : Many Chinese investors are considering Bangladesh as an ideal destination for investment in the current global geopolitical...
Sports Reporter : Dhaka Abahani Limited beat Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited by nine runs in their Super League match of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) Cricket at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Friday. After yesterday’s outcome, unbeaten champions Dhaka Abahani Limited gained 30 points from 15 matches, while Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited collected 22 points from as many matches. Electing to bat first, Abahani piled up a massive total of 303 runs off 44.4...
News Desk : Former Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi has been accused of firing blank bullets at Nurul Alam, the current chairman of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila. Alam said he filed a complaint at the local police station over the incident that occurred in the Upazila’s Whykong Union around 10:30pm on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com Alam is also a chairperson candidate in the upcoming Teknaf Upazila elections while Bodi is the former MP from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency. Bodi denied Alam’s...
Business Report : Dhaka-Narita-Dhaka direct flight resumed after 15 years on 1 September 2023. Biman Bangladesh Airlines started the journey with 40% cabin factor in the beginning, but currently Biman Bangladesh Airlines is operating flights with cabin factor over 80%. This route is considered as one of the most promising routes for Biman. The calculation of cabin factor for the first four months of this year is as follows: Mass Cabin Factor (average of both sides) Generally, 70% cabin factor...
Al Jazeera : The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to...
Reuters : The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in vegetable oils and cereals outweighed declines in sugar and dairy products. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 119.1 points in April, up from a revised 118.8 points for March, the agency said on Friday. The FAO’s April reading was nonetheless 7.4 percent below...