Special Correspondent : The tide of wealth within the echelons of governance has swelled, with Upazila Parishad chairmen witnessing a...
Day: May 7, 2024
Business Desk : The leading electronics and electric company, Rangs Electronics Limited, has organized a grand launching ceremony of their “Sony Centre& Experience Zone – Bashundhara City” at Shop # 106-109, Level-06, Block-D, Bashundhara City Shopping Complex, Dhaka. Managing Director of Rangs Electronics Limited, Ekram Hussain; Deputy Managing Director, Beanus Hussain& honorable Bangladesh Branch Head of Sony Electronics Singapore PTE Ltd., Ricky Lucas have jointly inaugurate the event.Other officials of Sony Electronics Bangladesh Branchwere present at the event along withRangs...
City Desk : Health and Family Welfare Minister Professor Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Sunday said the national guidelines on heat-related illness are time-befitting as Bangladesh witnessed extreme and prolonged heatwave since April 1. “We have to spread the instructions of the guidelines in every corner of the country to protect the people from heatwave-linked diseases,” he told the cover unveiling function of the ‘National Guidelines on Heat-Related Illnesses’ at a city hotel, reports BSS. Secretary of the Health Service...
Staff Reporter : The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has confirmed that all primary schools will resume normal operations from Tuesday, May 7th, 2024. A circular signed by Senior Information Officer Mahbubur Rahman Tuhin was issued on Monday, outlining the return to normalcy. This includes class schedules, activities, and adherence to the established academic calendar for the 2024 school year. The news comes after a period of extended closure due to the recent heatwave. Schools initially reopened on April...
AFP : President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to hold nuclear weapons drills involving the navy and troops based near Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Monday. Putin has upped his nuclear rhetoric since the Ukraine conflict began, warning in his address to the nation in February there was a “real” risk of nuclear war. “During the exercise, a set of measures will be taken to practise the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the defence ministry...
City Desk : Rain accompanied by hails lashed the capital Dhaka late on Sunday, bringing some relief from the severe heat baking Bangladesh. Dust storms started in different areas of Dhaka after 8pm. Later, some light rain was reported in different areas of Dhaka. Slowly rain started pouring heavily hails. A warning issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department for the next 72 hours from 4pm on Sunday said during the next 72 hours, isolated west/northwesterly winds will pass over Rajshahi,...
Staff Reporter : The spectre of unemployment looms large over Bangladesh as the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for 2024,...
Staff Reporter : In a startling revelation, the Chairman of ‘Child and Old Age Care’ Ashram, Milton Samaddar, has been...
Business Desk : A large quantity of fake Akiz bidis with huge fake bandrolls and various materials for making bidis have been seized in a raid in Tolatlipara village of Teredia in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia . Kushtia Customs, Excise and VAT Bheramara raided circle-2 around 2.30 pm on Sunday. According to sources of Customs, Excise and VAT Department, an unscrupulous gang has been illegally producing beedis by putting fake bandrolls in different places of Kushtia district for a long...
Staff Reporter : Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh exceeded expectations this year, reaching 10.49 percent in March despite challenges such as high interest rates, reduced lending capacity by banks, import-trade contractions, and ongoing economic difficulties. According to data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB), private sector credit growth was 9.95 percent in January and 9.96 percent in February. In the latest monetary policy for H2FY24 (January to June), the central bank lowered the private sector credit growth target from 11...
City Desk : The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has taken 10 decisions to stop the illegal broadcasting of domestic and foreign TV channels and the operation of unlicensed commercial activities on the broadcast media. The ministry took the decisions at a meeting with the Posts, Telecommunications and ICT Ministry at the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s conference room on 2 April, said an official release today. State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat chaired the meeting. The decisions are:...