UNB : At least 72 people went missing after 16 salt-carrying trawlers capsized during a nor’wester that swept Chattogram’s Anwara and Banshkhali coasts of the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday. They went missing amid inclement weather in different coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal from morning to noon, Gahira Baro Auliya River Police in-charge Titu Dutta said. On information, the Coast Guard and River Police reached the spot and conducted rescue operations. The members of the Coast Guard and...
Day: May 9, 2024
City Desk : State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad that steps would be taken to close all unregistered online news portals. The ministry will send to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) the total list of all online portals which are registered, under process for registration and applied for registration, asking it to stop operation of the unregistered portals and those which didn’t apply for registration at all, he said. The state...
National Desk : ACI Fertilizer Research Center organised a Field Day on Tuesday at Jhikargacha in Jashore. ACI Fertilizer used 500 kg BRRI developed bio-organic fertilizer per hectare in rice cultivation where no TSP or DAP fertilizers were used. Also 30 per cent less nitrogen (Urea) has been used. By doing this, the yield of rice production has increased 80 KG per Bigha in the trial plot which is higher than other plot where recommended percentage of chemical fertilizer used....
Business Report : Bangladesh Bank has discontinued the SMART lending rate mechanism, transferring the responsibility to individual banks. From now on, banks will have the authority to determine their lending rates based on demand and supply dynamics, as outlined in a circular issued by the central bank on Wednesday. “To move towards a market-based interest rate, the existing reference rate SMART for determining the lending rates of banks/NBFIs is hereby abolished,” the central bank said in a resolution after the...
Staff Reporter : Md Zillul Karim, a leader of ToguMogu (Pvt.) Limited and Light of Hope Limited, is revolutionizing support...
Diplomatic Correspondent : In a significant development for Bangladesh’s diplomatic relations, high-level officials from the United States and India are set to visit the country, underscoring a renewed push for increased engagement. According to sources, United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, is scheduled to embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh commencing May 14. The visit aims to facilitate discussions on a range of bilateral matters between Dhaka and...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed June 10 to decide whether charges brought against 23 people, including former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank PK Halder, will be taken into cognizance in a case filed over embezzlement of Tk 70.82 crore from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited. Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court fixed the date as Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan submitted a charge sheet to...