Business Report : Southeast Bank PLC. distributed Special CSR Fund among farmers for the cultivation and purchasing of agri-based machinery. In the presence of Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank handed over financial assistance to Mifta Naim Huda, executive director of Centre for Development Innovation and Practices (CDIP). Md Masum Uddin Khan and Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy managing directors of the bank were present at the ceremony. The financial assistance was channeled to grassroots farmers of the...
Day: May 28, 2024
AFP : Early voting got under way in South Africa Monday, kick-starting what could be a historic election week, with the ruling African National Congress’ majority on the line for the first time. More than 600,000 of the elderly and infirm, along with essential workers, police and prisoners, deemed unable to come to the polls on Wednesday were allowed to vote first. In the Yeoville Recreation Centre in Johannesburg, early voting proceeded slowly but smoothly, according to Independent Electoral Commission...
Business Report : Fitch has downgraded Bangladesh’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “B+” from “BB-” owing to the lingering weakening of the country’s external buffers. “The outlook is stable,” said the agency in a report on Monday. The downgrade to ‘B+’ reflects the sustained weakening of the external buffers, which could prove challenging to sufficiently reverse despite recent policy reforms, leaving the country more vulnerable to external shocks, Fitch said. “Policy actions since early 2022 have been insufficient...
City Desk : One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 34 this year. During the period, 16 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of them, 10 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city, while the rest were outside the capital. The person, who died in the last 24 hours, is from an area...
Agency : Mitchell Starc dismissed fears the intense Indian heat might have drained him during his IPL-winning exploits, with the Australian declaring on Monday he is fit and ready for the T20 World Cup. The 34-year-old left-arm pace spearhead lived up to his record $2.98 million price tag with an opening burst of 2-14 to set up a third title triumph for the Kolkata Knight Riders against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. At the end of the two-month tournament, largely played...
BSS, Dhaka : Teams of both Men’s and Women’s Sections of the Independence Day Handball Competition were declared joint-champions due to natural disaster caused by tropical cyclone “Remal” on Monday. Technical and appeal sub-committee of the competition on Monday took the decision after unable to host both the final matches due to heavy downpour that sweeping across the country. In the day’s final matches, Border Guard Bangladesh was scheduled to meet Bangladesh Ansar & VDP in the Men’s Section final,...
BSS, Jashore : Three people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in front of Jhumjhumpur BGB office and Taraganj areas under Sadar upazila the district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Hashem Ali, 40, son of Asan Ali, resident of Nilakantapur village of Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district, bus supervisor Toufiqur Rahman,24, son of Naseeruddin, resident of Jurain Shyampur area of ??Dhaka, and Prafulla Kumar Saha,60, son of Santosh Kumar Saha, resident of Nilganj Tatipara...
City Desk : BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday accused the ruling party leaders of depleting the banks in Bangladesh through widespread plundering. “The banks are being looted. Bangladesh Bank categorizes banks as red, green, and yellow (based on financial condition). Red means on the verge of destruction. The owners have looted those banks. They have pushed the banks into bankruptcy by giving loans to whoever they want,” he told a human chain program, reports UNB. To protect...
Reuters : Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said. The statement said the deaths were in addition to two other soldiers, including an officer, who were killed the previous day in an operation against the militants on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar. It said a total of 23 militants had also been killed in the last two days in what it described...
City Desk : Health experts said during a roundtable on Sunday that collaborative efforts can enhance nursing education in Bangladesh. “With increased harmony, cooperation, and collaboration across stakeholders, we can dignify the nursing profession so that more bright girls and boys will choose nursing as their future,” said Maqsura Noor, NDC, (additional secretary), director general, Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM). AYAT Education organized the roundtable, titled “Elevating Nursing Education: A Roadmap for Global Competence,” in partnership with Massachusetts...
City Desk : Jagannath University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Sadeka Halim said that the students will get modern capacity and safe labs on the new campus. “Students should be determined and involved in various co-curricular activities. Jagannath University is moving forward; our students will take this university forward,” she said at a seminar titled “Genome Editing” jointly organized by the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the Faculty of Life and Earth Science on the university campus on Monday, reports...
City Desk : Works are on to resume metro rail service between Agargaon-Motijheel as the services were suspended again this afternoon due to weak signal, according to officials of the metro authority. “Metro rail service from Agargaon-Motijheel section was suspended again in the afternoon due to weak signal,” said Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd MAN Siddique, reports BSS. “We are working on it immediately after suspension of the service to fix the issue,” he was quoted by...