Staff Reporter, Mymensingh : For the first time in Bangladesh, the MIT Leading EDGE International Student Conference has begun in...
Day: June 15, 2024
Special Correspondent : The leather industry, the second largest export sector of Bangladesh, has been struggling due to various issues, including a financial crisis. Approximately 20-30% of the rawhide purchased by tanners last year remains unsold, as global demand for leather goods has declined. Despite this, the tanners are prepared to buy 1.10 crore rawhides during this Eid-ul-Azha, stated Shakhawat Ullah, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA), in an interview with The New Nation on Friday. Currently, there...
Entertainment Desk : Sunetra, the celebrated heroine of the eighties and nineties and a prominent figure in the golden era...
Muhid Hasan : The country’s economy faces a double whammy as the government remains committed to borrowing from banks while...
Entertainment Report : On the day of Eid (June 17), a special Eid programme titled ‘Tarar Mela’ has been made...
Moulvibazar Correspondent : A young man named Muna Dey (25) died in a motorcycle accident in Munsibazar area of Rajnagar Upazila. The incident took place in Munsibazar area around 10:30 pm on Monday. Munsibazar of Muna de Rajnagar upazila Son of Amal De of the area Locals said that Muna De, a motorcycle rider, hit the back of a stationary pickup van in Munsibazar area, after which locals rescued him and took him to the hospital where doctors declared him...
BSS : Prominent security analyst Major General (retd) Abdur Rashid died on Friday. He was 70. Rashid breathed his last...
AFP, Vienna : Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, one week after...
Business Report : IFIC Bank has decided to issue a zero-coupon bond to collect Tk600 crore to meet the Tier II capital requirement as per BASEL III guidelines. In a stock exchange disclosure on Thursday, the lender said the zero-coupon bond will be fully redeemable, non-convertible, and unsecured. With this move, the lender has backtracked on its August 2022 decision to issue a non-convertible coupon-bearing subordinated bond of Tk500 crore. The private sector lender is a guarantor of ‘IFIC Amar...
AP, Italy : Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence – a deepfake photo of him in a white...
Business Report : Bangladesh still remains among the 10 worst countries for laboutr rights in 2024, for the eighth consecutive...