Business Desk : To support sustainable textile manufacturing and improve the sector’s resource efficiency in Bangladesh and India, IFC announced a partnership with EPIC Group, a leading player in the global apparel industry, to help finance its green capital expenditure program and create higher-skilled jobs. IFC is providing EPIC Group with a $100 million debt financing package in the form of a $70 million sustainability-linked loan and a $30 million green loan. This funding will support EPIC Group’s expansion in...
Day: June 20, 2024
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Sheikh Runa is a talented dramatist. Sometimes she acts as a hobby. Now again she is very active in politics. That’s why she is not regular in producing dramas like before, but if she gets a good story and good producer, Runa produces dramas even though it is difficult. Just like a piece of drama ‘Daring Lady’. Runa said that the production of ‘Dearing Lady,’ written by Sohel Rana, has already been completed. Some new artistes...
Business Desk : The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NRBC Bank was held on Thursday, with Chairman S M Parvez Tamal presiding over the meeting on a hybrid platform attended by all directors, executives, and shareholders. Vice Chairman Rafikul Islam Mia Arzoo, Director Mohammed Adnan Imam, FCCA, A M Saidur Rahman, Mohammed Oliur Rahman, Abu Bakr Choudhury, Loquit Ullah, Mohammed Nazim, AKM Mostafizur Rahman, Independent Director Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Abu Esrar, Dr Khan Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Dr Raad Mazib...
BSS, Dhaka : Bangladesh pace bowler Tanzim Hasan was fined 15 percent of his match fee for breaching ICC Code of Conduct during their T20 World Cup 2024 Group D match against Nepal at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday. Tanzim was found to have breached the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or...
Sports Reporter : Bashundhara Kings will play in the final phase of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge League. Earlier, the champions of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, the most prestigious football meet of Bangladesh, used to play the play-off stage of the AFC Challenge League. But this year, Bashundhara Kings will directly play in the final phase of the AFC Challenge League, the annual continental club football competition, which is organised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC), according to...
City Desk : With an air quality index (AQI) score of 82 at 9 am, Dhaka ranked 14th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning (June 19, 2024). Dhaka’s air quality was marked as ‘moderate’; thin traffic on the city streets during the Eid holidays can be attributed to that, reports UNB. Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kinshasa, Uganda’s Kampala and Indonesia’s Jakarta occupied the first, second and three spots on the list, with...
AFP : The European Union is expected on Wednesday to rebuke nearly 10 governments, including France and Italy, over their excessive spending after new budget rules entered into force this year. It comes at a particularly difficult moment for France, where both the far left and far right are piling up spending promises ahead of snap polls triggered by President Emmanuel Macron’s crushing EU election defeat. This will be the first time Brussels reprimands nations since the EU suspended the...
Agencies : Popular playback singer Alka Yagnik has recently announced on her Instagram account that she has been diagnosed with a rare hearing disorder. “To all my dear fans, friends, followers, and well-wishers: A few weeks ago, as I stepped off a flight, I abruptly found myself unable to hear. It took some time to gather the courage, but I now want to address my absence for those who’ve been wondering. My doctors have identified it as a rare sensorineural...
Novak Djokovic will compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Olympic Committee of Serbia has announced. The 24-times Grand Slam winner will be attending his fifth Olympics since his first in 2008 when he won a bronze medal. The 37-year-old had knee surgery last month after he was forced to pull out of the French Open with an injury sustained in a fourth-round win that cast doubt over his chances of playing at Wimbledon and at the Paris...
Staff Reporter : The Buriganga River, once a thriving lifeline of Dhaka and a symbol of historical significance, has now become a toxic dead zone. Ignoring regulations and court orders, unchecked industrial waste and domestic sewage continue to flow into the river, depleting oxygen levels and making it uninhabitable for aquatic life. This severe pollution crisis has left the river lifeless and poses significant health risks to the surrounding communities, prompting urgent calls for intervention and restoration efforts. Historically, the...
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party-BNP raises alarm over the neighboring India’s plan to construct a railway network through Bangladesh to connect its (India) northeast region with rest part of the country. “There’s a media report that a railway network will be set up through Bangladesh to connect the India’s northeast region bypassing a 22 km route through the Shiliguri, commonly known as the ‘Chicken’s Neck’ with the rest of the country,” BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...
Sadar, Dakshin Surma, Biswanath, Fenchuganj, Golapganj, and Balaganj upazilas are affected 700,000 people stranded amid continuous rain...