Bagerhat Correspondent : Two persons were killed on the spot and another sustained severe burn injuries by lightning in two separate places in Dema Union Parishad under Sadar Upazila of Bagerhat district on Wednesday (June 19) when a mild gusty wind accompanied with torrential rain and repeated thunderbolts swept over the Union under Sadar Upzila in Bagerhat district and its adjacent areas and continued for more than long 2 hours. The victims are Selim Shaikh (35), a farmer hailed from...
Day: June 22, 2024
Bhangura (Pabna) Correspondent : Golam Hasnain Rasel has taken charge as the 6th Chairman of Bhangura Upazila Parishad in Pabna. The tenure of the newly elected upazila parishad chairman started with participating in the monthly coordination meeting on Thursday. Member of Parliament of Pabna-3 area Md. Mokbul Hossain was present as chief guest in the meeting. Newly elected chairman Golam Hasnain Rasel presided over the event. Among others UpazilaNirbahi Officer Nazmun Nahar, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Tasmia Akter Rosy, newly elected...
Al Jazeera : At least five people have been killed and dozens hurt as wildfires swept through several villages in...
Chattogram Bureau : The construction of the Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited (BSRM)’s new plant over 20 acres of land in Mirsarai upazila is nearing completion. We want to start trial production by late June or early July, followed by full commercial production within a month,” said a responsible official of BSRM. BSRM is a leading steel manufacturing plant of the country which is located in Chattogram. He also told New Nation that the new factory is expected to create...
S A Shofiee from Sylhet : 9.5 lakh people still marooned The flood situation in Sylhet is showing signs of improvement. The sun was seen on Friday after 5 days. Major rivers are marking fall in water level in absence of fresh bouts of rain from Friday morning. More than 9.5 lakh people in Sylhet division remained marooned still on Friday. Currently, the water is flowing over the danger line at 6 points of Sylhet’s Surma and Kushiara rivers. Only...
Reuters : Beijing warned on Friday that escalating frictions with the European Union over electric vehicle imports could trigger a trade war, as Germany’s economy minister arrived in the Chinese capital with the proposed tariffs high on his agenda. Robert Habeck’s three-day trip to China is the first by a senior European official since Brussels proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles to combat excessive subsidies. That has unleashed countermeasures by China and harsh criticism from Chinese leaders....
Reuters : India opposition leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by a city court in a...
Reuters : JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) is seeing signs of an improving economy in China that will bolster the bank’s business in the country after a sluggish period, its CEO of asset and wealth management Mary Erdoes said. US companies are assessing their prospects in China as its economy recovers unevenly and relations worsen between the two nations. For banks, sluggish capital markets have weighed on activity in China, and investors are watching the effect of government support measures on the...
Noman Mosharef : InterContinental Dhaka owner Bangladesh Services Limited (BSL) suffered declining business performance throughout three quarters of fiscal year 2024. About a decade ago, the state-owned hospitality firm borrowed nearly Tk574 crore from Agrani Bank for renovating the InterContinental Dhaka as per the InterContinental Hotel Group (Asia Pacific) standards. Thanks to interest charges, the loan amount has now swelled up to more than Tk900 crore increasing the firm’s finance costs and eventually throwing the company into losses. This slump...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : Russell’s viper (Chandrabora) snake threat has spread across the grasslands of Ishwardi on the banks of the Padma River. Since 2018, two people are dying every year in Ishwardi due to Russell’s viper bites. Farmers and vegetable growers of Padma Char area are in the most panic. Farmers are now walking and cultivating in the paddy fields with gumboots. Even then, the fear of the Russell’s viper snake does not leave the mind. On May 31,...
Business Report : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will emphasise on Line of Credit (LoC) agreement of $7.36 billion to Bangladesh during her upcoming visit to Delhi, where it will be a key topic at the summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bangladesh and India initiated their first Line of Credit (LoC) agreement 12 years ago, with India pledging $7.36 billion to Bangladesh; however, as of last December, only $1.65 billion has been disbursed. Following the formation of...
City Desk : State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid stated in Parliament on Thursday that “ghost (abnormal) electricity...