Day: June 28, 2024
Business Report : Mohd. Safwan Choudhury has been reelected as Vice Chairman of Bank Asia PLC at the meeting of the Board of Directors held recently, said a press release. Choudhury is an eminent industrialist of Bangladesh. He is a former president of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is also the managing director of M Ahmed Tea & Lands Co. Ltd, Phulbari Tea Estates Ltd, M Ahmed Cold Storage Ltd, Premier Dyeing & Calendaring Ltd and M Ahmed...
City Desk : Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen on Thursday said there are adequate amounts of anti-venom at all public hospitals to treat the victims bite by Russell’s Viper, the highly venomous snake. “”The most important task is to take snakebite victims to a doctor at the quickest possible time . . . timely medical intervention can fully cure snakebite victims through proper treatment,” he told a seminar, reports BSS. Bangladesh Society of Medicine organized the seminar titled “Russell’s...
Agency : Australia’s legendary cricketer Mathew Hayden lauded Bangladesh youngsters Tanzim Hossain and Rishad Hossain for their surreal performance in...
AFP, Tarouba : South Africa (SA) demolished Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup (WC) dream in ruthless fashion on Thursday, thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to spare to reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time. Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3 for 6) and gangling pacer Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan’s brittle batting line-up for just 56 off 11.5 overs after they chose to bat. Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and...
Business Report : A high-level delegation team from the German Embassy in Dhaka visited Bangladesh’s electronics giant Walton Hi-Tech Park on Thursday at Chandra in Gazipur. At the press briefing after the visit, German Ambassador (Charge De Affairs) Jan Rolf-Janowski said: “Today I have seen Walton’s state-of-the art production facility with own eyes. And, I have seen the future of Bangladesh in manufacturing hi-tech products, value-addition and backward linkage products.” He assured Walton of continuing all the support provided by...
City Desk : Photos of former National Board of Revenue (NBR) official Matiur Rahman, recently at the center of corruption allegations, with Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder have gone viral on social media, sparking widespread discussion. One photo shows the two officials in Ihram during the Hajj pilgrimage, while another captures Matiur greeting Rouf with a bouquet at the governor’s office in the central bank. Matiur Rahman was appointed as a director of Sonali Bank on February 1, 2022....
City Desk : State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Thursday put emphasis on taking customised communication tools and strategy for involving marginalised people in development aiming to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports BSS. “Communication is something very tricky and it’s not easy . . . whatever we discuss in Dhaka and the way we think to communicate may not work in rural Bangladesh. It is very important to understand the local context and the...
Business Report : Value addition in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector reached a record 72.20 per cent in the third quarter (January-March) of the current financial year 2023-24 compared with that of 71.06 per cent in the same period of FY23. This growth was primarily driven by increased shipments of knitwear products and other high value-added items, exporters said. According to a Bangladesh Bank report “Quarterly Review on RMG: January-March FY24”, the import value of raw materials, including raw...