Entertainment Report : Ekushey Padak recipient living legendary actor and the country’s most senior performer Masud Ali Khan has been...
Day: September 27, 2024
Entertainment Report : Television actor Alauddin Lal, popularly known as Lal Nana by his fellow artistes, died on Wednesday at...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Mim Chowdhury is one of the most popular actresses of Bangladesh’s TV of YouTube dramas of...
AFP, Frankfurt : German shoppers are heading into October feeling slightly more optimistic, a key survey showed Thursday, even as the outlook for Europe’s biggest economy remains gloomy.The forward-looking indicator climbed to minus 21.2 points for October, up 0.7 points on a month earlier, according to pollsters GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM).The survey of around 2,000 people showed a “slight increase” in consumer confidence, NIM consumer expert Rolf Buerkl said, adding however that it did not...
Business Report : German logistics company DHL Express has increased its rates by 4.9 percent for the Bangladesh market. The annual adjustment, effective from January 1 of 2025, aims to offset rising operational costs driven by inflation, currency fluctuations and regulatory requirements, the company said in a statement.The price hike will allow continued investment in the company’s logistics network, enhancing its resilience amid ongoing geopolitical and supply chain disruptions, said Md Miarul Haque, country manager of DHL Express Bangladesh.“Despite external...
Reuters, London : British consumers have grown more gloomy over the past month following the new Labour government’s removal of a welfare benefit for pensioners and warning of tax rises at next month’s budget, a new survey from a trade body showed on Thursday.The British Retail Consortium said households’ assessment of the general economic situation over the next three months sank to -21 in September from -8 in August.This reading – which represents the difference between the percentage of respondents...
Dinajpur Correspondent : Import of Indian potatoes through Dinajpur’s Hili land port resumed on September 25 after remaining halted since July 8.Businesses stopped bringing in Indian potatoes for 77 days due to price parity between domestic and imported varieties in the local markets.Import of the vegetable began after the government reduced duties on Indian potatoes from 15 percent to 3 percent, according to the importers of Hili land port.At around 2pm on Wednesday, 47 tonnes of potatoes loaded in two...
Dr. Tanvir Abir : In the bustling streets of Dhaka, Bangladeshi youths, especially university students, frequently talk about their common...
Dr. Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy : It is close to forty-five days that the new government has taken over. The...
WE appreciate that normalcy has returned to the garment factories in Ashulia, Savar and Gazipur as the workers have resumed work because the owners agreed to meet their 18 demands. According to media reports on Thursday, the demands include attendance allowance, night allowance and implementing the minimum wage. The situation is expected to remain peaceful since all the stakeholders, including the government, union leaders and factory owners have agreed to the workers’ demands. Earlier on Tuesday; representatives of readymade garment...
Deutsche Welle : Ongoing conflicts across West and Central Africa have disrupted the education of around 2.8 million children, according...
BBC : Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed...