Business Report : NCC Bank has distributed agricultural materials among 600 marginal onion farmers of Sujanagar and Santhia Upazila of...
Day: October 22, 2024
Business Desk : Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun reaffirmed their continuous efforts to facilitate trade in the country. He came up with the remarks during a dialogue, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) at a city hotel, said an AmCham press release. Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun appreciated the constructive feedback and recommendations shared at the dialogue, and said they would consider those...
M. M. Shahidul Hassan : The “Chalk & Talk” instructional paradigm — a traditional, teacher-centered approach — has long served...
After a decade-long wait for the much discussed issue, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council, reversing the 16th constitutional amendment that had given Parliament the power to remove judges. The new ruling reaffirms the original constitutional provisions, ending the parliament’s role in judicial impeachment. The six-member Apex Court’s Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling...
City Desk : A memorial plaque commemorating the July uprising martyrs was unveiled on Monday on the circle of Jatrabari intersection while the circle was named as ‘Shaheed Oikya Chattar’. Family members of the martyrs along with other political leaders unveiled the plaque with inscription of 48 names of the martyrs this afternoon while more ten names will be added to the plaque by tonight.July Biplab Parishad, a Jatrabari based student-led organization formed following the students-people uprising, built the plaque...
City Desk : A specialist committee has been formed to save elephants in the Korean EPZ area of Chattogram under the initiative of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. This committee will submit a report to the ministry within the next three weeks, with specific recommendations to ensure a safe working environment for EPZ workers and to resolve human-elephant conflicts. The committee was formed based on a decision taken at a meeting held on 21 October 2024...
City Desk : First batch of 54 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Dhaka by a Saudi Arabian commercial flight on Monday. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment adviser Dr Asif Nazrul received them at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), reports BSS. The first group, comprising 26 men, 20 women, six children and two infants, landed at the airport at around 5:30 pm following a transit stop in Jeddah. They departed from Beirut at 10:50 pm (local time) on...
City Desk : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday emphasised Bangladesh’s active participation in COP29,...
Staff Reporter : Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) emphasized the need of a new road safety law in line with UN...