Our newspaper published two reports yesterday regarding the current state of the ready-made garment (RMG) sector. One report offers hope for apparel exports in the US market, while the other leaves us in despair, as the sector is severely affected by labour unrest over serious issues that threaten its future potential. The report noted the complex nature of the unrest, involving factory owners, political leaders, and workers, with some factory owners fleeing to avoid their financial obligations. The protests by...
Day: November 17, 2024
City Desk : Delivering a throwback to the golden days of band music in Bangladesh, the concert Dhaka Retro was held at Senaprangan in the capital’s Mirpur on Friday night, at a time when the country’s concert scene is booming but suffering simultaneously for several reasons. Several popular bands and solo artistes performed in the concert, organised by Blue Brick Communications, mesmerizing music lovers of all ages from the afternoon till midnight, reports UNB. The concert began with the energetic...
Staff Reporter : A 3Zero Club initiated in Italy’s capital Rome jointly named after Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of...
City Desk : Austrian Ambassador to Bangladesh, stationed in New Delhi, Dr Katharina Wieser, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday. The meeting, which lasted for about an hour, began at 12:30 pm at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP media cell, reports UNB. Honorary Consul of Austria to Bangladesh and BNP Chairperson’s Foreign Advisory Committee Member Tasvir Ul Islam was present at the meeting. The discussions reportedly covered...
City Desk : The Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued cautionary alert over fraudulence on hajj refund, as several groups of fraudsters are active in the country. “The Ministry of Religious Affairs has requested all to be careful against such fraudulent circles,” said a ministry press release on Saturday, reports BSS. It said a group of fraudsters, exposing themselves as ministry officials, are calling Hajjis, owners or representatives of Hajj agencies as well as Hajj guides asking for information about...
City Desk : Disaster Management and Relief, and Liberation War Affairs Adviser Faruk-E-Azam, Bir Protik, on Saturday visited the Liberation War Museum in the city’s Agargaon. The museum is decorated with stories of gallantry, documentaries, photographs and various historical monuments of the War of Liberation in 1971, reports BSS. At the outset of his visit, the adviser paid tributes to the martyrs of the War of Liberation, paying floral wreath at the “Prajjalito Shikha Chir Amlan”. There, he also stood...