Dhaka sari hub doomed
bdnews24.com :Dhaka’s markets are bustling with Eid shoppers who intriguingly ignore contagion fears and defy lockdown rules, but the Banarasi Palli is having none of...
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Passenger from KSA held with 2kg gold
UNB :Preventive team of Dhaka Customs House (DCH) detained a passenger from Saudi Arabia and seized gold weighing around 2.02 kg from Hazrat Shah Jalal...
Ensure women’s participation in peace initiatives
UNB, Dhaka :State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has said the UN and the international partners need to support national governments in their...
EU sceptical on vaccine waiver
Reuters :The European Union is sceptical about the usefulness of waiving patent rights to COVID-19 vaccines as a way to fight the pandemic, but is...
Restaurant workers plan demonstration for wages
UNB :Bangladesh Hotel Restaurant Sweetmeat Workers Federation (BHRSWF) will stage demonstrations across the country, including in the capital, on Tuesday demanding their salaries, dues and...
Indian variant more transmissible
Reuters :British health officials on Friday labelled a coronavirus variant first found in India a “variant of concern” due to evidence it spreads more easily,...
Markets overcrowded: Sale not up to mark
Gulam Rabbani :Shopping malls were resumed after the government relaxed restrictions from May 6. But the sale position was not satisfactory. After resumption of bus...
Mango harvest to begin on May 15 in Rajshahi
UNB :The Rajshahi district administration fixed May 15 to begin mango harvest this year with the Guti variety.The harvest date for harvesting Gopalbhog has been...
Chinese rocket tumbling back to earth
The New York Times :No, you are almost certainly not going to be hit by a 10-story, 23-ton piece of a rocket hurtling back to...
Protest at Suhrawardy Udyan over tree felling
Staff Reporter :Green activists on Friday formed a human chain at Suhrawardy Udyan in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka protesting at the felling of trees in the...
Member candidate killed in Hatiya
Our Correspondent :A union parishad member candidate of Noakhali’s Hatiya upazila was shot and hacked to death and four others were injured in an attack...
Zafrullah seeks Khaleda’s release
Staff Reporter :Gonoshasthaya Kendra trustee and freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury on Friday called on Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to release Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson...