Staff Reporter :After closure of Payra and Bashkhali Thermal Power Plants, a Chinese cargo ship “MV Zhe Hai” arrived at Mongla Port carrying coal for the Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagherhat district on Saturday morning.Though the people have heaved a sigh of relieve from severe heat wave due to rain in the last two days and the load shedding will again hamper the normal life after the cloudy weather.Meanwhile, the government has assured the countrymen that the electricity supplying...
Entertainment Report :Dhallywood’s popular actress Apu Biswas is currently gearing up for the release of her movies. Amidst this, she...
Staff Reporter :The Vitamin A plus campaign began across the country yesterday, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to more than 2.30 crore children aged 6-59 months. The capsules will be given at all the EPI vaccination centres, community clinics, and other healthcare centres of the country from 8:00am to 4:00pm till Friday. Blue-coloured vitamin A capsules will be given to some 27 lakh children aged 6-11 months, while the red-coloured ones will be given to the rest of...
The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has kicked off the fiscal year 2023-24 on a positive note, showcasing resilience and adaptability in the face of challenges. Recent statistics from the Export Promotion Bureau reveal a noteworthy 6.31 per cent increase in RMG exports to the United States, the largest export destination for Bangladesh. In July 2023-24, the sector reached an impressive $729.03 million, up from $685.77 million in the same period the previous fiscal year. Notably, the European Union...
City Desk :Arik Morshed has been appointed as a member of the advisory panel of the Bangabandhu Research Center. He is a distinguished Bangabandhu and strategic researcher currently serving as the Honorary Consul of Lao PDR in Bangladesh . This information was revealed in a signed letter by the Chairman of the Bangabandhu Research Center on Sunday. Arik Morshed is also a member of the Finance and Planning Subcommittee of the Bangladesh Awami League. According to the signed letter from...
Reuters :Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of “having your own agenda” – and the judge told his lawyer to control his client – as a months-long case that could hobble the former US president’s business empire came to an end. During a contentious final day of the trial in Manhattan, Trump once again tangled with Justice Arthur Engoron, who is considering what penalties to impose after earlier finding that Trump’s company...
AFP :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at a Russian industrial city to visit a military aviation factory on...
Entertainment Report :Apart from acting in hundreds of dramas, Ekushey Padak and National Film Award-winning living legendary actress Dilara Zaman...
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his strongest public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war on Hamas in south Gaza, said there was a gap between the government’s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties. “As we stand here almost a week into this campaign into the south… it remains imperative that Israel put a premium on civilian protection,” Blinken told a press conference after meeting British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Washington on Thursday. “And...
AFP, Paris :Former world number one Simona Halep has been charged with a second breach of anti-doping rules, the International...