Dhaka, June 29 – Parliament on Thursday passed the Tk4,00,226crore national budget for FY 2017-18with a growth target of 7.4 percent, expecting to open up a new horizon for Bangladesh through some initiatives ahead of the next general election.
Month: June 2017
Not-so-shy Messi tying the knot with childhood sweetheart
Dhaka,(AP/UNB) – There is a different side to Lionel Messi, one that not everyone gets to see.The player who shines with the ball by his feet appears to be extremely shy off the field. But the timid-looking Argentina star, who…
Brazil would have benefited from playing Confed Cup
Kazan, (AP/UNB) – Coach Tite says it would have been good for Brazil to be playing in the Confederations Cup to give himself and his players more experience going into the World Cup.Tite made the comments before watching Portugal play…
Djokovic wins at Eastbourne, downplays Wimbledon chances
Eastbourne, (AP/UNB) – Novak Djokovic downplayed his chances of capturing a fourth Wimbledon title after winning his first match on grass this year at the Eastbourne International on Wednesday.Djokovic beat Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match that was…
2 women morning walkers killed in Tangail road accident
Dhaka – Two women on a morning walk along Madhupur-Jamalpur road were killed when a Jamalpur-bound microbus ran them over in Pathanbari area in Dhanbari upazila in Tangail on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Reba Begum, 32, wife of…
Arms, ammo recovered in Langdu
Dhaka- Army personnel in a drive recovered arms and ammunition from a criminals’ den at Golachhari in Langdu upazila in Rangamati early Thursday.
Youth found dead on train rooftop in Ctg
Dhaka – An unidentified young man was found dead on the rooftop of a train at Chittagong Railway Station here in Chittagong on Thursday. Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Chittagong GRP Police, said the body of a young man aged about…
Dowry torture drives housewife to ‘suicide’
Dhaka – A housewife allegedly committed suicide at Nijnanduwali village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night following prolonged mental torture by her husband for dowry .
3 of a family among 4 killed in Sirajganj road crash
Dhaka- Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj early Thursday.
Bangladeshi film to be focused at South Asian Film Festival
Entertainment Desk Selected full length and short films from well-known Bangladeshi filmmakers will be screened at the 1st Mostra de Cinema Sul Asiático (1st South Asian Film Festival) in the city center of Lisbon, Portugal. The film festival focusing on…
My character in Boss 2 will be a trendsetter’
Entertainment Desk Though she is just four films old, the beautiful Nusraat Faria is confident of her position as an actress. In Kolkata for the release of her upcoming film, this Dhallywood actress talked about her experience of working with…
A Nazrul song heralding Eid for 85 years
‘O Mon Ramzan-er Oi Rozar Sheshey Elo Khushir Eid’, the impressive song of National Poet Kazi Najrul Islam, has completed 85 years on the day of this Eid-ul-Fitr. The song has become an unofficial title or theme song for the…
China’s Alibaba boosts stake in SE Asia online sales
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Wednesday it would inject another $1 billion into Southeast Asia’s Lazada, as the cashed-up company increases its stake in the region’s nascent online shopping market. The investment will raise Alibaba’s holding in Lazada to 83…
Are asteroids humanity’s ‘greatest challenge’?
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. When the next big impact will be, nobody knows. But the pressure is on…
Greenland now a major driver of rising seas: study
Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just five percent 20 years earlier, researchers reported Monday. The findings…
US sets new visa rules for 6 mainly Muslim nations, refugees
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a “close” family or business tie to the United States. –AP/UNB
Four including 3 of a family killed in road crash
Dhaka, Jun 29 – Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and two others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj early Thursday.
Dhaka’s biggest cattle market at Gabtoli catches fire
Dhaka, Jun 29 – A devastating fire broke out at the Gabtoli cattle market in the city on Thursday. Enayet Hossain, duty officer of Fire Service control room, said the fire broke out around 10:00 am.
North Korea warns US it will keep building nuclear arsenal
United Nations — North Korea’s U.N. ambassador warned the United States and the rest of the world Wednesday that his country will keep building up its nuclear arsenal regardless of sanctions, pressure or military attack. –AP/UNB
Vatican treasurer Cardinal Pell charged with sex offences
The Vatican treasurer and Australia’s most senior Catholic figure Cardinal George Pell has been charged with sex offences in Australia. The charges relate to alleged “historical” incidents, police in the state of Victoria said.
Gabtoli cattle market catches fire
Dhaka – A devastating fire broke out at the Gabtoli cattle market in the city on Thursday. -UNB
Sustainability strategies – lessons learnt
by Jocelyn Ho Back in the 1970s Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman stated that the exclusive purpose of business is to increase its returns to stakeholders. He argued that companies adopting CSR would be faced with more binding constraints than…
Aquaculture main driver of mangrove losses
Jakarta – Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the main driver of mangrove loss in the world, says a study published in PLOS One this month (June). The study, conducted by a team of…
Invention that could slash energy consumption
Cairo – An Egyptian inventor has successfully tested a safe electricity system for homes that eliminates the risk of electric shocks and reduces energy consumption significantly.
AT law to be suspended for 2 yrs; Finance Bill passed
Sangsad Bhaban – The Finance Bill 2017 was passed in Parliament on Wednesday with some major changes to the VAT Law and excise duty on bank accounts. -UNB
Stocks maintain upward trend
Dhaka, June 28 – Stocks maintained an upward trend on both bourses as trading resumed Wednesday after five days of Eid vacation.
Sabbir ranks 10th as T20I batsman
Dhaka – Bangladesh top-order batsman Sabbir Rahman placed 10th in the ICC’s latest T20I batsmen rankings. The rankings were updated following the T20I series, between England and South Africa, which ended on June 25 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. -UNB
PM blames dishonest traders for rice price hike
Dhaka, Jun 28 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said manipulation by dishonest traders is perhaps the reason behind its sudden price hike.
BD not doing enough to eliminate human trafficking: US
Dhaka, June 28 – The government of Bangladesh does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking though it is making significant efforts to do so, according to a new US report.
VAT law suspended, new excise duty slabs in budget
Dhaka, Jun 28 – The Finance Bill 2017 was passed in Parliamenton Wednesday with some major changes to the VAT Law and excise duty on bank accounts.