Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reduced the interest rate of green transformation fund for export oriented textile and textile products and leather manufacturing industries to encourage the use of the fund.
Year: 2017
Fortified rice may help combat malnutrition in BD
A new study has shown that consuming fortified rice can significantly reduce anaemia and zinc deficiencies among the poorest women in Bangladesh. Conducted by the research centre icddr,b and on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme or WFP,…
One killed in Comilla road crash
Dhaka – A driver was killed and his helper injured when a covered van hit another one in Daklapara area in Buringchar upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla on Thursday morning.
2 hacked dead in separate incidents in Narsingdi
Dhaka – Two people, including an engineer, were hacked to death by some miscreants in two separate incidents in Belabo and Narsingdi Sadar upazilas in Narsingdi on Wednesday night.Golam Mostofa, officer-in-charge of Narsingdi Sadar Police Station, said Sujon Saha, son…
2 get life term for killing minor girl in city
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a minor girl in the city’s Badda area in 2011.The lifers are Manik Kumar Das, 20, hailing from Shakhati village in Munshiganj sadar upazila…
Australia cricket team due Friday night
Dhaka – Australia cricket team will arrive here on Friday night to play a two-match Test series against the Tigers after an 11-year break. Steve Smith’s men are scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30pm, leaving home…
Don’t do what I did: Mali militant
An Islamist militant who is serving a prison sentence for destroying ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu has been found liable for nearly 3m euros in damages. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was jailed for nine years last September by the International Criminal Court…
SAFF U-15 Champs: BD to play Sri Lanka in opener Friday
Dhaka – Holders Bangladesh Under-15 Football team will start their campaign in the six-team South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Football Championship taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match on Friday at ANFA Complex in Kathmandu eyeing to defend…
Bangladesh to start ICC U-19 World Cup taking on Namibia
Dhaka- Bangladesh team will take on Namibia in one of the three opening day matches of the ICC U-19 World Cup’2018 on January 13 in Christchurch, New Zealand.The ICC announced the schedule of ICC U-19 World Cup on Thursday.
JFA Cup Football kicks off Sunday
Dhaka – The JFA U-14 Women’s National Football Championship 2017, Bangladesh Football Federation, will kick-off next Sunday (Aug 20) at six different venues across the country .
2 sea robbers held after gunfight in Sundarbans
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two members of a sea robber gang from the Sundarbans in Bagerhat district on Thursday morning.The arrestees are Mintu Gazi, 30, second-in-command of Sumon Bahini, and Dhali, 28,” said lieutenant colonel Anwaruzzaman,…
Apple chief Cook condemns Trump
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has become the latest boss to criticise President Donald Trump over his response to the white nationalist rallies in Virginia. Mr Cook said he did not agree there was a “moral equivalence” between white supremacists…
Poet Shamsur Rahman’s 11th death anniversary today
Culture Desk Today marks the 11th death anniversary of eminent poet Shamsur Rahman. On the occasion of his death anniversary, National Poetry Council, Shamsur Rahman Smrity Parishad, Poet Shamsur Rahman Foundation and the family of the poet will lay floral…
Sutapa and Parimal to perform in Dhaka
Culture Desk IGCC is going to organise an evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Sutapa Chakrabarty and Tabla recital by Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty from India at Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh in the city. The musical soiree will…
Australian researchers in peanut allergy breakthrough
Australian researchers have reported a major breakthrough in the relief of deadly peanut allergy with the discovery of a long-lasting treatment they say offers hope that a cure will soon be possible. In clinical trials conducted by scientists at Melbourne’s…
Japan trade surplus shrinks in July
Japan recorded a double-digit drop in its trade surplus in July as costs of energy imports rose on a weaker yen, government data showed Thursday. The world’s third-largest economy logged a surplus of 418.8 billion yen ($3.8 billion), down 17…
M:I6’ shoot halted as Cruise breaks ankle in stunt
“Mission: Impossible 6” has halted filming after Tom Cruise broke his ankle in a botched stunt, the director confirmed Wednesday, while vowing not to push the release date back. Cruise, known for performing his own death-defying stunts, was injured as…
Migrant crisis: Spain rescues 600 people in busiest day
Spain’s coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the number of migrant arrivals.
BGB issues highest alert around Benapole against smuggling
Dhaka- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has issued its highest alert in the bordering areas in Benapole to prevent illegal entrance and smuggling of Indian cows ahead of Eid ul Azha.BGB issued this high alert notification on Monday and it will…
6 get life for murder in Khulna
Dhaka – A court in Khulna Wednesday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for killing a trader in a bomb attack in 2010.The convicts are Akter Jamil alias Boni, son of late Firoj Ahmed, Jahidul Islam alias Babu Bhuiyan, son…
Madrid beats Barca 2-0 without Ronaldo to win Super Cup
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 to complete a 5-1 victory on aggregate in the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday, dominating its fiercest rival without the need of Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale.Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema provided the…
Napoli beats 9-man Nice 2-0, closes in on Champions League
Dhaka,(AP/UNB) – Dries Mertens started this season where he left off the last, setting Napoli on its way to a 2-0 win over nine-man Nice in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Wednesday.Mertens scored more than 30…
Carlos Bacca joins Villarreal, Boateng leaves Las Palmas
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Colombia striker Carlos Bacca joined Spanish club Villarreal on loan from AC Milan on Wednesday.Villarreal said the one-season loan agreement includes the option to buy the player at the end of the season.
Ronaldo says his ban for pushing referee is ‘persecution’
Madrid, (AP/UNB) – Cristiano Ronaldo has bitterly criticized his five-game suspension for pushing a referee who had sent him off, describing the ban as “persecution.”Ronaldo wrote on his Instagram account on Wednesday that “it is impossible to remain silent in…
Thulin, Morrison quit White House panel
Two more executives have resigned from a White House business council, amid controversy over President Donald Trump’s reaction to violent clashes in Virginia last weekend. Inge Thulin of manufacturer 3M and Denise Morrison of Campbell Soup Co announced their decisions…
Reject racial bigotry, say Bush presidents
Former Presidents George HW Bush and George W Bush have called on the US to “reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms”. They are the latest Republican figures to weigh in on the backlash to Donald Trump’s latest…
No visible govt relief for flood victims: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that the government has no visible relief activity to ease the sufferings of flood victims at different parts of the country.“There’s no effort in sight from the government side…
Dhaka City police destroys hydraulic horns seized in one year
Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) destroyed around 10,000 hydraulic horns in the city’s Minto Road on Wednesday.Traffic police of DMP had seized the illegal hydraulic horns conducting drives in the city streets over the last one year as…
Journos want EC to hold participatory-fair polls
The media representatives who joined the Election Commission’s (EC’s) dialogue on Wednesday suggested it to take all-out steps for holding a participatory and credible national election.Like the civil society members, the journalists also suggested the EC to earn the trust…
Mushtaq-Zia also behind Bangabandhu’s killing: PM
Renewing her allegation that Khandaker Mostaque and Ziaur Rahman had their part in the conspiracy to kill Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged people…