Dhaka, Jan 3 – BNP on Sunday announced a two-day programme in protest against the unusual rise in the prices of daily essentials and demanding the resignation of the Commerce Minister and the Election Commission.
Category: Bangladesh
Remittance up 37 percent in first 6 months of current fiscal
Dhaka, January – Inward remittances witnessed a massive growth of 37.6 percent in the first six months of the current fiscal 2020-21, over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
Hasina-Modi talks agenda: BD Foreign Secy to visit New Delhi
Dhaka, Jan 3 – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday expressed his optimism over fulfilment of Bangladesh’s expectations by India as the two countries maintain a strong, very friendly and historic relationship.
Stimulus package loan for small enterprises until March 31
Dhaka, Jan 3 – Bangladesh Bank has further extended the deadline until March 31 for the disbursement of loans under the government-announced stimulus package of Tk 20,000 crore for the Covid-19 affected cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector.
Ships docking at Ctg Port fell 2pc due to Covid in 2020
Chittagong, Jan 03 – The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent suspension of export and import for several months caused a 2 percent drop in the number of ships docking at Chittagong Port in 2020 compared to the previous calendar year of…
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 mortality rate 1.48 percent
Dhaka, Jan 3 — The Covid-19 death toll in Bangladesh rose to 7,626, raising the mortality rate to 1.48 percent. In the 24 hours until Sunday morning, 27 more deaths were recorded, according to a handout from the Directorate General…
Give highest importance to human rights, rule of law: PM
Dhaka, Jan 3 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked members of the police force to attach the highest importance to basic rights, human rights and rule of law while discharging their professional duties.
Feni municipal polls: 10 AL runners being elected unopposed
Feni, Jan 3 – Ten Awami League candidates are set to be elected ward councillors of Feni municipality as they were the only ones to submit nomination papers from their areas. District Election Officer Md Nasir Uddin Patwari confirmed this.
Missing garment worker found dead after seven days in Savar
Dhaka, Jan 3 – A garment worker, who went missing on December 28, was found dead in the Dhaweleswari River at Jhauchar in Savar early Sunday.
Indian onion reaches Hili port, price starts falling
Hili, Jan 2 – Indian onion started to roll in at Dinajpur’s Hili land port on Saturday after three and half months of the export ban. Trucks carrying onions from India arrived at the port at 3:30 pm, bringing it…
Bangladesh being labelled as country of ‘hybrid regime’: BNP
Dhaka, Jan 2 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said Bangladesh is now being labelled as a country of ‘hybrid regime’ as one-party rule has been established under cover of democracy.
IBBL organises reception to New MD
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized Reception Ceremony on Saturday, 2 January 2021 of Mohammed Monirul Moula, its newly appointed Managing Director and CEO. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Additional Managing Director presided over the program while Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Additional Managing…
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 23 deaths, 684 new cases
Dhaka, Jan 2 – Bangladesh has witnessed deaths of 23 more people from Covid-19 and 684 new infections in 24 hours until Saturday.
BNP leader Moudud hospitalised for low level of haemoglobin
Dhaka, Jan 2 – BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed has been hospitalised as he fell ill due to a low level of haemoglobin.
Dhaka prepares master plan to properly provide Covid vaccine
Dhaka, Jan 2 – As vaccinating millions of people across the country to control Covid-19 looks to be a daunting task, the government has prepared a master plan and necessary guidelines to do the job properly.
পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই আমীর ও ইউনুছ আহমাদ মহাসচিব পূন:নির্বাচিত
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ জনগণের অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠায় রাজনীতিতে গুণগত পরিবর্তনের জন্যে কাজ করে যাচ্ছে। বর্তমানে দেশে সুস্থ ধারার রাজনীতি নেই। মানুষের নাগরিক ও মানবিক অধিকার ভুলুণ্ঠিত। দেশে একদলীয়…
নির্বাচন এলেই অভিযোগের বাক্স খোলে বিএনপি, জয় পেলেই মুখবন্ধ
চট্টগ্রাম, ২ জানুয়ারি – তথ্যমন্ত্রী ও আওয়ামী লীগের যুগ্ম সাধারণ সম্পাদক ড. হাছান মাহমুদ বলেছেন, ‘যেকোন নির্বাচন এলেই অভিযোগের বাক্স খোলে বিএনপি, আর তাদের প্রার্থী কোথাও জয় পেলেই তাদের মুখ বন্ধ হয়ে যায়।’
RU acting registrar M A Bari resigns
Rajshahi – Rajshahi University Acting Registrar Professor M A Bari resigned at an emergency syndicate meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor M Abdus Sobhan on Thursday at around 11.00 am citing physical illness as the reason.
Bangladesh welcomes New Year 2021
Dhaka, Jan 1 — Bangladesh and the rest of the world bid adieu to 2020, a year many would like to forget, and welcomed 2021 with hopes that the new year will be different – and better.
নির্বাচন কমিশন সুষ্ঠু ভোট গ্রহণে ব্যর্থ হলে দায়িত্ব ছেড়ে দিন
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেন, সরকার জনগণের ভোটাধিকার হরণ করে দেশকে অস্থিতিশীলতার দিকে নিয়ে যেতে চায়। ২০১৮ সালের ডিসেম্বরে ভোট কারচুপির এক মহোৎসবের মধ্য দিয়ে ক্ষমতায় এসে সরকার সকল অভ্যান্তরীন নির্বাচনেও তার…
Comilla witnesses alarming number of rape cases in 2020
Dhaka, Jan 1 – Comilla saw an alarming number of sexual assaults on women, children to the elderly last year. A total of 367 victims put a strain on the locals of Comilla.
Why is suicide on the rise among Dhaka University Students?
Dhaka, Jan 01 — The pandemic has caused a dramatic rise in mental problems in people, irrespective of age and sex. An increase in suicides and ideations of self-harm among students of Dhaka University (DU), however, is a matter of…
Digital Bongo a better workplace during the pandemic
Dhaka, Jan 01 – The ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19 has changed the landscape of the world’s economy and put closures to many businesses while others to struggle, and the country’s one of the pioneer video streaming sites Bongo made…
Bangladesh to get rid of ‘autocracy’ in 2021, hopes BNP
Dhaka, Jan 1 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday hoped that the country will get rid of both coronavirus and ‘autocracy’ in the New Year, 2021.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 17 deaths, 990 new cases
Dhaka, Jan 1 – Bangladesh recorded another 17 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, pushing up the national tally to 7,576.
Severe cold threatens Boro paddy seedling output in Kurigram
Kurigram, Jan 1 – A cold snap, disrupting life in the northern part of Bangladesh, will likely damage the Boro seedbeds if the weather does not improve and potentially trigger a seedling crisis.
Hill cutting in Chittagong: Toma group fined Tk 50 crore
Chittagong, Dec31 -The Department of Environment (DOE) has fined Toma group of construction, a contracting firm, Tk 50 crore for cutting hill illegally in Loghagara Upazila of Chattogram during the work of Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar rail line project.
Dhaka’s canals, drainage now under 2 City Corporations
Dhaka, Dec 31 – Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWasa) has handed the responsibility of drainage system management and canals in Dhaka to the city corporations to solve the water logging woes.
Farida elected president, Ilyas GS of Jatiya Press Club
Dhaka, Dec 30 – Farida Yasmin of the Daily Ittefaq made history by getting elected as the first female president of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Thursday.
Monirul Moula new Managing Director and CEO of IBBL
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has appointed Mohammed Monirul Moula as its Managing Director and CEO. He will assume the office on 1 January 2021. He has been an Additional Managing Director of this bank.