Day: September 5, 2022
Staff Reporter :Legendary lyricist, film director, producer and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar is no more.The composer of ‘Joy Bangla Banglar...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh will import around 4-5 lakh metric tonnes of food grains from India, Russia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.“The ministry concerned has already signed agreements on food import with the above countries. The Prime Minister said that instead of depending only on this, several other sources should be serached as an alternative so that there are no complications at the last moment to import food grains,” the decision was taken at the regular cabinet meeting on Sunday with Prime...
Reuters :British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Sunday she would set out immediate action in her first week in...
Staff Reporter :The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested four people, including the mastermind of the gang in connection with the torture of a Dhaka University student after abduction from Shyamoli in the capital. Sensational information was leaked after the arrest of the gang members. According to DB, the leader of the gang, Shakel Ahmed Rubel, has molested more than half a hundred women and committed more than 1500 robberies in the past few years.There are six...
Special Report :In an interview with India’s ANI news agency, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina emphasizsed that she would not meddle in India-China problems and that leading nations should always resolve disagreements through discussion.Hasina, who is visiting India today, lauded the Vaccine Maitri program’s generosity in providing Covid-19 vaccinations to neighboring nations when the pandemic was rapidly spreading in a televised interview with ANI. Prime Minister Hasina is scheduled to visit India tomorrow. Sheikh Hasina also complimented the...
Staff Reporter :A Narayanganj court on Sunday dismissed the case filed by BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in connection with the death of a Jubo Dal worker during a recent BNP-police clash in Narayanganj.The case was filed against police officers in the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Imran Mollah of Narayanganj Judge Court at around 11am.Superintendent of Police (SP) of Narayanganj district Golam Mostafa Russell along with 42 policemen have been made accused in the case, said Narayanganj...
Staff Reporter :Salim Sattar, Director of Balaka Blades (now familiar as Samah Razor Blades) Industries Limited lived in a luxurious flat in Banani in the capital. There he opened the illegal minibar. Many individuals used and sold drugs in his bar. But, Selim did not have a license to consume or sell drugs. On Sunday (September 4) from 4:30 pm to evening, the Directorate of Narcotics Control (DNC) raided the flat of Bank Asia Bhaban (House No. 77) on Road...
Staff Reporter :With much hopes and aspirations, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to visit India to hold bilateral talks on a flurry of pending and upcoming issues with her counterpart Narendra Modi in Delhi. During her visit, it is expected that both the countries will ink at least seven agreements and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on water management, science and technology, railways, law, and information and broadcasting and so on. Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said this in a press...
Staff Reporter :The country’s trade deficit has increased by $62.80 crore in July, while export earnings grew by 36.18 per cent year-on-year in August.The trade deficit stood at $198.10 crore in July, the first month of the current fiscal year, which was $62.80 crore higher than the corresponding period of the last fiscal year, according to Bangladesh Bank data published on Sunday.The deficit was $135.30 crore in July of last fiscal year (2021-22), the BB’s latest data showed. The trade...