Staff Reporter :The entrepreneurs of the country’s readymade garment manufacturers apprehended that the apparel export growth would be negative for next three months as shipment orders reduced by at least 30 per cent.They, however, hoped that the global apparel market share would exceed 10 per cent by 2025 and export earnings will $100 billion by 2030.“Shipment orders declined 20 to30 per cent in last two months due to ongoing inflation and recession in the USA and the EU markets, our...
Day: September 11, 2022
Staff Reporter :Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in fiscal transparency, it still fell short of the minimum requirements, US Fiscal Transparency Report, 2022 read on Friday. “During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its end-of-year report within a reasonable period,” the report said. It also said that the information in the budget was considered generally reliable, although budget documents were not prepared according to internationally accepted principles. Regarding the audit report, it said, “the government’s...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh has a huge potential to exports its potatoes, but the presence of a bacterial germ, though not harmful for human health after boiling, is found in the potatoes. Due to the bacteria, the importing countries are not interested to buy these potatoes despite government’s various negotiations with them. Scientists said that the bacteria has entered the potato due to the contamination of soil for a long time. They, however, said that there is nothing to be worried...
News Desk :Lightning strike killed three children of a family and injured another one as they were collecting water lily in a ‘beel’ at Tongibari upazila in the district on Saturday.The deceased are as Rabiul Hasan, 16, Lamim Hossain, 12 and Sanjida Akhter, 9, reports BSS.Around 2.30pm, four children went to collect water lilies in the beel in Dhamaron union. The children got injured by lightning strike. They were rushed to Munshiganj Sadar Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared three...
Staff Reporter :Dhaka North City Corporation will start a weeklong special drive on Sunday to control Aedes mosquitoes to curb the spreading of dengue fever among the city dwellers. DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam said it at an awareness campaign against the Aedes mosquito in the city’s Uttara on Saturday. The drive will be conducted by separate teams in 10 zones under DNCC, the Mayor said. Mobile courts led by executive magistrates will take immediate legal action against the liable persons...
UNB :A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) consisting of more than one-third of BCL’s central panel has decided to submit a complaint letter against the ‘irregularities and mismanagement’ by BCL president Al Nahian Khan Joy and its general secretary Lekhak Bhattacharjee.Contacted, some BCL central committee leaders confirmed the matter, saying that they went to the Awami League party office on Saturday and tried to submit the complaint letter to the party’s Office Secretary Biplab Barua but couldn’t reach him.They...
Staff Reporter :A farmer was electrocuted while working on farmland in Kaona village of Hossainpur upazila in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning.The victim identified as Md. Naeem (27) is son of Aminul Islam of Araibaria Union Parishad.Locals and Palli Bidyut in Hossionpur Office sources said that for the under-construction bridge over Narsunda River on Hossainpur-Pakundia Regional Highway, S Alam Contracting Company of Kishoreganj has illegally taken electricity connection from Dinar’s Pharmacy in Kaona Bazar on the land of farmer Naeem Mia.Farmer...
Al Jazeera :Ukraine’s military has claimed lightning-quick gains in the east of the country after a surprise counteroffensive was launched...
Reza Mahmud :In the full season of Aman paddy planting, farmers are crying for getting sufficient amount of Urea fertilizer across the country.While the government is telling loudly about having sufficient stock of fertilizer, the farmers become tired of searching their necessary amount of the very important stuff to save their paddy plants.Finally they compelled to block roads and highways countrywide for demanding fertilizer.As per the Agriculture ministry, during the Aman season (July-September), the demand for Urea fertilizer in the...
BSS :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government and concerned stakeholders’ collective and timely efforts helped avoid possible disasters saving many lives from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Bangladesh has successfully managed the Covid-19 pandemic and has been able to save many lives. Considering the population density, many feared huge numbers of people would die from the pandemic. But the government and the concerned stakeholders’ concerted and timely efforts helped avert the possible disaster,” she said. The Premier said this...