News Desk :Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov has been removed from office and transferred to “another post,” the Defense...
Day: September 25, 2022
Staff Reporter :Country’s most of the Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) and their clients had to fight for coping with the mechanism adopted for them to overcome the situation during the Covid-19 pandemic.According to the findings of a study conducted by INAFI Bangladesh, a global network of development practitioners, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, around 83.9 percent respondents faced reduced income or loss in business due to the pandemic while 40pc had to face loss of work or job, 22pc were unable...
Staff Reporter :Sand grabbers have made agro-land and embankment vulnerable in Gongachara upazila of Rangpur district.Locals alleged that several influential persons are plundering sands from Teesta river illegally day and night ignoring laws and damaging farmlands.Local farmers alleged that those sand looters are a threat to the flood protection embankment of the Teesta river. “Several people from Rangpur are cutting the road for lifting sands near the bridge. We have tried to prevent them but they threatened us saying they...
Press releae :Eminent Nuclear Scientist Professor Dr. Jasim Uddin Ahmed died while undergoing treatment at Bangkok Hospital in Thailand on...
Staff Reporter :Ex-President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim has said that the CPB and the Left Alliance will not take part in any election under the party government, because the ruling Awami League ( AL) government has made the entire election system a farce.He observed that January 5, 2014 general election was mainly ‘a one-party polls’ when 153 Awami League candidates won the elections uncontested.On the other hand, December 30, 2018 general election was ‘staged at...
Staff Reporter :Amid the volatile situation in Myanmar, an intensified international pressure is necessary to address the Rohingya crisis which Bangladesh is experiencing over the last five years, said Editors Guild, Bangladesh on Saturday. The Guild also observed that the recent conflicts on the Myanmar border have created a kind of tension inside Bangladesh and a geopolitical issue is working behind it. The issues sprang up in a roundtable meeting on ‘Rohingya Crisis – Border Situation and Geopolitics’ held in...
Our Correspondent :The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge is now visible clearly on the Jamuna River. The first steel structures span sits on pillars 47 and 48 of the dual-gauge railway bridge, six more spans will appear soon. Not only the installation of the span, but other works are also going on at a fast pace. Of the 50 pillars of the bridge, eight spans are fully ready to be connected, with a few more on the way. If this...
Staff Reporter :Yunnan province of China is nearer to Bangladesh and there are lots of scopes of expanding trades and commerce of the country.The natural beauty of the province also easily attracts tourists from Bangladesh.Presenting the natural beauties and business importance of the province, the Embassy of China in Bangladesh, Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan Province and Yunnan Commercial Representative Office in Dhaka, Bangladesh have jointly organised the event named “Colorful Yunnan” at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center (BBCFEC) in...
Reuters :If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters.In an interview, WHO senior adviser Bruce Aylward warned that richer nations must not step back from tackling COVID-19 as a global problem now, ahead of future potential waves of infection.In the last few weeks, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the end of the pandemic was in sight, and US President Joe Biden...
Business Desk :With the launch of Bangladesh Bank’s new platform for foreign exchange transactions- the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system, not only does it help reduce cost and time but also enables businessmen’s credit is no longer be stuck in banks. Banks now clear and settle five currencies which are the dollar, pound sterling, euro, Canadian dollar and the Japanese yen through this platform which takes a few seconds by charging a minimum amount. Bangladesh deals with $300 million worth...
Business Desk :Country’s Leading private airlines US-Bangla Airlines received “Best Domestic Airline of the Year-2022” award for its consistent quality service in air transport sector.Besides, US-Bangla Airlines also received Silver Award in ‘Best Regional Airline’ and ‘Best On-time Flight Departure’ category and Bronze Award in ‘Best Economic Class Food’ category, said a press release.The Bangladesh Monitor, one of the travel related fortnights of Bangladesh, awarded US-Bangla for maintaining stability in-flight service, number of passengers on domestic routes, on-time departures, number...