Leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have said that the wide scale vaccination of COVID -19 for RMG workers would begin on August 8.They said the lists of the workers under the BGMEA enlisted factories have already been sent to the concerned civil surgeon offices.The workers of the RMG factories would be administered with vaccines under the supervision of concerned civil surgeon offices.Talking to BSS, BGMEA president Faruque Hassan today said that the RMG factories have...
JoinedNovember 30, -0001
Articles11084
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers with moderately heavy to heavy falls are likely to occur at several places of the country, a met office release said on Monday.Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Dhaka, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country, it said.Day temperature...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP leaders of different levels are communicating behind the scene to join AL.“BNP is daydreaming of staging a 1/11-like incident through creating unrest in the country. On the contrary, BNP leaders at all levels are communicating behind the scene to join AL,” he told a regular press conference on contemporary issues at his official residence here.Quader said as BNP is a party of conspirators, they...
Holders Bashundhara Kings take on Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club in the big match of TVS Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football scheduled to be held today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.The match kicks off at 4.30pm. The star-studded Bashundhara Kings still maintained their domination in the points table with 46 points without losing any single match in the league from 16 outings while Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited stood at fourth position in the points table with 29 points playing the...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL), one of the country’s oldest political parties, celebrated its 72nd founding anniversary today on a limited scale with different programmes particularly on virtual media in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, all the adopted programmes were organized on a limited extent by maintaining proper hygiene rules. Founded on this day in 1949, Awami League has been transformed into an organisation of masses by leading all the democratic-political-social-cultural movements including the long arduous...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of the founder of the University Press Limited (UPL) Mahiuddin Ahmed.In a condolence message, the Prime Minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family....
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Shahjahan has said there is no container congestion in the Chittagong Port and exports and imports are ongoing smoothly through the port.“Exports and imports are running smoothly. The container storage capacity of the port is now around 49,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TUEs) while container storage is around 35,000 TUEs now,” he said while talking on Tuesday over phone.He informed that the port authority will meet stakeholders tomorrow to take next action plan...
Mongla seaport in Bagerhat, the country’s second-largest seaport, saw a record number of merchant ships anchored at the port in 2020-2021 fiscal year.A total of 970 merchant vessels moored at the port during this period, which is the highest in 70 years.The 2019-2020 fiscal year witnessed 903 ships docked at Mongla port.Confirming the matter, Mongla Port Authority Director (Traffic) Mohammad Mostafa Kamal said this was the first time since the establishment of the port that so many ships have arrived.The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will be able to implement the 2021-22 fiscal year budget based on the lives and livelihoods of the people despite the coronavirus hurdles and thus the country will precede one step ahead towards prosperity.“The finance minister has placed the FY 2021-22 budget giving priority to the lives and livelihoods of the people. I believe we will be able to implement the budget and thus Bangladesh will go one step forward (towards...
The government will procure some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG from M/S Excelerate Energy LP, United States with around Taka 448.17 crore in a bid to meet the growing demand.The approval came from the 23rd meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in this year held on Saturday virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin said that Petrobangla would procure such quantity of LNG...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday expressed hope that the economy of Bangladesh would do much better in the coming days despite the impacts of COVID-19. Bangladesh would remain in the top position in Asia in terms of macroeconomic attainments at the end of outgoing fiscal year (FY21). “We’ll do much better in the coming days. Insha Allah,” Kamal said while replying to quarries of reporters after chairing two separate meetings virtually on Wednesday the Cabinet Committee on Economic...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in several parts of the country.Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at isolated places over the country, it said.Day temperature may fall slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The axis of monsoon trough runs...
