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Desperate trips on deadly routes
Illegal migration to Europe Staff Correspondent: KabirMatubbar (not his real name) took an illegal route to Italy from Bangladesh in 2015. The trip included a daring boat journey in the Mediterranean Sea from Libya.He paid about Tk 6 lakh to traffickers for this migration and left behind a well-run grocery…
Read More »543 killed in road accidents in April
Staff Correspondent: With the rapid increase in the number of vehicles, mostly cars, in the congested roads of Bangladesh cities, there has been a steady rise in the number of accidents too.As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in…
Read More »Tagore’s 161st birth
anniversary todayIndustry Desk: Today is the 161st birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism.On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Rabindranath, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages yesterday, paying rich…
Read More »Hasina showing ways
to the world: DipuStaff Correspondent: Education Minister DrDipu Moni said Bangladesh is leading the world in various ways under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.She said this while addressing the unveiling and discussion meeting of the book ‘Bangalir Ashirbad Bangabandhu and Sheikh Hasina’ at the National Press Club yesterday.DrDipu Moni said Bangladesh…
Read More »Country fetches $35.42b from RMG
exports in 10 monthsStaff Correspondent: Country has earned $35.42 billion from exports of apparel products in the first 10 months until April of the current fiscal year, up from the entire FY22’s target of $35.14, said Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) sources.Bangladesh’s exports led by readymade garments (RMG) continue to surge…
Read More »Dhaka starts to get previous shape as holidaymakers returning
Staff Correspondent: Holidaymakers have started to return to capital after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr holiday with their family members and relatives. However, many passengers said that there was no suffering on the way back.Visiting the Gabtali bus counter on Friday morning it has been seen that many people were returning to Dhaka…
Read More »Pvt firms keen to lease country’s Jute Mills
Khulna region on top choice for foreign firms Industry Desk: Eighteen local and foreign companies have submitted proposals for taking lease of 13 state-owned Jute Mills in Bangladesh. All of the four international firms that have applied are keen to invest only in the mills located in the Khulna region.According…
Read More »Umrah season for foreign pilgrims till May 31
International Desk: The current Umrah season for Muslims traveling to Saudi Arabia from outside the Kingdom will end on May 31.The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has set Shawwal 30, the current Islamic month that follows the holy month of Ramadan and corresponds to May 31 in the Gregorian calendar,…
Read More »historic May Day today
Staff Correspondent: The historic May Day will be observed today in the country as elsewhere across the world with due respect.The day is observed across the world every year since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for eight-hour working day and…
Read More »Muhith laid to rest in Sylhet
Staff Correspondent: AMA Muhith, former Finance Minister, diplomat, Freedom Fighter and language veteran, laid to rest at his family graveyard in Sylhet after Zohr prayers yesterday.People from all walks of life will pay last respects to Muhith, one of the giants of Bangladesh’s political arena whose role stretches through the…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
