Dhaka to become economically more pertinent to Canberra
UNB: With the newer kind of appreciation of Bangladesh’s value in Australia, Dhaka is now making its all-out efforts to become ‘economically more pertinent’ to Canberra by jointly exploring the vast areas of cooperation keeping the…
Read More »Tangled mess of overhead cables posing risk
Golam Mostafa Jibon : A mess situation is prevailing at different parts of the city due to overhead cables that posing risk of fatal accidents.Though, there was an ultimatum to remove the wires for the years,…
Read More »Lion dies in Dhaka’s National Zoo
Staff Correspondent: A lion has died at the Bangladesh National Zoo located in the capital’s Mirpur area.Zoo Curator Dr Abdul Latif confirmed the matter to yesterday.Although the 12-year-old female, called Moni, died on January 25, the…
Read More »Another Zebra dies at BD Safari Park
Staff Correspondent: Another zebra has died after two animals became ill at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, taking the total death to 10 in the month of January.The medical board of the safari park held another…
Read More »UNICEF urges govt across world to keep schools open
Industry Desk: UNICEF has urged governments across the world to keep schools open to avert a learning catastrophe. ‘As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 continues its spread all over the world, we urge governments to do…
Read More »Better competitiveness boost BD apparel orders, soar investment
Industry Desk: Apparel competitors like India, China and Sri Lanka are losing price competitiveness to Bangladesh resulted boost in buying orders from Europe, USA and Russia.Fresh apparel orders rose by 20 to 25 per cent this…
Read More »Maintenance work creates 20km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
Staff Correspondent: A 20km tailback has formed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway after Roads and Highway Division in Chattaogram started maintenance work on the highway this morning.Chattogram-bound vehicles came to a halt for around 20km on the highway…
Read More »New EC law leaves a lot to be desired
Staff Correspondent: One could say that the Awami League government deserves plaudits for passing a law on the formation of Election Commission-even if it is 50 years too late to fulfil a constitutional obligation. But has…
Read More »Activists demand stop to Japan-funded coal plant in BD
Staff Correspondent: Japan should stop funding the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh as the emissions it produces will accelerate global warming and put the low-lying country at greater risk of climate-change impacts, youth…
Read More »Anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute goods
Virtual hearing to set things straight Staff Correspondent: A sunset review investigation of the existing ADD on jute imports from Bangladesh and Nepal was initiated earlier in June last year under the Indian customs tariff rules…
Read More »Farhad for hassle-free public service delivery
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain yesterday urged the government officials to attach the highest priority to the government service delivery so that the general people can receive the public services without any…
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