Hasan urges countrymen to abide by restrictions
Staff Correspondent:Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday urged the countrymen to abide by the rules and restrictions of lockdown.“The government has declared the lockdown in the interest of the people to protect the countrymen…
Read More »Don’t use unlicensed mail operator and courier service
BB instructs banks Staff Correspondent: Country’s central bank- the Bangladesh Bank has instructed other banks not to avail the services of ‘unlicensed mail operators’ and ‘courier services’.The central bank’s Banking Regulation and Policy Department issued a…
Read More »Over 100 detained for lockdown violation
Staff Correspondent: Police yesterday detained more than hundred people for breaking the rules of ongoing strict lockdown in the capital. They were detained from Mirpur, Gabtoli, Technical, Shah Ali, Pallabi and Kafrul.The law enforcing agency also…
Read More »Registration of vaccine for students begins
Staff Correspondent: The online registration process for Covid-19 vaccination of public university students has begun.In a press release, University Grants Commission (UGC) confirmed the matter yesterday.The names of those residential students were sent to MIS DGHS…
Read More »Many Covid patients die for lack of oxygen crunch in Satkhira hospital
Satkhira Correspondent: Several patients have reportedly died at the COVID-dedicated Satkhira Medical College Hospital amid a shortage of medical oxygen at the facility.A hospital staffer, asking not to be named, said as many as six people…
Read More »Bangladesh envoy to Saudi requests import of RMG
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia proposed import garments, handicrafts, and leather goods from Bangladesh.On June 30, a meeting was held among Dr. Abdul Hakim Al Khaldi, Chairman of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce of…
Read More »DU turns 100-yrs The life and times of a premier institution
Staff Correspondent: Once dubbed, rather erroneously, as the ‘Oxford of the East’ – Dhaka University completes a century as the country’s premier institute of higher education, with a proud and diverse history that many say it…
Read More »Palak urges new generation to defeat anti-liberation forces
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday urged the new generation to defeat the anti-liberation forces who are out to destroy achievements earned through the Liberation War.“The anti-liberation forces are spreading false and…
Read More »Benpole Customs witnesses 58pc revenue growth
Benapole Correspondent: The Benapole Customs House, entrusted with the operations of country’s largest Benapole Land Port, fetched Tk 4,148.27 crore as revenue collection in the last fiscal year (FY21) despite the COVID-19 pandemic which was 58…
Read More »Rice to be imported to keep market stable: Sadhan
Staff Correspondent: Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday said rice will be imported from abroad alongside strengthening domestic rice procurement in the country to keep the rice market stable.“We are working sincerely to keep rice market…
Read More »Tk 6.03 tr budget passed estimating 16.5pc of GDP
Mahfuz Emran: The budget for the FY 2021-22 has been passed in the parliament. The size of the budget is estimated at Tk 6.03 trillion (Tk 603,061 crore), which is 16.5% of the total GDP. This…
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