Afrida Ahmed A group of Indian girls who grew up in Mumbai’s notorious red-light district, Kamathipura, have brought their stories to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, source BBC. Laal Batti Express (Red-light express) explores the struggles faced by 15 girls – whose mums are sex workers – and how after leaving the red-light area, they have…
Reported by: Hasan Arif Written by: Eshan Maitra GDP contribution gradually decreasing from the agricultural side and industrial sectors are adding more to the total national production. Agricultural sector’s contribution reached down to 14.75% from 18.38% in past 7 years, reports Ministry of Agriculture. Meantime, industrial sector’s contribution toped 31.28% from 26.78%. Dhaka Chamber of…
The honorable Chairman of The Premier Bank Limited (PBL) Dr. H.B.M. Iqbal handing over a Cheque for Tk.3.00 Crore (Three Crore ) to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Govt. Peoples Republic Of Bangladesh as donation to the PM’s Relief Fund for help for recent Flood Victims peoples of the country at a function at…
First Security Islami Bank Limited donated Taka 3.00 Crore to the ‘Prime Minister’s Relief Fund’ for flood affected people on August 23, 2017 in a simple ceremony at Prime Minister’s Office organized by Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB). Mr. Mohammed Abdul Maleque, Vice-Chairman and Mr. Quazi Osman Ali, Managing Director (Current Charge) of First Security…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari/ Toronto The second annual Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada (ATSC) show opened in Toronto on Monday with a record attendance. Reporting more than 5,000 registered visitors, the show saw a 40 percent increase in attendees over last year on day one alone. ATSC returned to the Toronto International Centre with 50 percent larger…
Rear Admiral Riazuddin Ahmed, OSP, BSP, ndu, afwc, psc (retd.) has joined as the Advisor of Summit Oil and Shipping Company Limited (SOSCL) from this month. Summit Oil and Shipping is nation’s leading fuel importer, distributor, storage service provider and marine distributor. Prior to joining Summit, he held important positions such as Director Purchase (Navy)…
Sabah Mannan John Hume owns the largest rhino breeding farm in the world. He says that poaching is out of control in South Africa. As of today, Hume has 1536 rhinos. He won a series of court battles earlier this year to overturn a ban on the domestic sale of rhino horn. He has a…
Syed Nasir Ershad Plight of ordinary people is being overlooked amid focus on missile launches and rising tensions between Pyongyang and Washington. Sanctions and the worst drought for almost two decades threaten to cause severe hardship for millions of people in North Korea, while the country’s leadership continues to plough scarce resources into its missile…
Tanvir Ahmed We love travelling, whenever we save some money, air miles and holidays – we fly. We wanted to visit the Scandinavian countries for a long time and decided to finally visit. I was speaking to one of my friend about our intention of visiting Norway and he has suggested me to visit…