Japan Times: Traditional local festivals are having a more difficult time securing finances to cover event costs. In the western city of Tokushima, the “Awa Odori” traditional local folk dance festival saw record-low visitor numbers this year, partly due to the fallout from confusion which resulted from financing difficulties. “We’ve managed to generate profits,” said…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that all pond, khal, beal have to be re-dredging for pure drinking water. “We have taken 100 years step ‘Delta plan’ till 2100 year to improve water,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while laying foundation stone of Dasher Kandi sewage wastewater treatment plant of Dhaka…
The Independent, BD: A break-free special Eid tele-drama titled ‘Vager Ma’, scripted by Brindaban Das and directed by Dipu Hazra, is set to air at 11pm on Gazi TV on the second day of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The story of the tele-drama begins with the characters Leku and Cheku, two brothers who live beside each other…
Desk Report: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and United Hospital Limited signed an agreement recently. Under the pact, employees and their dependents of ICAB may avail special healthcare facilities at United Hospital Limited. ICAB head of HR AKM Ziaul Amin and the hospital’s chief of Communication & Business Development Dr Shagufa Anwar…
Desk Report: The government is going to cut withholding tax and corporate tax for garment exporters in what can be viewed as yet another pullback by the revenue authority from its intent to collect higher tax from the sector, reports Daily Star. Last fiscal year, the sector earned $30.61 billion, which is 83.5 percent of…
NTV Online: With Eid-ul-Azha only a few days away, private launch operators are busy refurbishing and repairing their vessels to attract more passengers during the eid and thus make quick buck, reports the UNB. Visiting various dockyards in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the city, this correspondent found dozens of launches undergoing facelifts. There are…
Arab News: Bangladesh has yet to decide whether it will replace its official description of Rohingya refugees — a move some claim will limit the Rohingyas’ rights as Myanmar citizens. A Bangladesh Foreign Ministry spokesman told Arab News a decision over the replacement of the term “forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals” with “displaced persons from Rakhine…
Desk Report: Train passengers faced trouble at the Kamalapur Railway Station, the largest railway in the country, as most of the trains failed to maintain schedule due to huge rush of homebound people, reports Asian Age. Passengers blamed the mismanagement at railway station for disarray of schedule. But the railway authorities didn’t agree to accept…
Kabir Humayun: A Natore court yesterday sentenced five people to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Singra upazila in 2004. Natore additional district and session judge Mohammad Saifur Rahman Siddiq handed down the verdict after examining all the records and witnesses, reports UNB. The condemned convicts are Hafizur…
Reuters: When Andrew Brunson saw a police summons on his door in late summer 2016, the U.S. evangelical pastor thought it was a routine appointment to sort out his residency papers in Turkey, his home for nearly a quarter of a century. He went to the police station on Oct. 7, 2016, was detained and…