Abrar Hussain: Tobacco users have declined significantly in Bangladesh in the last eight years, according to a new survey that highlights the success of anti-tobacco measures. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim unveiled a factsheet of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2017 conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) with the support of the World…
Desk Report: Aditmari Upazila Fire Station has not started operation as construction of the building is yet to be completed even four years after construction started, reports Daily Star. People of the upazila are wondering when the fire station will begin operating. Many fire incidents occurred but the flames could not be extinguished in time…
Abrar Hussain: US President Donald Trump signed the $716 billion National Defense Authorization Act 2019 into a law yesterday, which will amend the Combating America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), under which any entity doing business with Russia’s state, semi-state and private defense and intelligence sectors could face economic sanctions. The sanctions seek to punish…
Desk Report: Some 13 types of businesses in city corporation area will have to install Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on their premises by November 01, 2018 to keep recorded data on financial transactions, reports Financial Express. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued an order, dated August 09, 2018 in this regard, making it mandatory…
Desk Report: Prices of rawhide, skins have fallen by half in Natore before the Eid-ul-Azha this year, reports Asian Age. At present, a cow’s rawhide is being sold at Tk 1,000, which was sold for Tk 2,000 a month ago. On the other hand, the current price of goat skin is Tk 45 to Tk 50,…
Kabir Humayun: Opposition Chief Whip in parliament and Jatiya Party Presidium Member Md Tajul Islam Choudhury passed away on Monday night. He was 73. Tajul, who was elected lawmaker for seven times from Kurigram-2 constituency, breathed his last at the United Hospital in the city, reports BSS. The politician was suffering from various age-related complications,…
Reuters: A motorway bridge collapsed on Tuesday near the northern Italian port city of Genoa, local police and fire brigade officials said, adding that no dead or injured had so far been reported. Italian television showed images of the collapsed bridge, which was built on the A10 toll motorway in the 1960s. Restructuring work on…
UNB: A case has been filed accusing 35 people in connection with the killing of a Chhatra Dal leader in an attack near the house of elected Sylhet Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury in Kumarpara area on August 11. Dabir Ali, the uncle of victim Foyzul Haque Raju, 32, a former assistant publication secretary of…
Desk Report: Prices of airlines tickets have doubled or tripled as operators fleece most of the air-bound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, reports Financial Express. Airlines companies and travel agencies, however, blame each other for such an abnormal rise in ticket prices. People are now desperate about securing air tickets to have a hassle-free…
Reuters: Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) is buying a minority stake in a sports drink brand backed by basketball star Kobe Bryant, it said on Tuesday, seeking to mount a stronger challenge to top energy drink Gatorade. The investment in BodyArmor comes as Coke’s Powerade steadily cedes market share to its more popular PepsiCo-owned (PEP.O) rival. Coke…