Afrida Ahmed BNP Advisory Council member Abdul Awal Mintoo, his wife and three sons have been named in the Paradise Papers leaks. The leak shows that Awal Mintoo, his wife Nasreen Fatema Awal, and three sons — Tabith Mohammed Awal, Tafsir Mohammed Awal and Tajwar Muhammed Awal are shareholders and hold top positions in the…
Noman Mosharef Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Ebtedayee Examinations this year begins today. The exams will continue till 26 November. Examination on English would be held on the first day. A number of 30, 96, 075 students sit for the exams, including 28,04,509 appearing in PSC and 2,91,566 in Madrassa (Ebtadayee), according to officials of…
Noman Mosharef BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called the Chief Election Commissioner to prove their neutrality in terms of their works instead of trying to bring political parties in the elections by means of flattery. Fakhrul was speaking at a discussion organized by Maulana Bhasani Smriti sangsad at Dhaka Reporters Unity in capital…
Rubya Tripty Bari Siddi-qui, the eminent folk singer and composer was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and has been put into life support at Square Hospitals in Dhaka on Friday night after he felt chest pain. He has been suffering from several physical complications including kidney problems and diabetes, said the Hospital doctor. His…
Ismail Hussain Emu The most famous fighters and organizers of the Bangladesh Liberation War,Bongo Bir Abdul Kader Siddique and former BNP government’s minister, Barrister Nazmul Huda, were seen sitting among the government ministers & prominent Awami League leaders, in front of the stage of yesterday’s Public Rally. That was, called by Awami League, at Suhrawardy…
Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the UNESCO recognition of the historic March 7 speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came as an honor to the whole nation. She called upon the people to hold it in their determination and remain united firmly never to let down the dignity father of the…
Syed Ripon he government is putting immense focus on revolutionizing the power-sector & ensuring 100% electricity distribution throughout Bangladesh. As part of it, Kawran Bazar Underground Power Sub-Center plan has been initiated by the government. Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited aims to complete this 1,003 crores taka project by 2023. Japan National Cooperation Agency promised…
Arifur Rahman Tuhin The international leather & leather products’ market weight about 222 billion US dollars. It is estimated to surpass 271 billion mark by 2021. Unfortunately, as the 2nd largest industry of Bangladesh, from here leather industry had man aged to gain only 0.46% of the international market share. Thus, there is still a…
Md. Shahidul Islam, Chittagong TheMultichannel Karnaphuli Tunnel Project will begin in December. China finallywiring the required loans by this November, confirms Economic Relations Division. Two ship already have arrived from China, with the necessary materials & tools for the tunnel construction. Six more will be docking soon. 3.4 kilometers long multichannel tunnel highway-route will be…
Afrida Ahmed Comedian Hari Kondabolu made a documentary about the simpsons and how problematic the character of Apu is. The character Apu haunts him but he also thinks he’s pretty funny. ‘It’s interesting because it’s clear white people wrote this, said Hari.’ It’s not like those characters are given any degree of humanity. They don’t…