UNB, Dhaka State-owned Petrobangla on Thursday signed an agreement with Excelerate Energy Singapore Pte Ltd to set up a floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU) at Maheshkhali to facilitate the supply of 500 mmcfd imported liquefied natural gas to the country. Briefing reporters on the occasion, Prime Minister’s energy advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said the…
BSS, Dhaka The visiting US official delegations on Thursday discussed issues relating to security cooperation including countering violent extremism with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. The two delegations led by U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall and US Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs…
Priyanta islam Monoshita is a versatile start-up person. She plunged into the startup scenario in Bangladesh at a very young age. She’s always been at the creative side of the equation with a little nag for operations. Currently, she’s working as a content strategist at WebAble, a digital creative agency. She talked with Daily Our…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin Monoshita Ayruani, a content strategist at WebAble, a digital creative agency, was invited to speak at “Rendezvous” organized by Daily Our Time on Thursday, 31st March to talk about digital marketing and its influence in Bangladesh. She spoke of a certain case study performed by Spikes Asia in 2015 on rural women,…
UNB, Dhaka Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon has revealed positive feedback from the UK government over the recent steps taken by the government relating to aviation security. Menon was talking to reporters after a meeting with the visiting US delegation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at his ministry on Thursday….
UNB, Dhaka A student of Dhaka College was killed as a bus knocked down him at Tikatuli intersection in the capital on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Arifur Rahman, 20. Quoting witnesses, Assistant Sub-inspector of Motijheel Police Station Roman said Arifur was going to his college riding a motorcycle. When Arifur reached Tikatuli…
UNB, Dhaka Observing that the existing culture of impunity is a major barrier to combating corruption, eminent citizens at a seminar here on Thursday urged the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to set an example by punishing well-identified corrupt people. They said the Commission must give a message to all by punishing well-identified corrupt people that…
UNB, Dhaka Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq on Thursday said over 300,000 saplings will be planted in the DNCC area within next three years to turn the city green. “We’ll plant 325,000 plants within next three years. We have already formed a committee, headed by Bishwa Sahitya Kendra chairman Abdullah…
Desk Report The Second phase of union parishad (UP) elections took place in 639 union parishads of 82 upazilas and concluded amid stray incidents of violence.It left five people dead and at least 60 others injured in different parts of the country on Thursday. Voting began at 8 am and continued till 4 pm without…
UNB, Dhaka One in every four children of the city faces abnormal lung functioning due to ambient air pollution, says a new study. Collecting 500 samples from four different age groups, mostly from the 10-20 age group, during January and February 2016 in the capital, the study found that around 24 percent of city dwellers…