Desk report: Tea garden workers’ organisations on Saturday demanded immediate implementation of six-point demand, including daily minimum wage of Tk 300, reports The new Age. They made the demands from a rally after forming a human chain in front of the Central Shaeed Minar in Sylhet city in the afternoon. Bishwabidyalaya Cha Chhatra Sangsad, a…
Monirul Alam of DOT Bangladesh Bank (BB) has opened suppliers’ credit with repayment facility upto 360 day for local pharmaceuticals product manufacturers and exporters. A circular to this effect has been served on Thursday by the central bank’s Foreign Exchange Policy Department (FEPD) on All Authorized Dealers of Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh asking for necessary…
Abrar Hussain: A recent research has claimed that nearly 11,000 women in Bangladesh die of uterus cancer annually, while about fifty million females are at risk to be affected by the disease. The research, conducted by a team of uterus cancer experts, highlighted that the illiterate, underprivileged and sex workers are at the greatest risk…
BSS The government has already imparted trainings to 113,308 people in different terms on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aiming at creating a large number of skilled human resources to reach the digital services to the doorstep of grassroots people of the country. A total of 58,824 more people will also be trained up on…
Dawn An accountability court on Monday handed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail and a fine of $2.5 million in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, and acquitted him in the Flagship Investments reference. According to local media reports, the PML-N quaid was taken into custody in court and will be transported…
Abrar Hussain: While greeting the countrymen on the celebration of ‘Bangabandhu-1’ being launched, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that another milestone has been achieved with the launch of the nation’s first ever satellite. “Today, we launched Banghabandhu Satellite-1. With this launching, we’ve hoisted the Bangladesh flag in the space. I would like to greet and…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic Six Point Program, an explicit embodiment of Bengali nationalism was unfurled at…
Desk Report: The Emergency Obstetrics Care (EOC) unit of the 51-beded Bauphal Upazila Health Complex has been closed for over a decade, reports Daily Observer. The section was closed several days after its opening due absence of gynecologist and anesthesiologist in the hospital. The modern machinery of the EOC section are exposed to be inoperative…
Desk Report United States President Barrack Obama praised Democratic lawmakers for supporting through some politically tough votes and encouraged supporters to help elect more of them in November, says reports from UNB. “A Democratic Congress is good for America,” he said on Friday. He also told donors that Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted…
BSS: After more than five decades, Bangladesh and India have taken a move to revamp Chilahati-Haldibari rail connectivity which would open up scope for trains to travel to Shiliguri and Darjeeling. To this end, Bangladesh Railway has taken a fresh project to reconstruct over seven kilometers of new rail track in bordering Chilahati in Nilphamari…