Desk Report: About 2,000 hawkers sit along the footpaths around the Mirpur-10 intersection in the capital. The hawkers have to pay around Tk 50 to 100 every day to run their businesses there, reports Prothom Alo. These businesses on the footpaths leave hardly any space for pedestrians. The traffic intersection spans wards 3, 7 and…
India Times: Going by the UN definition of ‘refugees’, Bangladeshi Muslims in India are “illegal immigrants” and no country would like to shelter them, said Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy. In an interaction with ET, Roy added that the opposition parties were carrying out a “nefarious campaign” to malign the process of NRC. He was also…
BDnews24: At least 30 students of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur have fallen sick after eating dinner at the Zia Hall canteen. Among those, 18 students were taken to the Dinajpur General Hospital with stomach pain and nausea. Students said they ate chicken Khichuri for dinner. Soon after, they fell sick….
Desk Report: With nearly two weeks left for the holy Eid-ul-Azha, local and Indian cattle have started to arrive in Rajshahi’s cattle markets, reports Observer BD. However, there are more Indian cattle than the domestic cattle though the price of the foreign animals is very high. Visiting the Rajshahi city animal market, it was seen…
Desk Report: As a result of protesting against drug abuse, 50-year-old Mominul Islam has been lamed. He can’t move his left hand and right leg now, reports Daily Star. “But the sad thing is that the people, who put me in this situation, are yet to be arrested,” repents Mominul, a day labourer hailing from…
Desk Report: The indigenous communities of Bandarban live on in fear as their ancestral land continues to be grabbed by influential people, reports Daily Star. Once inhabited by 42 families, the Saingya Marma Para of Bandarban in southeast Bangladesh has been subject to land grabbing for long. There were a only six families remaining till…
UNB: The country’s electronics giant Walton is showcasing and selling out a total of 145 models of frost, non-frost and deep fridges in the local market on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim community to be held across the country in this month. Among these models,…
India Today: India has nearly one billion phone users and yet there is a wide gap between the ownership of mobiles in the country. According to a report by a Sri Lanka-based think tank LIRNEasia, the gap between rural and urban mobile ownership in India is as high as 22 per cent. This parity between…
Desk Report: Bashundhara Group, country’s one of the leading business conglomerates, signed an agreement with China Railway 17th Bureau Group Company Ltd for supplying its King Brand Cement for the construction of the eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge in Pirojpur, reports Daily Sun. Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and China Railway 17th Bureau Group team…
Desk Report: The Bang-ladesh government has bought a total of 1,200 square meters, approximately eight bighas, of land at West Bogdadia in Saudi Arabia’s port city Jeddah to build the own building for its Consulate General office, reports Observer BD. FM Borhan Uddin, Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate General, signed the deed on behalf of…