Desk Report: Farming activities at Fulgachh village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have taken a turn for the better, changing the economic fate of its people, reports Daily Star. The village is now lovingly referred to as vegetable village, as all the residents now grow various types of vegetables year round. Naziur Rahman, 85, a farmer,…
UNB: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) prosecuted 29 social media users and online news portals on charge of instigating students during the ongoing street protest in demand of implementing their 9-point demand, including road safety. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the cyber-crime unit under Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Yeasin Meah filed the case with the police station under…
UNB: With a hope to retain the title, a 23-member Bangladesh Women’s Football team left for Bhutan on Monday to participate in the 2nd SAFF Under-15 Women’s Championship-2018 to be held in Bhutanese capital Thimphu on August 9-18. A Drukair flight carrying them took off from Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport at 9am. Defending champions Bangladesh,…
Asian Age: Jaya Ahsan’s much anticipated production ‘Debi’ is going to be released on September 7. The ‘Debi’ team has already caught viewer’s eyes and garnered appreciation after releasing two teaser trailer. Now ahead of its release, Jaya Ahsan, the film’s producer and actress took a different initiative to promote the film. There were ample…
Bangladeshi-American Society of Professionals (BSP) Inc., a newly established non-profit, organized its inaugural professional networking event at midtown Manhattan last Friday. A significant number of professionals and college students attended the event. In his welcome speech, BSP President Imtiaz R. Chowdhury emphasized on the organization’s mission, which is to create an active networking platform for…
MC: Novo Nordisk Phar-matech A/S has entered into an agreement with Signet Chemical Corpora-tion for the distribution of its pharmaceutical range of quaternary ammonium compounds (FEF Quats) to the healthcare industry in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Mr Shah, Managing director of Signet commented on this new collaboration. : “We are pleased to be associated…
Banglanews24: Bi-man Bangladesh Airlines cancelled two hajj flights scheduled for Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia Monday (August 6), due to insufficient passengers. The flights—BG-3071, BG-1075–were scheduled to leave here at 06:55pm and 09:30pm respectively. Biman sources confirmed the suspension of the flights to Banglanews. However, Biman have cancelled total 15 dedicated hajj flights this year.
Financial Express: Stocks inched lower on Monday after volatile trading as investors remained cautious stance. Brokers said the market finished flat as a section of investors continued on profit booking tendency while some others were busy rebalancing portfolio after quarterly earnings declarations. After witnessing volatility, DSEX, prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by…
Desk Report: Population density and height zoning provisions would be incorporated in the upcoming revised detailed area plan (DAP) of Dhaka city for a healthy urban life, said the project director of DAP at a seminar in the capital, reports Daily Star. The seminar on a planned development through population density zoning, in 1,624 square…
Asian Age: The shuttle train service of Chittagong University (CU) was suspended on Monday following technical glitch. The university authorities said that the train which reached the city around 7:30am could not return to the campus for technical problem.