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May 23, 2022

10 workers injured in Gazipur factory fire

At least 10 workers sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out in a readymade garment factory in Gazipur’s Kaliakair Monday.The blaze started at Nur Group’s Rayan Textile in Chandra just one week after another fire accident at the same factory.The fir…

Mushfiqur, Liton stand tall after disastrous start

Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das constructed one of the best partnerships in Bangladesh’s Test history in the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Monday.They put up an unbeaten 253-run stand in the sixth-wicket partnership, and along the way, both …

Don’t question every passenger:Mahbub Ali to immigration

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali on Monday asked the officials concerned at immigration to not to interrogate each passenger during immigration at Dhaka Airport.“We have talked to the immigration authorities and asked them not to interrog…

Padma Bridge not AL’s ancestral property: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the ruling party leaders should not forget the much-awaited Padma Bridge is not an ancestral property of Awami League as it is being constructed with public money.“Sheikh Hasina is now br…

Fire at Gazipur pharma factory

A fire broke out in the factory of a pharmaceutical company in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur Monday noon.The fire started in a factory of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd around 12pm, said Saiful Islam, station officer of Kaliakoir Fire Service.Five firefight…

FBCCI: Tourism must grow enabling Bangladesh to achieve SDGs

The achievement of sustainable development goals by 2030 will be jolted unless a vigorous growth of tourism in the country, said the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday.The FBCCI Standing Committee on Tourism Developmen…

BB moves to encourage greater flow of remittance to boost forex

Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn the provision of mandatory submission of documents for getting incentive against inward remittance of USD $ 5000 or Tk50, 0000 and upward, in a move to encourage greater inflow of remittance.Kazi Rafiqul Hassan, general ma…

Webinar on sexual, gender-based violence held

Bonhishikha and Women with Disabilities Development Foundation (WDDF) with support from International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) hosted an online discussion session on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) on Monday marking t…

BB depreciates taka by Tk 0.40 against US dollars

Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday depreciated taka by Tk0.40 re-fixing Bangladesh currency’s exchange rate against US dollar at Tk 87.90 to stabilize the volatile forex market.This has been the fourth depreciation of taka against the greenback in past 27 …

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