June 18, 2023

Bangladeshi Company to invest $20m in Mongla EPZ

Bangladeshi company M/s. Adventure Bag and Luggage Factory Limited has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to set up a Bag and Luggage manufacturing industry in Mongla Export Processing Zone (Mongla EPZ).This …

Implementation of budget to become challenging: CPD

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today said that the government would face challenges for implementing the national budget for the next fiscal year (FY24).The civil society think tank also opined that attaining the target of containing inflation w…

Lightning strikes kill 3 in Khulna

Three people were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes at Dacope upazila of the district today.The deceased were identified as Azizul Sheikh, 62, son of late Abdur Sattar Sheikh, a resident of Kakrabunia village an…

Report in case against SK Sinha over owning US home Aug 28

A court here today set August 28 for submitting probe report in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha for allegedly owning a three-storied house in the US bought through laundered money….

Mild heat wave may abate at some places

Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD) today predicted the ongoing mild to moderate heat wave may abate at some places in the country, in the next 24 hours commencing 9am today.”Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi division and the di…

Construction of road inaugurated in C’nawabganj

The construction of a 1,000-metre long road was inaugurated at Palsha in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Saturday.Lawmaker of Chapainawabganj-3 Constituency Md Abdul Wadud inaugurated it as the chief guest.Executive Engineer of Chapainawabganj distri…

‘Buddhism symbolises peace, tolerance and humanism’

Buddhism has become a symbol of peace, harmony, tolerance, non-violence and humanism, with no record of wrongdoing since the beginning of the religion.Public representatives and Buddhist religious thinkers made the observation in the inaugural functio…