July 23, 2023

17 Dead, 45 Injured After Bus Veered Off Road In Bangladesh

At least 17 people were killed and 45 others injured, when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a waterbody, in Bangladesh’s Jhalokati district, a senior police official said, yesterday.The bus fell into the roadside waterbody in the distr…

Properties worth Rs 3 million looted from Budhanilkantha

A group of looters broke into the house of one Sujan Shrestha and decamped with valuables worth around Rs 3 million at Budhanilkantha Gairigaun of Budhanilkantha Municipality-3 in Kathmandu. The looted valuables included gold and diamond jewelries, sa…

Japanese firms keen to take IT engineers from Bangladesh

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) President Kazushige Nobutani today said that Japanese firms want to hire IT engineers from Bangladesh while automotive institutions are eager to invest in this country.”Bangladesh’s economic activities are inc…

Central bank to facilitate digital payments

The Nepal Rastra Bank will offer additional facilitation in the digital payments in a bid to stop financial anomalies and facilitate revenue collection, according to the Monetary Policy for the current fiscal year, 2023/24 published today. “Revenue co…

National Fisheries Week-2023 begins tomorrow

A week-long ‘National Fisheries Week-2023’ willbegin from tomorrow highlighting the importance of fisheries resources infulfilling nutritional and food demand of the country’s ever increasingpopulation.”The National Fisheries Week will be celebrated i…

CPN (Maoist Centre) leaders off to India

A five-member delegation of the CPN (Maoist Centre) led by party Vice-Chairperson Pampha Bhusal has left here for India visit today. The Maoist Centre’s leaders are visiting India and holding talks with the central leadership of Bharatiya Janata party…

ANNFSU not to resort to padlocking educational institutions

The All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU) close to the CPN (UML) has announced that it will refrain from closing educational institutions. From now on, no protest programme of padlocking educational institutions would be organised, said the …

FBCCI hosts ‘FBCCI Members Night-2023’

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers ofCommerce and Industries (FBCCI), the apex trade body of the country, hostedthe ‘FBCCI Members Night-2023’ on Saturday in honor of its general body (GB)members at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) …

BCB announces Tk 35 lakh bonus for Women’s team

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) todayannounced a Taka 35 lakh bonus for the Women’s team for their tremendousperformance against the Indian Women’s team.Bangladesh though lost the three-match T20 series by 2-1, they put up amemorable performance in…