Dhaka, Saturday


21 September 2024


DSEX crosses 5,000-mark in early trade

DSEX crosses 5,000-mark in early trade

In the first 30 minutes of trade on Sunday, the DSEX gained over 28 points or 0.56 percent to 5,003 supported by the buying binge on almost all sectors

16:49 6 December 2020

What you need to know before buying Energypack stocks

What you need to know before buying Energypack stocks

Energypac Power Generation was set up in 1982 as a power engineering business in Bangladesh. The company now consists of five sister concerns—Energypac Engineering, Energypac Electronics, Energypac Agro, Energypac Fashions and Energypac Power Venture, according to its website.

03:12 6 December 2020

Miscreants vandalise sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia

Miscreants vandalise sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): Miscreants have vandalised a partial part of under constructing sculpture of Bangabandhu at Kushtia town today when some religion-based organisations and government are at loggerheads over this issue.

01:44 6 December 2020

Water booths installed for RMG workers

Water booths installed for RMG workers

The booths were set up under a project called ‘Shujola’ funded by the foundation as part of its ‘WASH’ programmes aiming to provide 1 million people with access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries by 2025.

01:12 6 December 2020

Youth and female should get focus in 8th FYP: SANEM

Youth and female should get focus in 8th FYP: SANEM

The think-tank pointed out five sectors -- education, employment and income, health, poverty and social safety net and gender-- where policy address is needed for the youth and female.

01:09 6 December 2020

CMP Counter Terrorism Unit arrests a couple under DSA

CMP Counter Terrorism Unit arrests a couple under DSA

Chattograme (Dec 5, 2020): The Counter Terrorism Unit of Chattograme Metropolitan Police (CMP) has detained a couple from Sylhet’s Habiganj area in connection with a case lodged under Digital Security Act.

01:05 6 December 2020

E-payment of customs duty to increase efficiency in tax collection: speakers

E-payment of customs duty to increase efficiency in tax collection: speakers

Corporate customers make various regulatory payments related to customs duty, income tax and value added tax (VAT) to the National Board of Revenue manually through Cashier’s Orders, Demand Drafts. The process used to have a turnaround time of 1 to 3 days depending on the location of the customer and where the payments need to be deposited.

00:49 6 December 2020

Body of a young man recovered in Ctg

Body of a young man recovered in Ctg

Chattogram (Dec 5, 2020): Police recovered body of a young man from inside a building in Teri Bazar area of the district on Saturday.

00:14 6 December 2020

ADB to take care of fund deficiency in buying Covid-19 vaccines

ADB to take care of fund deficiency in buying Covid-19 vaccines

The assistance will be part of the multilateral lender’s plan to provide financial aid to fight Covid-19 for its developing South Asian member nations.

00:06 6 December 2020

1tonne gold enters country in a month!

1tonne gold enters country in a month!

As per baggage rule, a passenger can legally bring a maximum of 20 bhories of gold by paying customs duty of Tk2,000 per bhori (1 bhori = 11.664 grams).

23:57 5 December 2020

Do you know you can stop promotional SMS?

Do you know you can stop promotional SMS?

All the mobile phone operators have the option to switch off such SMS.

23:46 5 December 2020

Covid-19: 35 die, 1,888 infected in 24hrs in Bangladesh

Covid-19: 35 die, 1,888 infected in 24hrs in Bangladesh

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): Some 35 more patients died while 1,888 people tested positive for novel coronavirus afresh across the country in the last 24 hours ending 8:00am on Saturday.

22:42 5 December 2020

Gold bars worth Tk4.96 crore seised in Jashore

Gold bars worth Tk4.96 crore seised in Jashore

(Dec 5, 2020): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 60 gold bars, worth Tk 4.96 crore, from Shahzatpur border in Chougachha upazila of Jashore district early Saturday.

20:51 5 December 2020

Restrict smuggling, protect independence: PM to BGB

Restrict smuggling, protect independence: PM to BGB

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the Border Guard Bangladesh to restrict smuggling apart from protecting the country`s independence and sovereignty.

20:28 5 December 2020

Antigen test begins in 10 districts

Antigen test begins in 10 districts

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): With an aim to accelerate testing process across the country, the government has started antigen-based test in 10 districts to diagnose novel coronavirus at free of cost.

18:52 5 December 2020

Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign to begin Dec 12

Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign to begin Dec 12

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): A 44-day ‘Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign’ is set to begin on December 12 across the country with a target for administering 3.40 crore Children.

18:30 5 December 2020

World can start dreaming of pandemic’s end, says UN health chief

World can start dreaming of pandemic’s end, says UN health chief

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): The UN health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must not trample the poor and marginalized “in the stampede for vaccines.”

18:12 5 December 2020

Govt releases postal stamp to mark naming of Bangladesh

Govt releases postal stamp to mark naming of Bangladesh

The postal department on Saturday released a commemorative stamp to mark the naming of East Pakistan as Bangladesh in 1969.

18:05 5 December 2020

Investment Summit to attract Dutch investors in key sectors in Bangladesh

Investment Summit to attract Dutch investors in key sectors in Bangladesh

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): Bangladesh and the Netherlands will explore specific investment opportunities in key sectors - agriculture, food, light engineering, water and maritime.

17:03 5 December 2020

Dhaka extrapolates FY22 tax buoyancy at 12.2%

Dhaka extrapolates FY22 tax buoyancy at 12.2%

Dhaka (Dec 5, 2020): The government has projected a marginal improvement in the tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in the 2022-23 fiscal, despite the Covid-19 taking a toll on the country`s revenue collections this financial year.

16:43 5 December 2020

FM thanks PM for initiative to relocate Rohingyas

FM thanks PM for initiative to relocate Rohingyas

He also said that the global leadership and UN agencies have been extending lip services to the persecuted people of Myanmar

03:32 5 December 2020

Building LPG terminal: BPC accepts proposals without setting parameters

Building LPG terminal: BPC accepts proposals without setting parameters

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has accepted proposals from two foreign companies to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal without setting any evaluation criteria or conducting a feasibility study.

Despite

03:27 5 December 2020

Dhaka secures a 25-run win against Rajshahi

Dhaka secures a 25-run win against Rajshahi

Minister Group Rajshahi failed to chase the big target of 176 runs set by Beximco Dhaka in the 12th match of Bangabandhu T20 Cup

03:06 5 December 2020

Khulna beats Barishal by 48 runs

Khulna beats Barishal by 48 runs

This is the third win for Khulna among five matches they’ve played so far in Bangabandhu T20 Cup

02:49 5 December 2020