Desk Report: Green garment factory owners, who have spent billions of dollars for setting up the units, are left frustrated as the international retailers are not rewarding them with higher prices for the initiative, reports Daily Star. The factories cost 20 to 30 percent m ...বিস্তারিত
The Independent, BD: Several large consignments of ‘khat’ leaves, a narcotic substance originating in the African continent, have recently been seized in Dhaka and Chattogram, which law enforcers say have added a new dimension to drug trafficking in the country. These se ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: About 60-70 kilometer electrification in 50 villages has been accomplished through setting up a new electric sub-station in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi at the cost of Tk 10 crore, reports Daily Observer. About 15 thousand families have been beneficiary through th ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: The Dhaka bourse has opened the week’s first session with a loss as losers took control over the gainers, reports Financial Express. The market initially opened with a positive note on Sunday but the broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange started to decline o ...বিস্তারিত
Khondaker Golam Moazzem/CPD The proposed minimum monthly wage, Tk 8,000, for readymade garment workers is inadequate to meet their cost of living if various basic needs and the rate of inflation are considered, says Centre for Policy Dialogue research director Khondaker G ...বিস্তারিত
Nabil Al-Sahli/Middle East Monitor Following the Trump administration’s acknowledgement of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, funding cut to UNRWA and closure of the PLO office in Washington a few days ago, media reports confirmed the US President’s intention ...বিস্তারিত
Shah Ali Farhad, Lawyer, researcher and political activist/BDnews24 In the last 10 years, Bangladesh has come a long way on the road of development because one politician has kept her biggest promises and pledges to the people. In 2008, the yet-to-be Prime Minister Sheikh ...বিস্তারিত
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka : A New York-based business data company Wealth X in its 2018 report mentioned that the number of ultra-high wealthy people in Bangladesh grew at a ...বিস্তারিত
Nafiz Ahmed, final year law student, North South University : Possibly, one of the most common reactions people would have on their first read of the Penal Code, 1860 is an immense shock followed by laughter after learning the amount of maximum fine imposed as punishment ...বিস্তারিত
Hossen Sohel: Dhaka North City Corpo-ration Panel Mayor-1 Osman Gani died at a hospital in Singapore yesterday morning. He was 69.He, who had been suffering from lungs cancer, breathed his last at Singapore General Hospital at 8:35am (Bangladesh Time) while undergoing treatm ...বিস্তারিত