Monday, July 7, 2025

Recitation programme highlights Tagore

Sharabritta organised a recitation programme on Saturday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library to mark Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary. The programme titled Songee Rabindranath, featured recitation of selected verses from Tagore’s Raktokarobi and three lyrical dramas by Birendranath Bandyopaddhay, a contemporary Indian playwright.

No ban on rallies: PID

The Press Information Department (PID) issued a late-evening statement on Sunday clarifying home minister’s comment on banning rallies and meetings and saying no ban was imposed on holding of general rallies and meetings. “While inaugurating the Jorarganj Police Station at Mirersarai upazila, the home minister in his speech said that in the backdrop of the ... Read more

Govt concerned over envoys’ security outside Dhaka

The PMO on Sunday instructed the foreign and home ministries to discourage foreign emissaries and representatives of international organisations from venturing out of Dhaka without police protection, fearing attacks by vested quarters. The PMO’s letter to the respective secretaries came in the backdrop of the political impasse in the country, sources said. “If diplomats

UN commends govt for Mahasen preparedness

The United Nations has praised the government for its preparedness on tropical storm Mahasen that hit Bangladesh on Thursday. While tropical Storm Mahasen reached the coastline of Bangladesh on Thursday weaker than anticipated, the preparedness work undertaken by the government and humanitarian partners saved countless lives, said a UN press statement

Bangladesh not allowed to join global programme

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Bank (WB) have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring programme until the country overhauls its labour laws and conditions for unions improve, reports The Washington Post quoting a top ILO official. The strict stance by the ILO and World Bank, which jointly run the ... Read more

Cabinet body on DAP to dispose petitions for revision

The cabinet committee on detailed area plan (DAP) review has formed two committees to physically visit and dispose the petitions which were submitted to the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkhya (RAJUK) to revise the plan for in and around the capital announced in 2010. The committees include cabinet sub-committee on detailed area plan (DAP) review to recommend ... Read more

Agricultural growth hits 11-year low

Growth in the agriculture sector has hit an 11-year low in the current fiscal year as farmers, disheartened by low prices of rice, reduced cultivation of the major crop, agriculturists and economists said. The sector that included sub-sectors like crops and