Saturday, November 16, 2024

Heads high among all achievers

Staff Correspondent Thirty-four Bangladeshi students secured the highest marks worldwide in thirteen subjects in the GCSE O-level examinations last year while another 19 have obtained the highest marks worldwide in six subjects of the

JS resumes session today after a 10-day recess

Staff correspondent The parliament resumes its session at 4:4pm today after a 10-day recess. The house is expected to approve a number of bills, including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill which proposed passage into law of two ordinances promulgated by the immediate-past interim government bringing about changes to the code making the lower ... Read more

Sheikh Helal to be Bagherhat-1 MP

bdnews24.com, Dhaka Sheikh Hasina’s cousin Sheikh Helal Uddin on Saturday was all set to become MP for Bagherhat-1, one of the two seats vacated by the prime minister. Sheikh Helal is the son Sheikh Naser Rahman, younger brother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Both were killed on Aug 15, 1975, along with other members of the ... Read more

Event: Pinky wins Style Icon crown

Sheikh Arif Bulbon Sadia Afrin Pinky won the beauty contest ‘Style Icon 2008.’ Rezwana Chowdhury Jhinuk became the 1st runner-up, while Maliha Mostaq secured the 2nd runner-up position. Kumkum Laila got ‘Miss Smile’ award, Tania Rauf got Best Intelligence’ award, Smarani Jannat Naynna received ‘Best Catwalk’ award and

How to be Photogenic

Do you often avoid your photo being taken or do you always voluntarily choose to click photographs instead of being clicked? If yes, then like many others, you also fear looking bad in photographs. You must have noticed that there are many beautiful people who don’t come out so good in photographs. We generally attribute ... Read more

How To Feel And Look Fresh Throughout The Day

Hey girls and guys are you thinking about some effective ways for keeping yourself fresh and bright all day long irrespective of weather conditions and work pressures on your body. Well, in that case, read this article written below, it will guide you on various such tips. Hey people, just keep in mind that instead ... Read more

Emeka shines in Abahani’s hard fought victory

Staff Correspondent Title contenders Dhaka Abahani registered a hard working 2-1 victory over Chittagong Mohammedan in a lively match of the Super Cup at the Bangabandhu National stadium on Friday. With the two consecutive wins Abahani now just need a draw in the last match against Sheikh Russell to reach the last

Sheikh Russell KC beats Rahmatganj MFS 1-0

UNB, Dhaka Sheikh Russell KC kept their hope of a semifinal berth alive as they edged past Rahmatganj MFS by a solitary goal in Group A match of the Citycell Super Cup Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) Friday. After a barren first half, Serbian striker Vukadin Milonivic scored the all-important goal for Sheikh ... Read more

Partex SC, Young Pegasus, CCS win their matches

UNB, Dhaka Partex SC earned an exciting two-wicket victory over Old DOHS SC in the Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur Friday. In the day’s other matches, Cricket Coaching School (CCS) recorded a comfortable 85-run win over Victoria SC at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah while Young Pegasus ... Read more

Strawberry eyes Tk 10cr a year

Anwar Ali, Rajshahi Strawberry growers and traders in Bangladesh are expecting Tk 10 crore in annual turnover, as they go into its first-ever commercial cultivation this year. Rajshahi University teacher Dr Manzur Hossain, who developed the fruit nearly a decade ago, expects nearly 25 tonnes of output from

Protect environment of Jaflong, Companyganj

Bapa urges govt Staff Correspondent Green environment leaders at a human chain yesterday demanded steps to implement the decisions by the depatrtment of enviroment immediately to protect environment of Jaflong and Companyganj from unscrupulous

Mega mall businessmen in fire trauma

Staff Correspondent An obvious trauma gripped the businesses at Basundhara City after a devastating fire Friday burnt many shops and offices into ashes inside the country’s biggest and iconic shopping centre. The fire broke out at the top of the

Bangladesh’s share in US RMG market widens

Refayet Ullah Mirdha Bangladesh’s share in the US apparel market is getting larger as cheap clothing (basic garment items) sales in that market are increasing in global recession, market operators said. Recession-hit retailers in the US and Europe are purchasing garments from Bangladesh in enhanced volume as the cost of the item is less here ... Read more

RMG training fund remains unused for 4 years

Khawaza Main Uddin The government is yet to begin providing training to garment workers for improving their skill, utilising an endowment fund, four years after it had been pledged to face the challenge of quota-free textile regime. The selection of a firm for imparting training to workers has become entangled in the complexity of a ... Read more

Many food items go to market without BSTI seal

Kazi Azizul Islam One of every seven essential food products, especially which are marketed in packets, has no seal of standardisation on its label, revealed a survey conducted by the Consumer Association of Bangladesh. Such a seal, which is approved by the national standardisation organisation–– Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute, is mandatory in the label ... Read more

Blaze at Bashundhara City

7 killed, 20 injured; 6 top floors gutted; govt orders probe; electric short-circuit suspected; mall closed for 2 days Staff Correspondent A raging blaze yesterday reduced the upper levels of the capital’s Bashundhara City shopping complex to a skeleton, killing at least seven people and injuring 20 others. Ill-equipped to douse high-rise flames, the fire ... Read more

RU shut indefinitely after series of clashes

bdnews24.com, Rajshahi Rajshahi University closed indefinitely after an Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was killed and scores were injured in campus clashes with Bangladesh Chh-atra League on Friday. Sharifuzzaman Nomani, general secretary of the RU Shibir unit, died around midday, Rajpara Police Station OC Anisur Rahman