Friday, July 11, 2025

Plastic Goods Exporters demand plastic industrial city

Staff Correspondent Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) has placed 5-point demand including withdrawing the bank guarantee, fixing up 3 per cent tax on local industry instead of 7 per cent and building up a plastic industrial city. The demands came when a delegation of BPGMEA, lead by its president Md Jashim Uddin ... Read more

RDA’s water use model gets global recognition

WB invites RDA to present the model at its HQ on Feb 19 Hasibur Rahman Bilu, Bogra Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra, is to present RDA-Model of Water Management at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC on February 19 for its adaptation across the globe. The water management model uses underground pipes to irrigate ... Read more

Youngsters swarm Ekushey book fair

Staff Correspondent Thousands of people, mostly university and college students, thronged the Ekushey Book Fair at Bangla Academy on Valentine’s Day on Saturday. Young boys and girls carrying flowers in large numbers entered the

Website launched to promote Dhaka to tourists abroad

Staff Correspondent In celebration of 400 years of Dhaka city, The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel magazine, has launched a new website to promote Dhaka to tourists worldwide. The website www.dhakacity.com.bd will feature information on how to arrive in Dhaka from various international destinations, places to visit, brief histories of the places, links to airlines, information ... Read more

Water crisis hits Rajshahi city

Shoumitra Mazumdar . Rajshahi Residents in the Rajshahi city are suffering acute water crisis as all the four water treatment plants have remained inoperative for the last five days. Official sources at the Rajshahi City Corporation said water crisis emerged in the city as they cannot operate the water treatment plants due to power outages. ... Read more

Valentine’s Day Make-up Tips

You’ve got the dress, the underwear, the shoes, you’re hair is perfect all you need to do now is put on your make up and you are ready for your Valentine’s Day date. But this is the tricky part, what look should you go for to get you at you’re sexy best and help you ... Read more

Jennifer Aniston ‘baffled’ By Divorce

Jennifer Aniston is “baffled” by the continuing interest in her divorce. The ‘Marley and Me’ star can’t understand why people still ask about her ex-husband Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie. “Since the ‘Sex and the City’ movie, there have been rumours the cast of ‘Friends’ will reunite for a film but Jennifer is ... Read more

A brief history of Valentine’s Day

Mohammad Shahidul Islam Every year February 14th is celebrated as a day for love, exchange of gifts, promises of eternal passion, and more. True lovers pen poems inspired by their love and admiration for the women of their dreams while others just go to shops and buy cards with verses. Students of universities enjoy the ... Read more

Russel stay in hunt

Citycell B League Russel stay in hunt Sports Reporter Alfaz Ahmed missed a penalty but scored from the other to keep Sheikh Russel’s slim hopes alive to finish runners-up in the Citycell B. League with a 1-0 win over Rahmatganj yesterday in the last match of the penultimate round. The missed penalty meant that the ... Read more

Balaji back for India after 4 yrs

Agence France-Presse . Chennai India’s cricket selectors on Friday picked Lakshmipathy Balaji for the New Zealand tour, after a four-year Test absence for the fit-again seamer. Balaji, 27, who last played a Test match in March, 2005 before suffering a career-threatening stress fracture to his back, was named in a 16-man squad for the three-Test ... Read more

Grameenphone Bhatiary Golf Cup 2009 inaugurated

The Grameenphone Bha-tiary Golf Cup 2009 was inaugurated yesterday (Friday) at the Bhatiary Golf and Country Club (BGCC) in Chittagong, said a press realease. Brigadier General A M M Wazed Thakur, ndc, psc Commandant Bangladesh Military Academy and Vice President Administration and Finance Bhatiary Golf and Country Club inaugurate the tournament. Rubaba Dowla, Chief Communications ... Read more

Dubai tri-series cancelled

Afp, Karachi Pakistan cricket received a further blow Friday with the cancellation of a tri-series in Dubai scheduled for late March due to the unavailability of the Sri Lankan team, a top official said. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief operating officer Salim Altaf told AFP that the event would be scrapped. “We have been told ... Read more

42pc SSC-level students drop out this year

Over 10 lakh to appear as exams start tomorrow Suranjith Deabnath Over 42 percent registered candidates for SSC and equivalent certificates dropped out this year even before the examinations begin tomorrow, due to a plethora of social and financial obstacles. About 5.34 lakh of a total 12.67 lakh high school students who had registered in ... Read more

DMP to conduct special anti-crime drive from Friday midnight

UNB, Dhaka The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will conduct a special drive from Friday midnight to hunt down criminals in the capital. The decision of launching the special drive came within five days of another drive that continued from February 3-7. The special drive against the criminals comes in the wake of success of the ... Read more

Hatirjheel project to go ahead without affecting BGMEA Bhaban

Mustafizur Rahman The Awami League-led government is likely to go ahead with the much-talked about Hatirjheel development project without affecting the BGMEA Bhaban, constructed ‘illegally’ on the wetland in the city. ‘We must go ahead with the project which includes construction of lakes, waterways and walkways to ease traffic congestion and remove water-logging – major ... Read more

MK Anwar wants inquiry into graft since independence

United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka BNP vice-chairman MK Anwar has said if the prime minister is sincere to combat corruption, a powerful anti-corruption commission should be established to inquire into corruption since the independence of Bangladesh. The BNP leader said this to reporters on Friday at his residence responding to prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ... Read more

Unified education, upgradation of teachers needed: DU VC

Staff Correspondent Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Friday underscored the need for introducing a unified education system in the primary and secondary levels in line with the recommendations of the Kudrat-e-Khoda Commission to generate productive manpower. As the chief guest at a seminar titled “Quality of Higher Secondary Education & Social Position ... Read more

Charge of plagiarising manuscript denied

Staff Correspondent The authors of the controversial book ‘contribution of women in the liberation war’ have denied the charge of plagiarising the manuscript of the book claimed to have been written by Rokeya Kabir. Earlier, on Wednesday, Rokeya Kabir, executive director of Nari Pragati Sangha at a press conference at the National Press Club alleged ... Read more