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Kites, fireworks fill Dhaka sky

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Poush Sangkranti, also known as Shakrain, was celebrated in Old Dhaka on Saturday evening.Kite flying, partying, and cuisine marked the Bengali month Poush’s end. Laser light shows, fireworks, and lanterns illuminated winter twilight.

Shakrain is Old Dhaka’s traditional celebration. The streets of Sutrapur, Kaltabazar, Shakharibazar, Lalbagh, Faridabad, Tatibazar, Laxmibazar, Narinda, and Gendaria were busy all day. From morning, excited kids flew kites.

Kites of many colors, forms, and designs were flown on rooftops.Some brought loudspeakers to play music and challenged neighbors on rooftops to a kite fight.

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SME fair in Dhaka starts on November 24

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The 10th National SME Fair-2022 will be held from November 24 to December 3 to promote SME enterprises and diversify their markets.

350 stalls will be accessible at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Dhaka for SMEs to demonstrate their products and collect orders.

130 of the 325 participants are fashion-related. Participating industries include food and agro-processing, handicraft, leather, jute, ICT, light engineering, and plastics.

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Dhaka’s “digital smart parking” system set to be introduced by the DNCC

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The pilot project will begin in late November or early December on nine streets in Gulshan.

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The Dhaka North City Corporation, with police help, plans to set up an app-based parking system in Gulshan to prevent people from parking randomly.

The app will show users empty parking spots and hourly charges that can be paid through the app. Authorities are coordinating with Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, and Niketan societies.

The Gulshan pilot project will launch at the end of November or the beginning of December.

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Fresh Tissue observes Pink Day for breast cancer awareness

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Fresh Tissue observed ‘Pink Day’ on Tuesday with the theme of spreading breast cancer awareness to the people of all spheres.

All of the employees from MGI wore a pink T-shirt at work to observe the ‘Pink Day’. A rally was also organised from MGI to spread breast cancer awareness to all.

The participants in the rally shared images and posts from their social media platforms as a part of observing ‘Pink Day’.

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Fashion and lifestyle expo started in Chittagong

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A three-day fashion and lifestyle expo has begun in Chittagong to display and publicize the most recent trends.

The fair got underway on Thursday, October 13 at the Radisson Blu Bay View, a five-star hotel in the port city.

The Platinum Sponsor Maliha Ibrahim Studio and Salon, Gold Sponsor Khadi Ghar, and Bronze Sponsor Veneto Furniture all provided support for this year’s exhibition, which was organized by M&M Business Communications.

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Furniture fair attracts people

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The 17th National Furniture Fair 2022 at International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital saw a large influx of visitors on Friday.

The majority of visitors crowded various stalls looking for modern and traditional home furniture, while merchants were pleased to see the increasing number of visitors coming from different parts of the capital and neighboring areas.

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DNCC to trial school bus service to reduce traffic congestion

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English-medium students from four schools will initially receive the service

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Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will pilot a student bus service for four English-language schools in its jurisdiction to reduce congestion in the city, DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said. We are seeing parents using their private cars to take their children to school, increasing the number of vehicles on the streets.

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Red zones are closed to street vendors

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Another effort by DSCC to make footpaths free

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After repeated failures to stop street vendors from taking over capital city streets, Dhaka South City Corporation will implement a new system to ease traffic congestion. DSCC will classify city streets into three categories – red, yellow and green.

Red zones are completely taboo for hawkers. However, they can set up their stalls along sidewalks and streets in yellow and green zones on conditions, depending on the time and day of the week.

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Tk 5 per kilometer fare fixed for journeys on metro rail

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A passenger will have to pay Tk100 to travel from Uttara to Kamalapur

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The fare for the first metro rail service in the country is set at Tk 5 per kilometer. The minimum fare was set at Tk20, while the fare for the entire Mass Rapid Transit Line 6 route from Uttara to Motijheel was set at Tk100.
Road Transport And Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader revealed the information while inaugurating an information and exhibition centre at the Uttara depot on Tuesday.

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First ever, South Asia rally of Int’l Inner Wheel to be held in Dhaka

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The 5th South Asia Rally of International Inner Wheel, one of the largest women’s service voluntary organisation, will be held on 26-27 August at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka.

The two-day rally, hosted by Inner Wheel Districts 345 and 328, is being held for the first time in Bangladesh and it is expected to be participated by over seven hundred Inner Wheel members from India, Nepal, Malaysia, Philippines and host Bangladesh.

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DU’s IBA team crowned Battle of Minds champion

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This year’s Battle of Minds (BOM) competition was won by Team Drogo from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) under the University of Dhaka.
Battle of Minds considered as the most highly anticipated talent competitions of the country.
According to the press release, the winners, Team Drogo (Syed Shadab Tajwar, Tasmim Sultana Nawmi and Sadid Jubayer Murshed) from IBA, University of Dhaka were crowned champions at the grand finale on August 17 beating four other teams that made their way to the finale.

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Dhaka motor show starts on June 23

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Dhaka Motor Show that will be a glittering showcase of the World automobile and auto component industry, where brand new cars and motorcycles will be on display, will take place between June 23 and 25 at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka.
CEMS-Global USA, a professional multinational exhibition and convention organiser based in New York, will organise the event.
The Dhaka Motor Show could not be organised in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19

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Turkish Cuisine Week being celebrated in Dhaka

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The Turkish Embassy in Dhaka is celebrating Turkish Cuisine Week at its premises from May 21-27.
Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan inaugurated the exciting evening of culinary adventure yesterday (May 24, 2022), reads a press release issued by the embassy.
Held for the first time this year, Turkish Cuisine Week aims to showcase Turkish dishes in their original glory. It is being celebrated across the world with events where meals are prepared with creative presentations by world-famous cooks from

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Once a place of comfort, now lies abandoned

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Renovation work of Pantha Kunja Park remains halted for three years
Dipan Nandy
On hot summer days, when the scorching heat would leave pedestrians exhausted, the park would serve as a resting place. Mornings would see clusters of people belonging to different age groups flocking for routine workouts. In the golden hours of the afternoons, the triangular park became a place for light chats.
However, the scenes drastically changed for Pantha Kunja Park at Karwan Bazar intersection when Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took the initiative to revamp it in 2018.
The initiative was taken to

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First jewellery expo begins

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A three-day Bangladesh Jewellery Expo-2022 opened at International Convention City Bashundhara yesterday, organised by Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the country’s golden jubilee of independence.
Bajus hopes that the fair, the first of its kind in the country, would help develop the local gold jewellery industry by bringing in more buyers from home and abroad.
Echoing the same, Gulazar Ahmed

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An effort to make full use of Dhaka’s spaces

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To emphasise the importance of fully utilising spaces in Dhaka, which is facing a dearth of playgrounds and open spaces, social organisation Bhumijo arranged a children’s fair in the front yard of its public toilet facility at Raowa Club in the capital’s Mohakhali on Thursday.
The children’s fair, titled “Golpo Gane, Rong Tulite Amader Desh Amar Shohor”, had various arrangements like arts and crafts activities and storytelling. There was also an exhibition of children’s paintings as well, says a press release.
Following Bangabandhu’s dream for

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Furryghor: A foster home for your furbabies

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Furryghor, the first-ever boarding house for pet animals in Bangladesh, where a person can keep their cats and dogs temporarily with safety and security maintaining hygiene, began its journey at Mirpur Zoo Road in Dhaka city.
The founding owners of Furryghor said that they felt the urge to set up a boarding house for pet animals as there was no such place in Bangladesh where a pet owner could keep their animals for daycare or night stay.
A total of 14 cats and three

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Boi Mela extended till March 17

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The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela has been extended till March 17 as the COVID-19 situation improves across the country, bringing the total duration of its run-time to 31 days – the longest in the history.
The announcement of the extension has satisfied publishers, to say the least. According to them, the sales this year has matched their expectations so far, which means the 17-day extension can make up for much of the losses faced during the pandemic.
“This year’s fair has been going well from the very beginning. Not only the

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Khazana celebrates 20th anniversary

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Khazana, one of Dhaka most popular restaurants, is proudly celebrating its 20th year in business.
“Reaching 20 years in business is a huge milestone for Khazana”, Avishek Sinha, CEO of Khazana commented.
He added that since they first opened their doors, they have continuously ensured to push the boundaries and consistently hit high-standards in both the service and the preparation of their dishes.
“In two decades this ethos has never once changed,” he added, and continued, “Over the years, Khazana has become the

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