Leading paints solution brand Berger completes the ‘26th Berger Young Painters’ Art Competition’ to recognise the talent in upcoming painters of the country, said a press release. An award ceremony was held on this regard at Gulshan Club, Dhaka, where six young and promising artists were rewarded for their artworks
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Pran launches environment dev fund
TEL Plastic, a brand of Pran-RFL Group, has created a fund for the development of the environment and announced that it would donate to it Tk 2 from the sale of each of its 80 types of plastic products. The fund will be used to create awareness among people about environment conservation, prevention pollution and ... Read more
Huawei expands local foothold
Huawei has seen its business in Bangladesh expand on the back of strong sales in telecommunication equipment and other technologies despite the declining popularity of its smartphone devices following US sanctions in 2019. The company is in a leading position in providing 2G, 3G, 4G networks for
Japan confers award on Uttara Group chairman
Japan has conferred an “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rossete” award on Uttara Group Chairman Matiur Rahman for his contributions to strengthening economic relations between the East Asian island country and Bangladesh. ITO Naoki, Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, presented the award to
Samsung launches cost efficient, environment friendly ACs
Samsung Consumer Electronics has come up with a new range of air conditioners equipped with amazing functions, costing between Tk 63,900-89,900, depending on the size, said a press release. This range of air conditioners comes with Easy Filter Plus, simplifying maintenance by a few notches. Customers can easily remove and replace the filter to clean ... Read more
Pay toll for Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover through Nagad
The postal department’s Mobile Financial Services Nagad and business organisation Orion Infrastructure Limited have inked an agreement to reduce traffic congestion at the toll plaza of the country’s longest Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, said a press release. From now on, customers will be able to cross the flyover by purchasing
34% of Bangladeshi third graders have reading skills, reports Unicef
Only 34 percent of third graders in Bangladesh have foundational reading skills, and only 18 percent have foundational numeracy skills, according to a new report of Unicef. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are even worse off, the UN organisation said in its report released today
CNG stations to remain closed 6 hours during Ramadan
CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm every day during the month of Ramadan, instead of 6pm-11:00pm, according to a press release of Petrobangla. According to officials, the current gas crisis forced the authorities concerned to take the decision to keep the filling stations shut for six hours from ... Read more
4 get death sentence in blogger Ananta Bijoy murder case
Four persons were sentenced to death for killing writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das of Sylhet in 2015. The condemned convicts are Abul Khaer Rashid Ahmed, Abul Hossain alias Abul Hussain, Harunur Rashid and Faisal Ahmed, reports our Sylhet correspondent. Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal’s judge Nurul Amin Biplob als
Teacher suspended for marrying son to schoolgirl
An assistant teacher of Begumpur Government Primary School in Chuadanga has been suspended over marrying off her 10th grader son to a class-5 schoolgirl. The action was taken yesterday after an investigation by the upazila education officer found the allegation against the teacher to be true, said Shamim Bhuiyan, Chuadanga
20 lakh students to get sponsored tickets
The World Marketing Summit has opened up new avenues of opportunities for students as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others companies intended to sponsor tickets for 20 lakh Bangladeshi students at the cost of almost Tk 1700 crore. Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah, the chairman of Northern Education Group, shared the
CRP opens branch in Manikganj
The authorities of the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) yesterday launched its new branch in Manikganj. State Minister for Social Welfare Md Ashraf Ali Khan inaugurated it through a programme in the town’s West Dashra area
DUJA gets new committee
Mamun Tushar of the Alokito Bangladesh and Sirajul Islam Rubel of The Daily Star have been elected as new president and general secretary of Dhaka University Journalists’ Association respectively for the year 2022. This body will serve for the next one year. The election was held at its office. Chief election commissioner and also former ... Read more
Int’l travel, tourism fair set to begin on Mar 30
10th Mastercard Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair are set to begin on March 30, after span of three years due to Covid pandemic, aiming to promote the county’s tourism at home and abroad. Civil Aviation and Tourism ministry’s secretary Md Mokammel Hossain is scheduled to inaugurate the three-day BTTF’s fair of March 30-31 and April ... Read more
Grameenphone turns 25
Grameenphone is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the aim to make a difference and become a digital telco in the coming years as the company believes the time is now to march forward with digital connectivity marking the silver jubilee of its operation in Bangladesh, said a press release. Grameenphone is the first Asian operation ... Read more
Office hours from 9:00am to 3:30pm in Ramadan
Bangladesh government has rearranged the office hours for the upcoming month of Ramadan from 9:00am to 3:30pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions. The decision was taken on Monday at the weekly cabinet meeting presided over by prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s Office
89pc child workers out of school post-pandemic: study
Around 57 percent of child labourers were going to school before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, but 89 percent of them have dropped out afterwards, shows a recent study. Educo Bangladesh — a Barcelona-based non-government organisation — conducted the study, titled “Child Labour in Bangladesh: Our Experience and Way Forward”, on 443 child
Dhaka world’s noisiest city, Rajshahi 4th on list: UN report
Among top 5 noisiest cities, four from South Asia Dhaka is the world’s noisiest city, according to the latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, styled “Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches”, found that Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka topped the list, while India’s Moradabad of Uttar Pradesh and Islamabad of
Parents’ role most effective
Speakers tell seminar on stopping child marriage Raising awareness among parents against child marriage, while addressing other underlying issues that force them to marry off their children at an early age are vital to fight the menace, said speakers at a seminar yesterday. The seminar — titled “Parents Can Stop Child Marriage” — was held ... Read more
Chaos over train ticket as online system falters
Disruption in Bangladesh Railway’s online ticket selling continued for the second consecutive day on Sunday. A huge number of people suffered as the railway’s online portal (eticket.railway.gov.bd) went inoperative on Saturday following the resumption of online ticket selling after a five-day break. The portal resumed working partially on Sunday but many complained