City Desk : The Detective Branch (DB) of the police on Thursday detained eleven people including ten Indian nationals in connection with smuggling and selling Indian products including stolen mobile phones in Bangladesh. According to DB, the gang used to operate a two-way smuggling operation, trafficking stolen Bangladeshi phones to India and stolen Indian phones to Bangladesh, reports media. Additional Deputy Commissioner of police and the Deputy Commissioner of DB Lalbagh division Mashiur Rahman said: “Following the arrest of ten...
Day: March 9, 2024
Reuters : Six people from Sri Lanka, including a mother and four young children, were knifed to death in the...
City Desk : The National Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC)-2023 began at Jahangirnagar University on Friday. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering organized the two-day competition, which drew 600 students in 200 teams from 71 public and private universities across the nation. The contestants were selected through an online competition from among 1,100 teams, reports media. JU Vice Chancellor Md Nurul Alam inaugurated the competition. After the opening ceremony, the rehearsal competition was held at the CSE department. The main...
Staff Reporter : Green activists have called for all food, including Iftar meals, to be entirely free from toxins and...
News Desk : As many as 11 people, including children, have been injured after a fire broke out at a residential building in Chattogram. The incident occurred at a building in Shankar Dewanji Haat under the Chandgaon Police Station around 12:45am on Friday, according to the police, reports bdnews24.com Osman Gani owned the building, said Jahidul Kabir, chief of Chandgaon Police Station. “Three families lived in four flat on the third floor of the building. The fire originated on that...
The recent slowdown in private sector credit growth in Bangladesh has raised concerns among experts and analysts, indicating a complex interplay of factors influencing borrowing patterns and economic activity. According to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank, private sector credit growth dipped to 9.95 per cent in January, down from 10.13 percent the previous month. One of the primary drivers behind this deceleration is the uptick in lending rates, attributed to the central bank’s adoption of a contractionary monetary...
Reuters : India on Wednesday opened a new naval base on its Indian Ocean island close to the Maldives, as...
UNB : While the participation of women in the workforce has increased, Dr Sadeka Halim, the Vice-Chancellor of Jagannath University (JU), stated that this has not necessarily translated into women’s empowerment or an increase in social respect. To maintain the momentum of development in the country, she emphasised the need for giving more importance to women’s participation and empowerment in decision-making. In an interview to UNB ahead of International Women’s Day being celebrated on Friday, Sadeka said, “With the economic...
Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam : The Berlin-based international organization Transparency International (TI) recently published a report titled Corruption Perception Index...
Agency : Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will face YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a fight that will be streamed by...