Doa and Milad Mahfil to pray for the salvation of the departed soul of M Shamsul Islam former Minister and standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will be held on Sunday evening after Asar prayer at his own House 2C, Road 8, Baridhara, Dhaka. All the well-wishers, Friends and families, Relatives are cordially […]
No-one will be allowed to enter the Dhaka Cantonment without pass from Jan 1 2018, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate or ISPR. The decision is meant to ensure security inside the cantonment, said ISPR Director Lt Col Mohammad Rashidul Hasan. A notice board with seven rules was set outside the Jahangir Gate […]
Daily Dhaka Times: English newspaper the Daily Sun on Tuesday stepped into eighth year of publication with a new promise of bringing ‘innovation’ in news producing as well as courageous journalism. The daily is celebrating its seventh anniversary with two-day programme and publishing special supplement. Its’ should be mentioned that the daily started its journey […]
Daily Dhaka Times: The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has detained a businessman at the Dhaka airport who stands accused of embezzling nearly Tk 50 million from state-run Pubali Bank. The arrestee, Bahauddin Sadi, is accused in a case that ACC started in 2013 over embezzlement of Tk 49.4 million from the bank. Pubali Bank’s branch […]
Daily Dhaka Times: The High Court in Bangladesh has ordered the government not to approve any more factories or industrial units within 10km of the Sundarbans. It has given the government six months to file a list of existing industrial units within the 10km radius of the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Daily Dhaka Times: Bidi labourer union leaders expressed protest on the Finance Minister’s recent comment on shutting off the industry of poor people. The organization leaders shared their protest from a press conference at Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday. Earlier on July 30, after a meeting with the tobacco companies, Finance Minister AHM Muhith told […]
Daily Dhaka Times: Indian ride-hailing company Ola is planning to enter Bangladesh market as part of an international expansion plan, says a report by NDTV’s Gadgets 360 citing undisclosed sources. The company, which leads rival Uber in India’s ride-hailing market, has been looking at international markets for a while, and it has identified India’s neighbours […]
Abu Hayat Mahmud: Restaurants and cafes in Dhaka are still struggling to return to normal after the setbacks of last July’s terrorist attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan. Foreign patronage has declined at restaurants in Gulshan 2, Banani and the Baridhara diplomatic area after the attack which resulted in the deaths of 17 […]
Golam Mawla: Bangladeshi markets are more or less flooded by Indian dresses during the Eid. But thousands of Bangladeshis still prefer to make round trips to India for Eid shopping. This time, an estimated 150,000 shoppers are expected to travel to the neighbouring country. Munshiganj’s Arafat Abedin went to Kolkata on Friday. He spent more than […]
Tanim Ahmed: Why did she go to the hotel? It does not matter if she went to a restaurant or a hotel. Wasn’t it almost dark when she went? It does not matter what time of day or night it was. Did she have someone older accompany her? Did she at least have a friend […]
