Transport activities, including movement of imported goods and those meant for exports, have been halted since Thursday as the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, the lifeline of the country’s economy, has been submerged by flash floods brought on by heavy rainfall and the rush of water from upstream. As a result, transport of export containers and imported goods…
A woman struggles to wade through the floods in Feni on August 24, 2024. PHOTO: RAJIB RAIHAN In the case of the recent flooding, the precipitation centre that caused it is in Tripura. As a result, the areas surrounding Tripura are experiencing severe floods. Brahmanbaria is situated to the south of Tripura, while Moulvibazar and…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said that the country’s people would decide who would form the government in future. He said this while virtually speaking at a view-exchange meeting with BNP leaders and workers of Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions, reports BSS. The programme was organised on the third day as…
New Year’s Day is celebrated on 1st January in most of the countries around the world, as most countries follow the Gregorian calendar. However, in some countries like China, New Year’s Day, or the first day of the New Year, is celebrated according to their own calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. However, most of…
Our regular traditional fashion fabrics like jamdani and tangail taat to the exquisite ethnic heritage Manipuri weaving our culture offers so wide a range of variety that you would never get bored trying them one after another. Since the Monipuri design is very famous amongst the fashionable folk of the city you will find similar…
Bangladesh crowned a remarkable campaign by winning the SAFF Women’s Futsal Championship, thrashing Maldives 14–2 in their final match in Thailand on Sunday. Often sidelined in mainstream football and currently outside the plans of national team coach Peter Butler, Sabina and her teammates delivered a powerful statement on the futsal stage. The emphatic victory at…
Jewellers have reduced gold prices by Tk 1,038 per bhori, five days after a fall in the rates of pure gold in the local market. From tomorrow, each bhori (11.664 grammes) of 22-carat gold ornaments will cost Tk 207,957, down from Tk 208,995, according to a press release by Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus). On October…
