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Trade through Benapole land port resumes

The export and import between India and Bangladesh through Benapole land port resumed on Wednesday morning after a five-day holiday for Eid-ul-Azha. The trade with India through this port remained suspended from June 14 to 18. Cinfirming the matter, Benapole C&F Staff Association general secretary Sajedur Rahman said export and import activities through the port resumed around 9am. Benapole Check ...

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Building a $2bn online game by breaking the rules

Ask anyone to name a successful online multiplayer game and you’re likely to get a handful of names in response. Fortnite, Call of Duty, League of Legends, Roblox, Helldivers II. But there’s another title, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, that’s been a relatively quiet success. The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), a spin-off of the hugely popular fantasy RPG series ...

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Over Tk 4.80cr toll collected on Padma Bridge

Over Tk 4.80 crore toll was collected from 44,033 vehicles on the Padma Bridge on Friday, the weekend holiday just before public holiday of the Eid-ul-Azha. Senior Secretary of Bridges Division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Md Monjur Hossain said while inspecting Padma Bridge’s Mawa end of Louhajang upazila on Sunday. The homebound people are going to ...

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Five cops suspended for extortion on cattle-laden trucks

Five Narayanganj District Police personnel have been suspended on charge of realizing extortion from cattle-laden vehicles. AIG Inamul Huq Sagar of the Police Headquarters said it on Saturday (June 15). After broadcasting a news on a private television channel about realizing extortion by police personnel from sacrificial animals ladedn vehicles on Thursday (June 13), Narayanganj District Police Super Golam Mostofa ...

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‘Bangladesh ranks 2nd position in fish production’

Fisheries and Livestock Minister and Awami League presidium member Abdur Rahman on Thursday said surpassing China Bangladesh has attained the second position in fresh water fish production in the world. The minister came up with the information according a report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations titled “The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024” ...

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Tesla’s Musk wins shareholder approval for $56b pay package

Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, the electric vehicle-maker said on Thursday, a big thumbs-up to his leadership and an incentive to keep his focus on his biggest source of wealth. The approval underscores the support that Musk enjoys from Tesla’s retail investor base, many of whom are vocal fans of the mercurial billionaire. The proposal ...

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Banks face hefty cash withdrawals on last working day

Customers stood in long queues before bank counters for cash withdrawals on Thursday, the last working day before the start of Eid-ul-Azha holiday. Bank officials said that transactions saw a 30 percent increase by on Thursday from business on regular working days. Eid-ul-Azha, biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated on Monday. There has been a rush of customers ...

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Biman operates additional Eid flights

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been operating additional flights to its domestic destinations across the country on the occasion of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha. Biman has decided to operate 29 additional flights, 20 before Eid that started from June 7 and continue till June 16. On the other hand, Biman scheduled nine additional flights after Eid from June 20 to June ...

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Sonamasjid land port to remain closed for 8 days

The import-export activities through Sonamasjid Land Port will remain closed for eight days on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha. However, the immigration department will be normal and the travelers carrying passports will be able to travel as usual. Sonamasjid Importer-Exporter Group President Kazi Md. Shahabuddin confirmed it. He said the import and export activities through the port will remain shut from ...

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Sales of sacrificial animals begin tomorrow at 22 cattle markets in capital

Sales of sacrificial animals at 22 cattle markets including two permanent haats in the capital will start tomorrow, five days before the second largest religious festival of the Muslim community, said officials concerned. According to the two city corporations, 9 temporary haats have been set up apart from Gabtali permanent haat in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and 11 ...

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