The number of customers in the restaurants has marked a fall by more than 60 per cent in the Sylhet city and district due to the ongoing blockade and hartal causing heavy loss to the eatery owners as well as unemployment problems. Abul Fojol, Manager, Pakshi Restaurant in Bandarbazar said most customers visiting their hotel are mainly from outside Sylhet. ...

More than 500 poor patients have been provided with medical treatment and medicines free of cost on Saturday at a medical camp held at Moglabazar in Sylhet on Wednesday. Zaytun Welfare Trust (ZWFT) a voluntary organisation, arranged the camp on the occasion of a part of its regular annual event for the 5th consecutive years. A team of nearly 10 ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to the UK Md Abdul Hannan presented his credentials to Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace on 11 February 2015 in a simple but regal ceremony. High Commissioner Md Abdul Hannan, joined the London Mission as High Commissioner on 30 September 2014. Acting Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic ...

The family of a Glasgow woman who may have encouraged three London girls to join Islamic State say officials “failed” to stop them leaving the UK. Aqsa Mahmood, 20, who went to Syria to be a “jihadi bride” in 2013, reportedly had online contact with one of the girls who flew to Turkey last week. It is feared that Kadiza ...

The exports and production of shrimp have been severely affected by the ongoing political turmoil. Over 10,000 tonnes of shrimp, the market value of which is estimated at Tk. 1,452 crore, are lying in warehouses across the country. Exporters, including local buyers, are not much interested in buying shrimp from farmers, as they fear the items would not be transported ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will assess the loss to the political violence during the ongoing countrywide blockade and recurring hartals, a central bank official told BSS  yesterday. “The central bank will assess the losses on monthly basis and will compare the current situation with the cost of political violence that the country saw in 2013”, BB executive directive M Mahfuzur Rahman ...

Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque has called upon the Canadian government to increase imports of Bangladeshi ships, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, electronics and IT products. He highlighted the congenial investment atmosphere prevailing in Bangladesh and laid the importance on having a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with Canada, according to a statement. The Foreign Secretary made the call during a ...

House prices in the UK rose by 9.8% in the year to December, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). That was slightly lower than November’s rate, which stood at 9.9%, but prices were still growing “strongly”, the ONS said. Prices rose fastest in England at 10.2%, and by 5.5% in Scotland, 4.9% in Northern Ireland and 4% in ...

There is no denying that the current political situation in Bangladesh is very grave. The cycle current politically-motivated violence has caused over a hundred deaths so far and many more serious injuries as well as enormous damage to the economy. Naturally, concerned citizens are worried and have recently urged the Honourable President as the guardian of the State to hold ...

We also had many in our own age group to play with. On a hot summer day, before lunch, it was always time for a swim in the Gangina (rivulet) at the outer boundary of the village. That meant taking off all clothes and getting into the fast current of the canal and swimming to our heart’s content. In the ...