Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) President and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir on Tuesday urged the women entrepreneurs to come forward in leadership of jewellery business. “Women leaders have been governing the country for the last 32 years. In jewellery sector, women should come forward in business leadership. Females use ornaments mainly. They can explain the product better than ...

Bangladesh clinched a 3-0 T20 international series sweep with a 16-run victory against England at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. England’s batting had stuttered as they lost the first two matches by six and four wickets respectively and they faltered again on Tuesday chasing 159, slipping from 100-1 after 13 overs to 123-5 after 17 and finishing ...

The High Court has described the Ministry of Religious Affairs as “incompetent” and this year’s Hajj package as “inhuman” as its cost is too high. “The Ministry of Religious Affairs is an incompetent ministry. The package fixed for this year’s Hajj is inhuman,” said the HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali during the hearing of ...

Mentioning that the promises which were given during the government’s dialogue with political parties before the 2018 election were not kept, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that they will not any dialogue with Sheik Hasina-led government. “We do not say anything about holding dialogue (with the government). We will not hold any dialogue with Sheikh Hasina-led government. ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Three people were killed and one was injured as a truck collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Haluagaon in Sunamganj town on Tuesday morning. One of the deceased was identified as Md. Soil Mia, 50, resident of Mazidpur village of Jagannathpur upazila while the others could not be identified yet. Locals said that the accident occurred when ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the development partners to focus on giving soft loans till the world economy comes into normalcy overcoming the economic recession steaming from the Russia-Ukraine war. “It is necessary to continue giving soft loans till the global economy goes back to normalcy. The organizations and the developed countries would have to give special focus ...

Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard says he is “caught in a spiral” and only game time with the European champions can lift him out of it. The 32-year-old has not played a minute for Madrid in La Liga or the Champions League since the World Cup however. Signed from Chelsea in a blockbuster deal in 2019, he has a year ...

Oscar winners announced Sunday: Best picture: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Best actress: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Best actor: Brendan Fraser, “The Whale” Best supporting actor: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Best supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Original song: “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” Film editing: “Everything Everywhere All at ...

Shockwaves from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)pounded global bank stocks further on Tuesday as assurances from President Joe Biden and other policymakers did little to calm markets and prompted a rethink on the interest rate outlook. Biden’s efforts to reassure markets and depositors came after emergency US measures to shore up banks by giving them access to additional ...

The overall number of Covid-19 cases around the world has now surpassed 681 million. According to the latest global data, the total Covid-19 case count amounted to 681,658,125 while the death toll reached 6,812,441 this morning. The US has reported 105,649,010 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,148,993 people have died from the virus in the country — both highest counts ...