PM pledges to do more for gender parity
Expressing her government’s strong political will to move forward with gender equality and women’s empowerment, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh is pledge-bound to continue to work for the socioeconomic and political empowerment of the women and higher education for girls.
Skypower to invest $4.3b in B’desh solar power
Skypower Global, one of the world’s largest and most successful utility-scale solar power producing companies, will invest $4.3 billion in solar power sector in Bangladesh.
Khaleda, Tarique AL’s greatest fear: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, in London at present, said on Thursday that she and her eldest son Tarique Rahman were the ‘biggest fear’ of the Awami League. ‘The biggest fear of Awami Lea gue is Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman,’ Khaleda said while exchanging Eid greetings in London on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.
HAJJ STAMPEDE : 4 Bangladeshis confirmed dead
At least four Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in a stampede in Mina in Saudi Arabia and scores went missing after the incident on September 24, the foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday. The Bangladesh Hajj mission control room in Makkah initially enlisted names of a total of 158 hajj pilgrims as missing, but most of them returned to their respective tents and hotels, a control room official told New Age over phone Sunday evening.
Hajj stampede death toll rises to 769
Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of security reinforcements Saturday as pilgrims performed the final rituals of a hajj marred by double tragedy, with the death toll from a stampede rising to 769.
Tanners set rawhide price 28pc lower than last year
The leather sector leaders on Wednesday announced the prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals setting 26-28 per cent lower than the prices of last year citing fall in prices and slow demand in the international market.
TANGAIL KILLINGS : Police officer withdrawn still investigating case
A Kalihati police officer, who led a team during September 18 shooting in Ghatail and Kalihati and was withdrawn from the police station, was still serving at Kalihati and investigating one of two cases the police filed following the four killings.
Thousands leave capital
With Eid-ul_Azha only a day away, tens of thousands of people left the capital Wednesday,the last working day, by buses, trains and water vessels to celebrate the great festival of sacrifice at ancestral homes in the countryside.
PM flies to NY today to attend 70th UNGA
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for New York today morning on an eight-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and members of her entourage is scheduled to take off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:45am.
ADB projects 6.7pc growth for FY16
Bangladesh economy may grow by 6.7 per cent in the current financial year 2015-16, up from a 6.51 per cent growth that the country achieved in the last fiscal year, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday.
