Nayantara Dutta
On holidays, I would take out my laptop and sandwich myself between my parents, turning on an episode of “Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj.” It became our evening routine — a way to connect through a show that was truly for us. I always laughed more than they did, but they would eventually ask for one more episode.
As Netflix renews shows like “Riverdale” and “Love Is Blind,” it’s difficult to hear that “Patriot Act,” one of the most unique and uncompromising shows out there, was canceled this week. The political comedy show, which aired on Netflix for almost two years and won an Emmy, two Webby
Ministry of Economic Development of Maldives, on Thursday, extended the ban on bringing Bangladeshi labourers to Maldives for a period of one year, just as the restriction's September 18 deadline draws close.
Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, in 2019, affixed a quota of 150,000 individuals as migrants per country, to be able to reside in the Maldives at any given time.
Since Bangladeshi immigrants already exceed this quota, at the present time, workers ca...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited in collaboration with PrimaDollar will launch shortly fintech based factoring solution to the exporters where local exporters will be able to obtain their deferred receivables on a sight basis.
This solution is secure, faster and will help to shorten the cash cycle of the exporters. PrimaDollar Operations Ltd. a global trade financier headquartered in the UK
founded in 2015, ...
Tomorrow August 22, 2020, is the 32nd death anniversary of freedom fighter Dr. Syed Anwar Ali, the first organizer of Shawdin Bangla Betar Kendra at Kalurghat, Chittagong.
This physician freedom fighter went to Agrabad Radio office on March 26, 1971 in a self driven pickup carrying his relatives, Chittagong Radio Announcer Kazi Hosneara, Electrical Engineers Ashiqul Islam and Dilip Chandra Das to broadcast "Bangabandhu's Declaration of Independence". They found the Agrabad radio station is closed and then he went to high radio official’s house, they refused to cooperate to open radio. Dr. Syed Anwar started moving to Kalurghat radio broadcasting center.
Padma Bank being the front runner in online activities, also continuing their online endeavors amid COVID Pandemic.
From the Board of Directors to Management Committee as well as Branch Managers’ any discussion and training is being organized virtually.
In this connection, online training program titled “Training on Gender Equality” was held in August 16 & 17, 2020. This training is being conducted
through Zoom app.
Two day’s long training on consciousness raising on wo...
Bangladesh economy grew by 5.24 per cent in FY20 despite COVID-19 pandemic against 2 per cent growth forecast by World Bank and IMF. The government has set the GDP growth target for FY21 at 8.2 percent, which under present COVID scenario will be difficult to achieve, according to ICC Bangladesh quarterly News Bulletin (April-June 2020) published on Thursday.
The COVID-19 is an unprecedented health and economic crisis, affecting the lives and livelihood of workers, as well as the continued operations of businesses globally. By its nature the disease knows no national borders.
The governments around the world are putting in place measures to address the unprecedented health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19.
