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Youths are still illuminating the ray of hope

THE United Nations has recognised four Bangladeshi youths as "Real Life Heroes" to acknowledge their contribution to humanitarian services.

The honours were given by the UN marking the World Humanitarian Day on August 19, amid many elected people representatives, UP Chairman to Members of Parliament, and bureaucrats are blamed for embezzling fund allocated for poor. The recognition of the real heroes has come forth when pro-government politicians are propagating their claim of doing everything supporting people by bashing the political opposition. The recognition in one hand has shown the inner spirit of youth, apolitical force for social change, while on the other hand, it slaps the people responsible for serving people. [caption ...

RAKUB sets Tk 2,850cr agri-loan to disburse  in NW region

To facilitate increasing crop production and enhance rural economy, Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has set a target of disbursing agricultural loans worth Taka 2,850 crore in the country’s northwest (NW) region during the current 2020-2021 fiscal year . The specialised commercial bank will disburse the loans through its 383 branches in all 16 districts under Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions, AKM Sajedur Rahman Khan, Managing Director of RAKUB, told BSS here on Thursday. Target has also been set to recover loans of Taka 2,300 crore including classified loans worth Taka 785.23 crore and raise deposit collection to Taka 1,200 crore.

‘Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj’ spoke truth to power

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

Maldives extends temporary ban on BD labour recruit

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...

SJIBL inks MoU with UK-based PrimaDollar

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, ...

Freedom Fighter Dr. Ali’s Death Anniversary

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.
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