Tea prices plunge again on poor quality
Tea prices in Bangladesh plunged for a sixth straight week at a weekly auction on Tuesday, because of larger supplies of end-of-season inferior quality leaf, brokers said.
Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 125.85 taka ($1.6) per kg at the auction, sharply down from 144.19 taka in the previous week's sale, said an official from National Brokers Limited.
More than 2.7 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, with nearly 54 percent remaining unsold. At the previous auctio...
More than 2.7 million kg was offered at the auction centre in Chittagong, with nearly 54 percent remaining unsold. At the previous auctio...
Bangladesh Embassy in USA celebrates Bangabandhu’s birth day
Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC celebrated the 94th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day on Monday (17 March 2014) in an eventful manner. The elaborate programme included drawing and essay writing competition for the children, a discussion meeting on life and works of Bangabandhu and prayers. Messages from Hon'ble President, Hon'ble Prime Minister and Hon'ble Foreign Minister on the said occassion were also read out. Embassy family, a large number children and representaives from the community were present on the occasion.
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Primark to pay $ 10m more to Rana Plaza victims
British clothes retailer Primark will pay a further $10 million in compensation to victims of the collapse of a Bangladeshi factory last year that killed more than 1,100 people.
The disaster has galvanised most of the clothing industry’s big names to work together to improve safety standards but many brands have shunned a fund that is trying to raise $40 million for the over 2,000 people injured and the families of the dead, report agencies.
Campaigners are demanding that 27 brands linked to factories in the Rana Plaza
complex should contribute to the...
complex should contribute to the...
Bangabandhu’s birth anniv being observed
The 94th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being observed across the country in a befitting manner today (Monday).
Apart, the day is also being marked as the National Children’s Day. The day is a public holiday.
On March 17 in 1920, the architect of the nation was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj district.
Through his dynamic leadership, Bangabandhu organised the Bengali nation to fight against exploitation and repression by Pakistani rulers, which culminated in...
Apart, the day is also being marked as the National Children’s Day. The day is a public holiday.
On March 17 in 1920, the architect of the nation was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj district.
Through his dynamic leadership, Bangabandhu organised the Bengali nation to fight against exploitation and repression by Pakistani rulers, which culminated in...
NBR set to hunt organisers for tax
The National Board of Revenue is set to hunt the organisers of the BCB celebration concert for non-payment of taxes on the payment to foreign performers, including Indian composer and singer AR Rahman and Senegalese-American hip-hop icon Akon, officials of the revenue board said.
They said that the organisers – Bangladesh Cricket Board, Blues Communications and Grey Advertising – did not even take permission from the revenue board for participation of foreign artistes in the concert.
Until now, the NBR di...
Until now, the NBR di...
