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Jatka selling goes on despite restrictions

hilsal-fish-300The conservation of ilish continues to be threatened each year by unscrupulous fishermen and traders as well as uninformed consumers – who all defy an annual government ban on catching or selling ilish fry between November and late-June. Visiting different fish markets in Dhaka and Savar in recent days, the Dhaka Tribune found that ilish fry or jatka – which are less than 10 inches in length – were being sold flouting restrictions, with traders claiming that they were able to sell the jatka without facing any go...

Historic March 7 today

Banga-300Today is the historic March 7, a red-letter day in the history of the struggle of people of Bangladesh to liberate the country from the colonial rule of the then West Pakistan. On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered a historic speech at the Race Course Maidan, now known as Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka. In his 19-minute speech, Bangabandhu fervently called people: “The struggle this time is for our emancipation, the struggle this time is for our independence.” The whole nation responded spontaneously to his...

Nadia Sharmeen receives Int’l Award from US

Nadia Sharmeen, a crime reporter at Ekattor TV and women’s rights advocate, will receive an International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award at a ceremony to be held March 5 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. nadia In observance of International Women’s Day, the IWOC award honors the courage of extraordinary women worldwide who have played transformative roles in their societies. Ms. Sharmeen is the second Bangladeshi woman to earn this prestigious recognition, and she will be honored along with eight other women leaders from across the...

NCCI launches energy efficient 3E program

Experts underscored the need for reduction of CO2 emissions and minimize costs related to industrial energy consumption via energy efficiency engagement aimed at green transformation for ensuring environmentally sustainable economic growth. They were speaking at the launching ceremony of the Energy Efficiency Engagemimage001ent program of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bangladesh (NCCI). NCCI in collaboration with the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) through the Embassy of Denmark launched the Energy Efficiency...

Avijit got what he deserved: Farabi

Farabi-640Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect in the Avijit killing, has said during interrogation that the slain blogger-writer “has got what he deserved.” Although he claimed that he had nothing to do with the murder, Farabi praised the incident saying Avijit got the reward for mocking religion. Ziaul Ahsan, additional director general (ADG) of RAB, told these to the Dhaka Tribune yesterday. Earlier in the day, Rapid Action Battalion brought Farabi in front of reporters and said he had been nabbed from the capital’s Jatrabari around ...

Dhaka and Delhi to strengthen regional ties

ban-ind-300Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to expand cooperation in the regional, sub-regional and international arenas. “The key message is to have a deeper friendship [with India]. We want cooperation, they also want cooperation,” Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters at a press conference at the ministry after his meeting with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar. Shahidul said the Indian side sought deeper regional and bilateral ties, although political issues were not discussed. “We are seeing a maj...
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