Tangail saree, 13 other products get GI certificates

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun ton Thursay distributed registration certificates of 14 Geographical Indication (GI) products, including Tangail Saree.The minister handed over the certificates to those who proposed for GI recognition of those products, at a function at the Foreign Service Academy in the city, said a press release.Department of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (DPDT) under the Ministry of Industries organized the event.Speaking on the occasion, Humayun said Bangladesh followed all the legal procedures to retain the status of Tangail saree as a product of Bangladesh."Tangail saree will remain ours. We got the GI tag for Tangail saree by following all legal protocols," he said. The minister said with the certificates for fourteen products, the number of the total count of certified items rose to 31."The products which were granted GI certificates today, as well as those awaiting certification, boast centuries-old traditions, with some d...

ADB urged for more support towards Bangladesh’s renewable energy

Social watchdogs and development activists here on Thursday urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to extend its support towards promoting renewable energies in Bangladesh.They also unequivocally called for ensuring a just and equitable transition by ensuring environmental and social safeguards, labor standards and transparency and accountability.They put forward the issue while launching a demonstration campaign Titled "Protect People and Planet Over Profit" at Hotel Safe Garden in Ra...

‘Bangladesh exploring uncharted territories to create a visionary denim experience’

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‘BNP now desperate to grab power’

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP has become desperate to capture state power by any means, while its leaders have lost their sense.“BNP leaders could not understand that the Awami League does politics by standing beside the country’s people. It takes and determines plans and programmes for the welfare of people. We are always accountable to them. On the other hand, BNP has been practicing anti-people politics,” he said in a statement.Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said while  BNP was in power, they ran steamroller of exploitation and oppression on people considering them as enemies and established a reign of terror across the country by sponsoring terrorism and extremism.“And now they (BNP leade...

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Bangabandhu’s old club returns to top-flight football

Joy and celebration are in the air for the Dhaka Wanderers' players, who are caught up in the excitement of taking selfies. The club's officials are also sharing in the jubilation, offering each other warm congratulations. On Wednesday's evening at Kamalapur Stadium, an unprecedented scene unfolded. It's difficult to pinpoint the last time such happiness was seen on the field by the traditional Dhaka Wanderers Club, which also happens to be a club where once the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, used to play. The elation among the players and officials marks their comeback to the nation's premier football league after a hiatus of almost 20 years.The Wanderers' football team once not only boasted Bangabandhu as a player, but one of his sons, Sheikh Kamal, also played for the Wanderers' basketball team.On Wednesday’s final match of the Bangladesh Championship League (BCL), the second division of the professional league, the Wanderers faced off against BFF Elite Academy. A draw would have sufficed for the team to secure 24 points from 14 matches and become the runner-up, ensuring their promotion to the Premier League. Even a defeat by two goals would have granted them the chance to compete in the professional league for the first time. With this goal in mind, they played that match, which ultimately concluded in a goalless draw, fulfilling the Wanderers' long-held aspiration. Founded in 1937, the Wanderers were once a dominant force in Dhaka's football scene during the '50s and '60s. Matches between ...

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