Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said the
imported eggs would arrive in the country within the next three to four days.
The minister said this to the reporters after inaugurating the sale
operations of TCB commodities including rice at affordable prices to some
one crore family card holders across the country for the month of October in
front of the ward councilor office (Number 15) adjacent to Dhanmondi Lake
(Dingi) in the capital today.
Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, was celebrated this morning with due religious fervour and gaiety just a week ahead of Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Bangalee Hindu community slated for October 20-24.
Mahalaya marks an invitation of sorts to goddess Durga to begin her journey from Kailash to her paternal home (earth), along with her children, said Jagannath Hall Upasanalaya chief priest Sadhan Chakrabarty.
This invitation is extended through the chanting of mantras from Sri Sri Chandi and singing of devotional songs as countdown for Durga Puja began with the celebration of Mahalaya, he said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban here this evening.
"During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed various state-level issues, including her recent visit to the United States and the United Kingdom, particularly her attendance at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and G-20 Summit in India," Presidents press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS.
President Shahabuddin thanked the Prime Minister for her recent successful foreign visits.
MARRAKESH, Morocco: Mentioning various measures of the government to address macroeconomic challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that Bangladesh economy is on the right track.
"I think, the economy is on right track in terms of meeting the objective of programme, getting inflation under control and addressing macroeconomic challenges given in difficult global environment," IMF Director for the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) Krishna Srinivasan said here today.
The IMF director said this while speaking at a press conference on Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific as part of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF.