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Walton offers special benefits for washing machine buyers United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, June 7 -- As the demand for washing machines has gone up amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Walton has announced special benefits on the purchase of the home appliance. Yasir Al Imran, CEO of Walton Home Appliances, said: "According to the biomechanical parameters, there is a risk of experiencing various muscular problems when washing clothes in a usual way. Sitting randomly puts const...

Bangladesh, June 7 -- Bangladesh's Shougat Nazbin Khan has won the "Green Prize 2021" for her environmental activities.Nazbin is also a United Nations Young Leader for SDGs, Asia 21 Young Leader Fellow, Commonwealth Youth Awardee, Green Talent Awardee, and Forbes 30 under 30 honouree.The Grassroots Rising Environmental Education Network (Green) Prize honours leaders and educators who step up to address environmental issues, lead environmental...

Bangladesh, June 5 -- The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries.G-7 finance ministers meeting in London also endorsed proposals to make the world's biggest companies - including U.S.-based tech giants - pay taxes in countries where they have lots of sales but no physical...

Kathmandu, June 5 -- Nepal is all set to sign a long-term chemical fertiliser supply deal with India following the cabinet's in principle approval this week in a move to avoid recurring shortages during the peak growing season.Yogendra Kumar Karki, secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, told the Post that a five-year government-to-government agreement would be sealed this month to ensure uninterrupted supply of the...

Lightning strikes kill four in Dhaka amid rain United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, June 5 -- Four people, including three children, were killed by lightning strikes in Malibagh Chowdhurypara and Adabar areas in the capital during rains on Thursday. The victims were identified as Sabina Pakhi, 10, Shoma alias Jhoma, 12, Abdul Hoque, 65, and Alu, 14. Deputy Commissioner (Tejgaon Division) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Md Shahidullah told UNB that thunderbolts struck the...

Bangladesh, June 6 -- Bangladesh has made big strides in the past few years and Walton is a showcase of such progress, said German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz after visiting Walton Hi-Tech Park in Gazipur's Chandra Thursday.He also hoped that Walton would become a global market player. "Today, I witnessed that Walton invested good enough in advanced technologies' machinery - mostly from Germany - to produce quality products," the...

Kathmandu, June 5 -- Nepal on Saturday reported 3,540 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the nationwide infection tally to 585,100.Similarly, 1,502 people tested positive in a total of 5,343 antigen tests, according to the Health Ministry.As of Saturday, 3,132,591 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.A total of 11,471 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.In its regular...

Bangladesh, June 5 -- The South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM) has said the proposed national budget has failed to make a proper assessment of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic."Issues of poverty, job market, SME sector and vaccination against COVID-19 have been underestimated in the budget, which would lead to limitations in formulating policies," said Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director of SANEM at a virtual press...

Bangladesh, June 6 -- Gas supply will remain suspended for 4 hours from 1 pm to 5 pm at different areas in the city on Sunday.According to Titas Gas Supply and Transmission Company Ltd, the areas include Kamlapur Rail Station to Titipara slum, Saydabad bus terminal, Mugda, Golapbagh, Beltala, Maniknagar, Atish Dipankar Road, RK Mission Road, Gopinagh, Uttar Jatrabari, Dhalpur.Also read: Gas supply disrupted in Narayanganj, MunshiganjThe gas...

KATHMANDU, June 4 -- While concluding that party chairman K P Oli was not ready to meet their demands, the CPN-UML faction led by Madhav Kumar Nepal has expedited final preparations to form a new political party.The UML Central Committee members close to the Nepal-led faction had discussed in detail about starting a 'new campaign' to take forward the communist movement during a virtual meeting held on Thursday. The faction expects to unite all...