July 26, 2021 - TheStatement24

Jul262021 by News DeskNo Comments

Yunus’s Three Zero speech got highest viewership in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics

Technology

According to a Toshiba report published on Yahoo News Japan, the highest number of TV viewers during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was at the time of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus's “Three Zeros” speech, following his acceptance of the Olympic Laurel. According to the report, Japanese TV viewers were listening to his speech on 47 percent of all TV sets in Japan. Toshiba's viewer monitoring was based on the sample size of 340,000 TV sets in Japan. This programme calculates the audience rating every second. According to it, the audience rating rose to 10 percent of TV sets in the first 10 minutes of the opening ceremony broadcast. Number of viewers continued to rise until it reached the peak during Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus's speech. At the time Japanese audien...

Jul262021 by News DeskNo Comments

The digital market ended with the sale of 3 lakh 87 thousand animals

Breaking News, Business

A total of 3 lakh 87 thousand 579 animals have been sold from the online Market launched around the Eid-ul-Adha. The total value of which is 2735 crore 11 lakh, 15 thousand 678 rupees. 2 lakh 96 thousand 710 cows and buffaloes have been sold and 90 thousand 869 goats and sheep have been sold. Until the day before this year's Eid-ul-Azha (July 20), the animal was sold from 1,843 online huts, including Digital Hats. For the first time, 24 animals have been sold directly from Digital Hat through the screw service launched by Bangladesh Bank and 265 animals have been slaughtered and delivered to the buyer's house. The animals booked for slaughter are slaughtered and the meat is processed and delivered to the buyer's house on Eid day as per the schedule. Other animal buyers are delivered...

Jul262021 by Rezaur Rahman RizviNo Comments

Taxation of tobacco products to protect public health is disappointing

Opinion

Rezaur Rahman Rizvi In her concluding remarks at the South Asia Speakers Conference on 31 January 2016, Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced to eradicate tobacco use from Bangladesh by 2040. The announcement was so timely and relevant that it was widely praised, including by all anti-tobacco organizations. The matter also sets a precedent in the history of the world. Because no government of any country has announced such a specific time frame for tobacco eradication before. To this end, the government later included tobacco control in the Eighth Five-Year Plan. And so, the first way to ban tobacco is to reduce tobacco use among the public. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that tobacco and tobacco products are no longer readily available to them. Increasing the p...

Jul262021 by Rezaur Rahman RizviNo Comments

‘Ettadi’ in Metrorail!

Breaking News, Entertainment

This year's Ettadi has been filmed at the depot of Metrorail Line-6 at Diabari in Uttara, Dhaka, in a continuation of our history, heritage, civilization, culture and important places. This episode was held on July 16 in a workshop at the first destination of the country's first remote controlled electric metro train. Due to Corona, no spectators were invited to the event for the first time. As such, this is the first show without viewers. The event is held on an illuminated stage built in harmony with the metro train from 5 pm to 12 midnight. There are two songs in the program. In the words of famous lyricist Mohammad Rafiquzzaman, to the tune of Monowar Hossain Tutul, Sabina Yasmin sang a patriotic song. The choreography of the song was attended by some architects and engineers ...