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Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that air pollution cannot be eradicated overnight, but a pollution-free environment can be achieved in the country by changing people's mindset and lifestyle.She made the remarks while inaugurating th...
City Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain announced that the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) will establish an international standard nursing institute in Chattogram.Considering the national requirements the CCC will establish a world-class institute to enhance skilled human resources in the nursing sector,&...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Wednesday said all necessary preparations for waste management in the upcoming the holy Eid-ul-Azha have been completed.He made this statement while presiding over a preparatory meeting on waste management with officials and em...
National,Front Page
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday said the national elections must be held within December 2025.“The national elections must be held within December,” he said while virtually addressing a youth rally organized by BNP’s three front bodies at Nayapaltan here.The BNP lea...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry on Wednesday sought help from the political parties’ for withdrawing the cases filed with the intent to harass the opposition political leaders and workers during the fascist regime.The ministry made the call in the backdrop of allegations from d...
National,Business,Travel & Tourism,Tech Post
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) on Wednesday laid emphasis on expanding e-gate facilities at major airports in the country. It was discussed at a meeting held between CAAB Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Md Monjur Kabir Bh...
Country
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday underscored the importance of adopting appropriate technologies and improved farming practices to promote sustainable aquaculture.They made the observation at a workshop on the Aquaculture Improver Programme held at the CSS Ava Centre in the city.The event emphasi...
Business
Tuomo Poutiainen, the outgoing Country Director for the International Labour Organization (ILO), urged Bangladesh to move forward with its skills development reform to adequately equip its labour force for more specialized, better paying jobs both in the country and abroad. “The global co...
Bangladesh on Wednesday launched its first-ever commercial mango export to China, a milestone that Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin described as a direct outcome of Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus’s recent landmark visit to Beijing.Inaugurating the air shipment of the first consignmen...
The government has officially recognised nine non-profit organisations as public welfare institutions, enabling individual taxpayers to claim tax rebates for making donations to these entities.According to a new gazette notification, donations or grants given by any individual taxpayer to these orga...
One more RMG factory in the country got LEED certification, which is a testament to the country's unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector.The new LEED-certified RMG factory is Esprit Apparels Ltd, bringing the total number of LEED-certifi...
National,Politics
UNB, Tokyo: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday sought support from Nippon Foundation chief Yohei Sasakawa, a highly respected figure in Myanmar, to resolve the Rohingya crisis and ensure the safe repatriation of the displaced people of Rakhine.He sought the cooperation as Yohei Sasakawa ...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) through 128 court orders has attached illegal assets and properties worth about Taka 15,000 crore and ordered to freeze some 2,300 bank accounts during the last 10 months.The anti-graft body has also attached illegal assets and properties worth Taka 1,000 crore o...
National,Business
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said the government has remained very active in bringing back the laundered money from abroad although it would take time to recover such a huge amount siphoned off from the country for a long period of time. “The concerned taskforce is very active ...
Tokyo: Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday commenced his tour here by holding a meeting with President of the Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League Taro Aso.Taro Aso paid the courtesy call on Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo at 5:00 pm (local tim...
National,Back Page
Member secretary of National Citizens Party (NCP), Akhtar Hossain, on Tuesday called on the interim government to proceed with holding national elections by implementing key state reforms and expediting judicial proceedings concerning July incidents. Speaking at a discussion titled "Democr...
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has awarded a group of farmers for their significant contribution to increasing oilseed crop production in Lalmonirhat district in 2024-25 fiscal year.The awards were presented at a programme organised at the District Agriculture Office premises on Mond...
The per capita income in the country has increased to $2,820 in the current fiscal year (FY25) which was $2,738 in the previous fiscal year (FY24).The per capita income has increased by $82 or by Taka 35,109 in the current fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year. According to the lates...
The apex court on Tuesday acquitted Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam of the charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, allowing his appeal against the earlier judgment that upheld Azhar's conviction and death sentence initially handed down by the ICT-1.The Appellate Di...
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday urged India to follow the proper legal procedure in returning Bangladeshi nationals, expressing concern over a recent increase in cross-border push-ins."The number of push-ins at the border has increased. We have prot...
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