City
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has participated in a bilateral meeting on the occasion of 148th IPU Assembly on Saturday evening at Geneva in Switzerland.On the invitation of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) secretary general Martin Chungong , Dr Shirin Sharmin attended the meetin...
National,Back Page
The world history recorded the March 25, 1971 black night as a rare case when the Pakistani military launched a sudden brutal assault on sleeping unarmed Bengali civilians while at least three military officers, including two senior commanders, one of them in a vivid manner, described the scene.&quo...
Business & Commerce
BEPZA has taken over the possession of the land acquired by the district administration for setting up the Jashore Export Processing Zone (JEPZ).Muhammad Abraul Hasan Mojumder, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Jashore district formally handed over the possession of about 503 acres of land to BEPZA on Sat...
National,Front Page
A one-minute symbolic ‘blackout’ will be observed on March 25 throughout the country marking the Genocide Day.The “blackout” programme will be observed for one minute from 11:00 pm to 11:01pm on the night of March 25 across the country to pay homage to those who were killed i...
Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the main aim of BNP is to destabilize the country's essential commodity market and increase the prices of goods by calling to boycott Indian products. Hasan, also joint secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), told journalists that many c...
Country, Districts
Even a few years back, children were engaged in labour works in dry fish processing areas on Dublar Char in the Sundarbans to meet their daily food. Guardians of those children forced them (children) to go to work on char areas for earning money. A recent seminar revealed that around 20 per cen...
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) wants to spread surface water irrigation in the region, particularly in its vast Barind area as it has implemented a project titled "Small irrigation through pond re-excavation and surface water augmentation" recently.Surface water irrigatio...
Safe protein production and consumption can be the vital means of protecting the public health from various infectious diseases, including the fatal ones.Utmost emphasis should be given on bringing the farmers and others concerned under proper training so that they can rear, fatten and sell their do...
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Mahbubul Alam today hoped that there would be specific guidelines in the next budget for FY25 considering the current economic challenges alongside firm steps in the macroeconomic management to uphold the economic developme...
State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday instructed the state-owned Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL) to take all-out initiatives to ensure uninterrupted internet bandwidth supply in the country at an affordable cost to build Sma...
The World Meteorological Day 2024 will be observed here today, like in other countries of the world, to commemorate the emergence of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a specialized agency of the United Nations. The theme of the day this year is ‘At the frontline of climate ac...
Sports,Chess
International Master (IM) Mohammad Fahad Rahman earned two points after fifth round games of Hanoi Grandmaster-2 Chess tournament-2024 which is now being held in Hanoi, Vietnam.In the fifth round games on Friday, IM Fahad Rahman won against CM Dao Khuong Duy of Vietnam. Earlier, in the fourth round ...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over four north and southern divisions in the next twenty-four hours begins from 9am on Friday."Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur ...
The government has given Tk 23.82 crore as compensation to 14 more people for acquiring their lands for various development projects in the city. The government has acquired their lands for implementation of six ongoing projects, including Rajshahi Medical University (RMU), BKSP, extended garag...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has awarded the country's first commodity exchange licence to the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu handed over the relevant documents for the licence to CSE chairman Asif Ibrahim at the B...
Utmost emphasis should be given on attaining all business targets of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) in the current fiscal so that it can uphold the pace of earning profit. Aim of the present government is to build a skilled, strengthened and inclusive financial management system in the country...
Country's both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-- on Thursday also witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid optimism.DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 69.08 points or 1.17 per ...
Deputy Leader of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Begum Matia Chowdhury on Thursday said that former President Zillur Rahman was a leader of the grassroots people and his politeness was remarkable.“He did not show off anything,” she said while addressing a d...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday conveyed her heartfelt congratulation to Vladimir Putin on his reelection as the President of Russia.President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide victory in Russia's election for the fifth term on Sunday.Incumbent President Vladimir Putin w...
At least eight shops were gutted in a fire at Notun Bazar of Charkakra union under Companiganj upazila of the district early hours of Wednesday.The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop of the Notun Bazar around 4am and soon engulfed the adjacent shops,station officer of Companiga...
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