Country, Districts
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Rangunia and Boalkhali upazilas of the district here on Thursday.The victims were identified as CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver Md Abdul Hannan, 35, and truck driver Azizur Rahman, 37.A fish-laden truck collided headed on with a CNG auto-rickshaw on ...
City
Social Welfare Minister Dr. Dipu Moni, MP, has said the government led by the daughter of Bangabandhu always remains beside the public in general for their welfare."Bangabandhu's ideal workers should also remain beside the people, as Bangabandhu all along had done politics for the welfare o...
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), visited Rohingya camps in Bhasan Char and Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.During her visit to Bhasan Char and Cox’s Bazar, the Crown Princess witnessed firsthand the collaborative efforts...
State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh is successfully implementing Solar Home System (SHS) programme with special emphasis on innovation and resilience, as SHS attracted rural people for clean and sustainable energy sources.“The solar home system p...
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said the government is adopting updated version of technology to smoothen both public and private services."People are getting different services given by government and private initiative as the government has implemented massive ICT-bas...
National,Front Page
The ongoing armed clashes between government troops and rebel forces in Myanmar visibly exposed remaining Rohingyas at their homeland in Rakhine close to Bangladesh borders to persecution afresh with security reports suggesting the ethnic minority Muslim group was now being harassed by Arakan Army i...
Sports,Chess
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman lost his second round game against IM Setyaki Azarya Jodi of Indonesia in the Hanoi Grandmaster-2 Chess Tournament March which is now being held in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday. In the second round matches IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman played with black pieces and lost to IM ...
Local lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad Tuesday stressed concerted efforts of all government and non-government organisations to ensure healthcare services to the patients particularly the marginalized and disadvantaged ones.“We have to work hard to uplift the healthcare services at the hospital. We kn...
Business & Commerce
After witnessing a downward trend in the last session, stocks on Wednesday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 58.49 points or 1.01 per cent to settle at 5,872.58....
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Wednesday expressed his country's interest to invest in Bangladesh's energy, ICT sector and in infrastructural development.Chinese ambassador told this in a meeting while he made a courtesy call on State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman...
The government today approved separate proposals for procuring some 10,000 metric tons of sugar and 8,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country. The approval came from the 6th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) this year held today at the Cabinet...
Sports,Cricket,Back Page
"I wanted to study law as my cricket career was not well. But I couldn't do that for want of money and then I agreed with my family to get married. When it didn't happen, I decided to commit suicide. My family, however, rescued me from the critical juncture. Later, I told them that I wa...
National,Back Page
Pneumonia appears to be one of the main reasons for death of under five years old children till now in the world as the proper initiatives including treatment management and vaccination taken by the government and other concerned has reduced its mortality rate in Bangladesh. World Health Organi...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned of the Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) to implement a world-class academic curriculum based on information technology (IT).The President, also the Chancellor of the universities came up with the directive as a BUTEX ...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Tuesday said that if BNP could have been successful in spoiling the January 7 general elections, undemocratic forces would have emerged in the country. "BNP wanted to thwart the January 7 elections. But, with the suppor...
State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Tuesday said that the ongoing visits of kitchen markets by the concerned government agencies would continue to stop irrational stockpiling of commodities as well as to prevent market manipulation by the vested quarter."There is sufficient supply...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed banks to collect a one-percent supervision charge on the personal and auto loans offered to the Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) and consumer financing sectors.This charge can be imposed on the loan principal once a year for each customer, said a ...
Stocks on Tuesday extended its losing streak as the risk-averse investors preferred to book profit on quick-gaining shares.DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), closed the day with 84.14 points down and settled at 5,814.09 points. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 22.51 po...
Six members of a family, including two children, were killed and four others injured after a pick-up van collided with a human hauler on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway in Darbasta area of Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet on Monday.The accident occurred at 11:45am on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway.The deceased were ident...
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said the government would secure protection of journalists so that they don’t face any harassment anywhere while seeking information.“We want to ensure that no journalist anywhere in the country faces any kind of h...
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