City
The sixth Joint PPP Platform Meeting between Bangladesh and Japan convened on Monday at the Prime Minister's Office, marking another significant step in the collaborative efforts to enhance infrastructure development and economic growth through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).The Public-Priva...
Sports,Hockey
Ajax Sporting Club beat Azad Sporting Club by 4-1 goals in the first match of Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League held at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city today (Monday).In the proceeding, Ajax's Indian recruit Silheiba Leesham scored a brace, while Subrata P...
Country, Districts
A social forestry project has been providing assistance to around 4,500 people for their capacity building and making them adapt to climate change along with biodiversity protection in the region, including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of years.Besides, around 3,500 households of ethnic...
Business & Commerce
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between STX Corporation, an authorized company of the South Korean Kia Motors Corporation and Pragati Industries Limited, a state-run automobile assembler of Bangladesh, to assemble the Cerato sedan car in Bangladesh.The MoU was signed on Monday in...
To learn about the successful implementation of the electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system in Bangladesh, a 12-member delegation from Tanzania commenced their visit to the office of Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) in Dhaka from on Monday.During their four-day visit, the Tanza...
The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Sunday observed the 104th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children's Day.Marking the Day, the high officials of the CAG office and other staff placed floral wreaths at the ...
Opinion
Exim Bank and Padma Bank on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to open the process of merger.Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, deputy governors, senior officials and chairmen of the Padma Bank and Exim Bank, among others, were present at the MoU signing event.After th...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the guardians and teachers not to put extra pressure on students rather let them learn with sports and various cultural activities.“Education is very important. Don’t pressurise them (children) in the name of education. We now want students to...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Bangabandhu's way, which he had shown before the nation, should be followed as the birth of Bangabandhu means the emergence of independent Bangladesh."The legacy Bangabandhu left by giving the nation independence would remain...
National,Back Page
Forty-nine-year-old Rahela became helpless when her husband, lone bread earner of the family, faced a fatal road accident leaving him paralyzed in 2014. She was thinking what to do for maintaining the six-member family as they sold out their land property for mitigating the expenses of her husb...
A Chapainawabganj court on Thursday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case.Senior Sessions Judge Md. Adeeb Ali gave this verdict in presence of the convict.The convicted was Raju, 21, son of Mofizul Islam of Rasulpur village under Shibganj upazila of the district.The court also fin...
Sports,Cricket
National discard Liton Das continued his bad patch with the willow in Dhaka Premier League (DPL) too but his form mattered little for the defending champions Abahani Limited which sealed its third straight victory, thrashing Shinepukur Cricket Club by seven wickets on Sunday at BKSP-3 ground.Liton w...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim today said BNP-Jamaat is launching destructive activities in the name of movement. "A court of a foreign country declared BNP-Jamaat as a terrorist organization. They (BNP) are creating anarchy like situation to obstacle t...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said no powerful country could interfere in the last national parliament election as India stood beside Bangladesh.India did not interfere in Bangladesh's election while many powerful countries...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Saturday said the primary goal of the FY25 national budget should be ensured macroeconomic stability. At the same time, the think tank believes the government must take stern reform measures in the upcoming budget since the first year of the new term is t...
Rajshahi people are now ready to celebrate the 104th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day-2024 in the city and the district in a befitting manner today (Sunday). Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Divisional and district administrat...
Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman on Saturday said all sorts of initiatives would be taken to make the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal more profitable soon and also to minimize loads on the roads by increasing the transportation of containers.He said this...
The Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust will give stipends to some 54 lakh underprivileged and meritorious students in the secondary level through Nagad, a leading mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, with a view to ensuring their enrolments in schools.Under the stipend disbu...
Experts called for early screening to prevent cervical cancer as it appears to be fourth most common cancer for women with an estimated 570,000 new cases worldwide every year. In Bangladesh, the cervical cancer emerged as the second common cancer with approximately 12,000 new cases detected eve...
With the government’s sincere efforts, Single Point Mooring (SPM), a floating oil pipe that is set up on the deep sea, successfully pumped 40,000 MT of crude oil from Maheshkhali pumping station to Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) safely and smoothly on Friday.According to a release issued by De...
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