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Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said crores of people are eagerly waiting to cast their votes in the 12th parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on January 7, 2024.He said this while speaking at AL election manifesto annou...
Convener of Bangladesh Awami League Election Manifesto Formulation Committee for 12th national election Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday said the election manifesto has been prepared in consultation with civil society members, professionals, youths and cross section people, giving high im...
National,Front Page
Data from the latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) has revealed that household's income has increased in the country while poverty and extreme poverty rates have declined throughout the nation.The household's average monthly income has increased in nominal terms to Taka 32,4...
The implementation of Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) has been a landmark success of the government for building "Digital Bangladesh Vision" as tender worth around Taka 792,664 crore were invited through e-GP up to the middle of December 2023.The e-GP system started its journey in...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said it would be better if the United States will apply its visa restriction policy on BNP's men as they have been trying to resist the next general election. "I would be happy if they (US) apply that (visa policy) on BNP," he told r...
City
President's wife and chief advisor of Primeasia University (PaU) Professor Dr. Rebecca Sultana on Wednesday inaugurated the construction work of the university located in the eastern part of the capital city Dhaka.On the occasion, PaU Acting Vice-Chancellor DrIffat Jahan read the written stateme...
Business & Commerce
The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG, 18.50 lakh metric tons of fuel oil, 1 lakh metric tons of wheat and 1.10 crore liters of edible oil to meet the growing demand of the country.The government also approved different proposals for purchasi...
Like in the previous years, the government has honoured 77 best tax payers of 10 districts in Khulna division under Khulna Income Tax Zone.They were accorded a reception on Tuesday for being highest tax payers, long time taxpayers, highest women taxpayers and youth recognised tax payers.A total of s...
Bangladesh will complete the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan, the world’s 3rd largest economy, by December 2025 to strengthen bilateral economic relations alongside availing duty-free market facilities to that country.“Both the countries a...
Country, Districts
Department of the Primary Education of Khulna division has received 97.70 textbooks for distribution among the students of primary schools in the new year-2024 in all 10 districts of the division.A total of 77, 48,443 text books were received for the students from pre-primary to class five in the di...
Seedbeds are being prepared by the farmers to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in the district this season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said 69,725 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year with a production target of at least 300...
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Sports,Cricket
Bangladesh put up yet another brilliant team effort to beat New Zealand by five wickets in three-match T20 series opener at McLean Park in Napier on Wednesday.Having done so, they now snapped their losing streak in New Zealand in all format of cricket. Last year, they broke the shackle in Test forma...
The first-year admission tests of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for the academic session of 2023-24 will begin on February 24.The recommendation came from a meeting of the university's admission committee which will be finalized in the next academic council meeting, ...
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought vote for her party's electoral symbol "boat" and said that this boat will give the people a developed and prosperous country."This boat has brought independence and given economic emancipation. This boa...
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Tuesday marked a significant milestone in their longstanding partnership with the launch of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).This MoU aims to mobilize 'Data for Life' and strengthen official statisti...
Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the voters to go to the polling centres early in the morning to cast votes for the 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7."My request to all of you (voters) is that in this January 7 election,...
The ecosystem and biodiversity in the Surdarbans have witnessed a marked progress in recent years due to various programmes of the government taken to protect the world's largest mangrove forest.A 2023 survey of the Forest Department shows there were 1,40,357 chital deer, also known as spotted d...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reset the prices of commemorative gold and silver coins citing a price hike of the metals in local and international markets.The prices of gold coins issued on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day 2000, Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman an...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Tuesday said that BNP can't foil the 12th upcoming general election through terrorism in the country."The countrymen have united against BNP," he told journalists during his election campaign in Mohammadpur area of Dhaka-13 con...
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