Country, Districts
All preparations have been completed to celebrate Durga Puja peacefully in Khulna, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, scheduled to begin on October 20.Artisans, locally known as pauls, are working round the clock in giving last touch to the idols of the goddess Durga.General Secr...
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon on Sunday said that present Government had been relentlessly striving for expansion and modernization of rail lines to bring entire country under rail connectivity .The minister said railway is the national asset and termed it as the best...
Art& Culture
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen on Saturday said the midday meal program for primary school students will be commenced from November this year as a pilot project. "The project is likely to get approval from ECNEC this month. If it happens, the project will lik...
National,Back Page
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said that it is necessary to establish gender equality in every sphere of life to ensure the achievement of sustainable development through inclusive progress."Bangladeshi women have set a shining example of economic and political empowerme...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awalon Saturday underscored the need for maintaining impartiality while discharging duty as a field-level officials during the upcoming national election."The field-level officials should discharge their duties with impartiality as well as utmost s...
The Global Hand Washing Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the world in a befitting manner with the theme 'Clean Hands Are Within Reach'.Each year on October 15, the Global Hand Washing Day is observed to remind people about the importance of hand hygiene to health.Var...
Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, was celebrated early in the morning on Saturday with due religious fervour and gaiety just a week ahead of Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Bangalee Hindu community slated for October 20-24.Mahalaya marks an invitation...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the countrymen to be cautious so that BNP cannot thwart the upcoming national election through any evil move, saying the election will be held on time and the people will exercise their voting rights freely. &n...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the communal evil forces try to hatch conspiracy when the election comes."Most of the Bangalee people are not communal. They are all aligned. For this, the communal forces couldn...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in the capital on Saturday evening. "During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed various state-level issues, including her recent visit to the United States and the United Kingdom, parti...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has put emphasis on strengthening the trade relations between Bangladesh and Myanmar through speedily resolving the existing problems in the way of trade.The FBCCI said Bangladesh and Myanmar have long been enjoying friendly rela...
A regional passport office was inaugurated in Kurigram district town on Saturday.State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Ministry Md Zakir Hossain inaugurated the newly constructed passport office building close to Kurigram bus terminal on Saturday afternoon.Md Ponir Uddin Ahmed, MP, M A Matin...
Experts at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi on Saturday unequivocally called for giving utmost emphasis on following precise standards in every spheres of life for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).In order to achieve these goals, the cooperation of various public and private ...
A six-day policy formulation training workshop for transforming Rajshahi into a smart city as part of building Smart Bangladesh by 2041 envisioned by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has begun in Rajshahi on Saturday.Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is hosting the workshop titled "Smart Rajshahi Cit...
Entertainment & Glomour
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday hosted a dinner at Ganabhaban in honour of the artistes and crew of the biopic of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman "Mujib: The Making of a Nation" (Mujib: Ekti Jatir Rupakar).During the dinner, the premier exchanged pleasantries ...
Preparation is underway to inaugurate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram, as 100 percent of the construction work has been completed.“The Bangabandhu Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River is getting ready for traffic,” Project Director (PD) MdHa...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary ObaidulQuader on Friday said the ruling AL will not compromise with BNP."At the end of 36-day ultimatum, it will be seen who is stronger and who will paralyze whom. This crowd of Narayanganj is enough to paralyze BNP. The final game will be played in January ...
Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, celebrated at the dawn today through different rituals by Hindu community members across the country. With the beginning of 'Devipaksha', Mahalaya is observed six days before Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival...
Mentioning various measures of the government to address macroeconomic challenges, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that Bangladesh economy is on the right track."I think, the economy is on right track in terms of meeting the objective of programme, getting inflation...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday presided over the regular general meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official Ganabhaban residence here.Younger daughter of the Father of Nation Sheikh Rehana was present at the meeting.The manageme...
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