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Indonesia on Monday rolled out the red carpet to welcome President Mohammed Shahabuddin as he arrived here this afternoon to join the 43rd 'ASEAN Summit' and 18th 'East Asia Summit' slated for September 5-7.A VVIP flight (aircraft BG 1910) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited landed ...
The Great People's Forest initiative has been launched recently in New Delhi with an aim of planting one billion trees and restoring one million hectares of forest land in the South Asia.The Great People's Forest initiative is an urgent response to the shared challenges of climate change and...
A total of 12 dengue patients died and 2,823 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am today.On September 2, Bangladesh recorded 21 dengue-related deaths, the highest number in a single day this year."The death toll from dengue infection crossed 600-...
The government will give Taka 188.49 crore inincentives to the farmers of 10 winter crops in this fiscal year (FY24).The winter or Rabi crops are wheat, onion, mustard, maize, sunflower, groundnuts, soybean, mung, lentil and grass pea, said a release of theMinistry of Agriculture.Over 19.53 lakh sma...
Family Courts Bill, 2023 passed in the Parliament on Monday aiming to replace an ordinance of the military regime withsome changes. Law Minister AnisulHuq moved the bill in the House and it was passed byvoice votes with Deputy Speaker ShamsulHuq Tuku in the chair. The proposed law will rep...
City
Monowara Sardar, mother of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) ward councillor Muktar Sardar, died of old-age complications at a hospital in the city on Monday. She was 78. Monowara, wife of valiant Freedom Fighter and Ekushey Padak winner Akhter Sardar, breathed her last while undergoing treat...
Country, Districts
Farmers are now passing busy times with transplanting of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy seedlings on their farm lands in the district which is popularly known as ‘paddy rich’ area of the country. The cultivators are rendering their field-level service on the farm lands with a vie...
Sports,Cricket
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said they did exactly what they wanted to do to keep them in the race of the Super 4 of Asia Cup.Playing a near perfect cricket, Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan by 89 runs at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday and boosted their net run rate so much so that there is...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for taking required preparations to safeguard country's sovereignty and independence maintaining friendly relations with all."We want no war with anyone rather to live in peace. But we'll have to have all sorts of preparations to ...
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all members of parliament (MPs) to dedicate their lives for welfare of their localities."Serving people is the greatest virtue and there is nothing greater than that. Political leaders should engage them in serving the people,...
Bangladesh and the United States (US) will hold the ninth annual Bangladesh-US Bilateral Security Dialogue in Dhaka on September 5."The Security Dialogue is an annual, civilian-led discussion that touches on all elements of our security relationship," said a media note from Public Affairs ...
The Government of Bangladesh, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed the Project Documents on "Integrating Geospatial Information with Gender and Vital Statistics in BBS" at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) on Sunday.The signing ceremony was attended by Sharifa Khan, Se...
A total of 16 dengue patients died and 2,608 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Sunday. On September 2, Bangladesh recorded 21 dengue-related deaths, the highest number in a single day this year. "The death toll from dengue infection...
A total of 13,165 motor vehicles moved from Kawla to Farmgate through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway and gave over Tk 11 lakh as toll on Sunday."Dhaka Elevated Expressway was opened for public to ease traffic congestion in the capital . .. . the traffic movement through the expressway started at...
Bangladesh is to witness opening of its first smart highway on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in December 2023 while the second one is expected to be commissioned in December next year, connecting Joydebpur with Rangpur, primarily aiming to ensure road safety, officials said on Sunday.Roads and Highways Depa...
Planning Minister MA Mannan on Sunday sought Japan's cooperation in developing disaster forecasting in Bangladesh.The Planning Minister sought such support when a parliamentary delegation of Japan, headed by Member of Parliament of Japan and Director on the Committee of General Affairs, Nakanish...
Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said BNP's main intention is to undermine and destroy the constitutional continuity and democracy."BNP made the ill attempts in 2014. They had also tried to make 2018's polls qu...
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is going to bring its Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) under Geographic Information System (GIS) based mapping.Main thrust of the initiative is to make the EPI activities digitized so that all the targeted babies are brought under the EPI activities.Health exp...
The production target of egg, milk, and meat, fixed by the Livestock Department, has been exceeded in the last fiscal year in Khulna.Production target of hen and duck eggs was 4,850 lakh whereas the production was 5,400 lakh which was 11.34 percent higher against the fixed target of egg production.B...
Bangladesh's third tea auction center has been opened in Panchagarh in a bid to ensure fair price of raw tea leaves.Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi formally inaugurated the centre on Sunday in Panchagarh.Addressing a function marking the inauguration, organized at Panchagarh Government Auditorium,...
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