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The government has initiated a big move to construct climate and disaster resilient small-scale water resources infrastructures as well as strengthening those in a bid to reduce risk of flooding to some 87,000 hectares of land and boosting agricultural productivity in the country.A draft projec...
Eight dengue patients died and 2,331 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Monday."During the period, 918 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,413 were admitted to different hospitals outside Dhaka," a press release of the...
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The High Court (HC) on Monday ordered Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman's statements from social media sites like Facebook and YouTube.A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Khairul Alam p...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference today to apprise the media of the outcome of her recent visit to South Africa."The press conference will be held at her official Ganabhaban residence at 4pm on Tuesday," said Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.On ...
World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh Abdoulaye Seck on Monday highlighted improving the business environment for the private sector, transcending financial obligations to support long-term growth, and improving the effectiveness of public institutions as the lending agency's priorities for...
Business & Commerce
Substantial promotion of modern farm machinery can be the crucial means of boosting farm production besides making the products more profitable and making the farmers happy.The grassroots farmers are gradually being habituated and accustomed to the need-based machinery and technologies through diver...
Country, Districts
The overall flood situation remained mostly stable with a sign of little improvement at places amid the incidents of sporadic erosion in the Brahmaputra basin during the past 24 hours ending at 9am on Monday.Water levels of major rivers marked little rise and the pressure of onrushing water reduced ...
Construction of two roads was inaugurated in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district at a cost of Tk. 1,54,96,000.Law maker of Chapainawabganj-1 (Shibganj) constituency and a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Home Affairs Dr. Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul inaugurated ...
The 'Reaching Every Mother and Newborn' (REMN) programme is effectively enhancing the capacity of local healthcare workers and community engagements to improve maternal and neonatal health services in rural areas.The health and family planning departments launched a series of initiatives und...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said that the government wants to build a transmission line between Bangladesh and Nepal.“We want to install transmission line from Bangladesh to Nepal, so that we can export electricity to Nepal in winter. Apart fro...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Sunday morning after attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg of South Africa.She attended the summit held on August 22-24 at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.A regular flight of the Emirates Airlines carrying the prime mi...
Three police constables were killed and three others injured as a train hit a pickup van at Fakirhat rail crossing under Sitakunda Upazila of the district this afternoon.The deceased are: Mizan, Iskandar and Hossain - all the police constables of Sitakunda thana under district police.The injured cop...
Indian High Commissioner of Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Sunday said digital connectivity is a rapidly emerging dimension of India-Bangladesh partnership going beyond trade, transport and energy connectivity. He made the remark when jointly laid the foundation stone of the Knowledge Park at Chatt...
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Sunday organized an orientation for five high-level officials from the Finance Division at the secretariat to enhance capacity-building for the effective management of the national pension scheme introduced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to bring th...
As many as 11 dengue patients died and 2,327 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Sunday."During the period, 920 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,407 were admitted to different hospitals outside Dhaka," a press releas...
City
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday called for stamping out the poisonous trees of the communal forces for developing a modern and civilised nation.“We have to eliminate the poisonous trees of the communal forces from the country by m...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday underscored the need for active role of polling agents in the upcoming elections, saying that their role is important for holding the elections in a free and fair manner."I have emphasized that the role of the polling agents is impor...
A Rajshahi-based exporting organization has sent gourmati and katimon varieties of mangoes to Russian markets from Rajshahi for the first time.Air Arabia G9-517 flight departed from Dhaka with 200 kilograms of gourmati and 100 kilograms of katimon for Russia on Saturday morning.Confirming the matter...
Country's both the bourses - Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) - on Sunday witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid optimism.DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 18.14 point...
Setting a target to produce 27,920 metric tonnes of crops annually, Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in Rajshahi will ensure irrigation to 3,490 hectares of farming fields using surface water in the drought-prone region.Requisite number of pumps, pontoons and pipelines will be establ...
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