Country, Districts
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, has said the present government always remains beside the entrepreneurs for further bolstering the industrial sector.He said entrepreneurship development is very important as it can generate employment for many people.State Minister Alam made the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in an anti-crime operation, arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 2,050 liters of liquor in Rajshahi district on Thursday night.The arrested were identified as Dilip Mardi, 22, son of late Bhutti Mardi and Paresh Kisku, 55, son of late Mangal Kisku. Both ar...
A motorcyclist died on the spot and his son was critically injured when a speedy bus hit them from behind near at Chanbari of Bangabandhu expressway under Srinagar upazila in Munshiganj on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Amir Hossain, 40, hailed from Bangaon of Tegaria under Keraniganj...
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing more than 26.15 lakh tonnes of transplanted Aman rice from 7.88 lakh hectares of land in all eight districts under Rajshahi division this season.Shamsul Wadud, additional director of the DAE, said suitable weather is helping th...
A daylong workshop on human rights of domestic workers was held in the town on Thursday.Unnayan Sangaha, a non-government organisation, under the join auspicious of European Union and Oxfam arranged the workshop at its training room at Deurpar Chandra area in Jamalpur municipality area.In the meetin...
One person was killed and 25 others were injured in a road accident when a picnic bus lost control and fell into a ditch at Ghatkhali area on the Amtali-Kuakata road under Amtali upazila of Barguna district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Islam, son of Samsuddin Bepari, resident of Chak vil...
Art& Culture
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has sought comprehensive information about flood-affected educational institutions and students.Due to heavy rains and landslides, floods have occurred in several districts of Southwestern regions of the country including Chattogram, Bandarban...
Business & Commerce
After witnessing a downward trend in the three sessions, stocks on Thursday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained active on sector-wise issues.After witnessing volatility, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 34.02 points or 0.55 p...
Nagad, a leading mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, has come up with an offer of cashback with profit on monthly subscriptions that its customers will pay under the universal pension scheme through the MFS gateway.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the much-awaited "Universal P...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Universal Pension Scheme will ensure better and improved life of everyone by bringing country's people aged above 18 under its coverage."We have introduced the pension scheme so that every person of the country can lead a better life," she ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the much-talked-about Universal Pension Scheme to bring all the people of the country aged above 18 under the scheme.She initially opened the pension scheme - Pragati, Surokkha, Samata and Prabashi--- joining the inaugural programme virtually from...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged BNP to join the next general elections shunning its demand of restoring caretaker government system before the polls."Walk on a straight path. Come on the path of elections leaving the demand of caretaker government," he told ...
The government has given directives to all Bangladesh Missions abroad to take appropriate steps to counter propaganda against Bangladesh and the government ahead of the next national election."A committee comprising three ministries - Information, Law, and Foreign Affairs - is working on it,&qu...
National,Back Page
At the behest of Tarique Rahman, a number of high profile ministers from BNP-Jamaat led government funded and shielded the infamous militant outfit JMB that later found responsible for series bombings in 63 districts countrywide in 2005.The militant outfit also unleashed a killing spree against prog...
Health experts on Thursday focused on taking massive efforts to avert dengue epidemic as the mosquito-borne disease is taking alarmingly turn with recording significant number of dengue patients and deaths in the country this year. "All relevant organizations should take urgent initiative ...
City
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Ekushey Padak winning physicist Professor Dr Bikiran Prasad Barua, an internationally reputed Buddhist leader and secretary general of Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha. In a condolence message, the ...
Ensuring women and children rights can be the best way of establishing an equity-based society through eradicating violence and repression against them.Enhancing wide-ranging social awareness among the community people, especially the parents and teachers, is very important for prevention of child m...
Water levels at 55 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 52 stations recorded fall.Among the 109 monitored river stations, two have been registered steady and water laevel at one river station is flowing below the danger level, a bulletin issu...
Bangladesh's equity market deserves more attention from global investors as rising consumption and foreign investments boost the outlook for corporate earnings, according to HSBC Holdings Plc."Like India two decades ago or Vietnam a decade ago, it offers prospects for significant long-term ...
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