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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives on Thursday recommended the government taking stern action against the contractors of the rural development schemes who kept their work abeyance midway without any valid reason.The standing committee made...
As many as 12 dengue patients died and 2,959 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Thursday."During the period, 1,097 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,862 were admitted to different hospitals outside Dhaka," a press re...
National,Back Page
Commerce Minister TipuMunshi on Thursday said that there is no alternative to diversification of products and markets to maintain the export growth of the country. He also said that research and innovative suggestions related to potential products and the market would play an important role in ...
Bangladeshi UN official Lt Col (retd) AKM SufiulAnam has formally expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her role in rescuing him from the clutch of Yemen's branch of terrorist group Al-Qaeda, after eight months of his abduction.Sufiul along with his family members on Thursd...
Natore's Kachagolla has been recognized as the 17th Geographical Indication (GI) product of the country.Deputy Director of the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT) Mirza Golam Sarwar on Thursday confirmed that Bangladesh is now one and only owner of the product.On March 30, the N...
Awami League Presidium Member DrAbdurRazzaque on Thursday said Bangladesh's relations with India has reached a new height now as bilateral visits make the ties more strengthened."Now our relationship with India is very deep. The relationships have been further strengthened due to bilateral ...
City
Health experts at a seminar on Thursday laid emphasis on launching massive campaign to eliminate dengue disease as the mosquito-borne disease has taken an alarming turn in the country.Like other successful campaign to fight against the deadly disease, now time has come to set a target to eradicate d...
Art& Culture
Khulna University (KU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Mahmud Hasan has said a beautiful green campus will be formed through massive tree plantation as a part of building 'Smart Bangladesh' announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina."Tree plantation is important in decreasing carbon em...
Country, Districts
A court in Chattogram on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a youth for stabbing to death his roommate in 2017.Judge of the Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court Begum Serajam Munira handed down the verdict convicting Md Hossain,20, son of late Rafiqul Islam, hailed from Sandwip Upa...
Business & Commerce
Stock markets on Thursday finished the session of the week flat as the major indices of the both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges showed no significant rise amid lower activities of large-cap securities.The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 0.26 point up at 6,297.25. The bl...
South Korean company Giant BD Footwear Limited is going to invest US$ 9.39 million to set up a shoe and shoe accessories manufacturing industry in BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ).Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) today signed an agreement with the Korean company at BEPZA Complex in...
The Bangladesh Private Sector Working Committee (BPSWC) has taken a significant stride towards advancing Bangladesh's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by establishing five strategic working groups. The initiative aimed to catalyze the implementation of the country's sustainable deve...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved two separate proposals in principle for procuring LNG from two different companies for 15 years starting from 2026 to meet the energy demand of the country.The approvals came from the 17th meeting of the CCEA in this year held vi...
Prime Minister’s advisor on ICT affairs Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Wednesday lambasted BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for his utter falsehood on a recent arson attack in Dhaka carried out by BNP activists. Joy in a tweet mentioned about video footage on the arson attack carrie...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to continue keeping faith and confidence with Awami League (AL) in future, saying her party is only committed to providing the countrymen with an improved and beautiful life."The countrymen got independence casting votes for boat. Today, the l...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Education during a meeting was informed that the government is working on the nationalization of teachers of privately-run secondary schools.The committee held the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Sagufta Yasmin in the cha...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday announced 12 more districts and 123 upazilas homeless and landless free as she distributed 22,101 more houses with lands under her dream Ashrayan project, designed and being implemented by her to alleviate poverty."I am declaring 12 more districts and 1...
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Wednesday expressed his confidence that the vision and ideals of Bangabandhu will continue to guide and inspire the strong bonds of friendship between India and Bangladesh and their peoples for generations to come.In honouring the legacy of Bang...
As many as 12 dengue patients died and 2,844 were admitted to different hospitals in the country during the last 24 hours till 8 am Wednesday."During the period, 1,092 dengue patients were hospitalised in Dhaka city while 1,752 were admitted to different hospitals outside Dhaka," a press r...
Bangladesh and Britain have agreed to increase bilateral trade, business and investments for mutual benefits.The consensus came up from a meeting held between British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah at the latter's...
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