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Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance on irregularities in recruitment examinations, expelling 13 candidates and handing several over to police for adopting unfair means during a written test held in Dhaka on Friday.The written examination for the post of Cargo Helper (C...
National,Business & Commerce,Politics
A coordination meeting for development of civil aviation and tourism sector was held in Dhaka on Sunday with Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Nasrin Jahan in the chair. The meeting elaborately discussed issues relating to improvement of passenger services and other strategies for developmen...
National,Politics
The government on Sunday withdrawn Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) Md Mokhlesh-Ur-Rahman.He has been transferred to the Planning Commission as its member, a notification issued from by the MoPA said.Mokhlesh-Ur-Rahman is an officer of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) 8...
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BSS, Rangpur: The re-excavation of 36.9-km of four extinct canals has made 15,000 hectares of waterlogged land in Pirgachha upazila of the Rangpur district cultivable, enabling 11,200 farmers to produce an additional 1,09,500 tonnes of paddy worth Taka 328.50 crore annually. The blessed farmer...
Experts at a roundtable on Saturday underscored the need to strengthen the law to build a tobacco-free generation.They said that, to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), prevent massive loss of lives, and create a tobacco-free generation, there is no alternative to strengthening tobacco con...
Business & Commerce
The wages of the workers of the NASSA Group will be paid by selling the properties of NASSA Group Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder. A process has already been initiated to sign a draft power of attorney for selling the assets, according to NASSA Group authorities. This will make it easier to...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Saturday launched three separate enforcement drives and found irregularities in construction of a bridge, a school building and rendering of heathcare services.The ACC teams during their drives visited the spots, verified related deed and documents and found ...
The National Consensus Commission on Saturday held another meeting with experts to discuss the methods and approaches for implementing the July National Charter 2025.The discussion took place in the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad this morning, according to a press release issued by the commission tod...
National,Business & Commerce
Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain on Saturday said that the government is formulating a National Port Strategy to chart out the long-term growth of the country's land, river, and seaports. The Shipping Adviser made this remark while speaking ...
Mahalaya, an auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, will be celebrated today through different rituals by Hindu community members across the country.Mahalaya marks the ending of Pitru Paksha (the dark fortnight dedicated to ancestors) and beginning of Devi Paksha (the di...
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Saturday said the Awami League's tyrannical rule has completely hollowed out the country's economy over the past 15 years."Recently, a highly renowned, world-famous newspaper in the UK published a report stating that 234 billion US d...
National,Politics,Country, Districts
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said his party rebirths time and again like a phoenix bird defeating all conspirators as he addressed inaugural session of the Kishoreganj district BNP's triennial council."BNP is like a phoenix bir...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has announced plans to operate four pairs of special trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Cox's Bazar routes during the upcoming Durga Puja holidays. The decision aims to accommodate the increased number of passengers during the festive season. Among the special ...
National,Country, Districts
Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said the anti-July Uprising forces will never come to power again."They who are against of the July Uprising will never come to power again. If you have anything like this in mind, shake it off," he said.He was ...
Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Ghani has arrived in Pakistan on a nine-day official visit aiming to strengthen bilateral relations.He reached Islamabad International Airport in Pakistan by a Thai Airways flight on Wednesday, a handout said on Thursday.Upon his arrival, Spec...
National,Travel & Tourism
A total of 176 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Thursday under a voluntary repatriation programme facilitated by the government of Bangladesh and supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).They were flown to Dhaka in the morning on a special flight operated by B...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a virtual meeting with Finland's Ambassador for Human Rights Katja Pehrman on Wednesday.The meeting focused on key issues including democracy, human rights, rule of law in Bangladesh, and the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to a Facebook po...
National,Healthcare,City,Feature
Every dawn of Dhaka is unlike the other parts of the day as its tranquility and serenity enthralls the city dwellers with the sun just peeping on the sky. The ancient city, usually suffered by heavy traffic jams, honking and dust throughout the day, appears in a different form in the dawn as th...
The United States and Bangladesh have further advanced their defense and humanitarian partnership through Exercise Pacific Angel 25, a seven-day multilateral programme focusing on humanitarian assistance and disaster response.US Embassy Charg‚ d'Affaires Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson join...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said proportional representation (PR) system in polls is being used to muddle up democracy of the country. He said, "Attempts are being made to distort democracy by bringing the PR system to the forefront and it's a ma...
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