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Transport and power sectors may get the highest allocation in the Annual Development Programme as the government has estimated Tk 2 lakh 65 thousand crore for the next fiscal year to run development activities.Of the estimated cost, Tk 1 lakh 65 thousand crore will be spent from internal resources w...
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has directed Hajj agencies to put flight data in Saudi’s e-Hajj portal on time.At the same time, the agencies have been warned not to take Qurbani money from the pilgrims, reads a press release signed by Abu Bakar Siddique, the public relations officer of the ...
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Bangladeshi flagged ship ‘MV Abdullah’ finally entered the country's territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning two months after it was hijacked by Somali pirates.Meherul Karim, chief executive officer (CEO) of SR Shipping Limited, the owning company of the Bangladeshi...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said that the proposed comprehensive road law will be passed in the parliament soon to prevent causalities caused by road accidents across the country. He said this while addressing the 10th General Assembly of Nirapad Sarak Chai (NISCHA) at Shil...
System analyst of Bangladesh Technical Education Board AKM Shamsuzzaman who was arrested on March 31 on charge of selling fake certificates has admitted to bribing some journalists and ACC officials.DB chief Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid again made the claim while talking to a group of journalists at his...
The government is considering inclusion of general knowledge about land in textbooks of school level so that students can have basic knowledge of land-related matters.There was a proposal from various conscientious quarters and guardians to introduce students to the basic issues of land management a...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is going to hold its first rally in the capital today after six months with an aim to rejuvenate the party’s organisational activities that have been stalled after its attempt to foil the last general election failed.The BNP, which boycotted the 12th parl...
The ruling Awami League has heaved a sigh of relief after the completion of the first phase of the Upazila Parishad polls without major violence. Many, including the intelligence agencies, feared that acts of violence, including killing, might take place during the first phase of the UZ polls.&...
The Detective Branch on Thursday claimed that chairman of Child and Old Age Care, Milton Samadder confessed to abusing patients after taking drugs.Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) chief Additional Commissioner Harun or Rashid disclosed it while talking to a group of journalists at his...
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Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested two people including a staff member of the Election Commission in connection with NID card and COVID-19 vaccine card forgery.They allegedly embezzled huge amounts of money by secretly trading confidential information of NID, birth registratio...
The first phase of Upazila Parishad polls ended on Wednesday amid sporadic clashes in various districts, including Madaripur, Munshiganj, Sunamganj, Bogura, Cumilla, Chapainawabganj and Noakhali, leaving at least 50 people injured.Untoward incidents like gunshots, violent clashes, suspension of voti...
Elections to 139 Upazila parishads begins today amid participation of a large number of expelled leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.Despite the stern stance, the BNP, which boycotts elections under the Awami League-led government, has failed to stop its leaders of different tiers from parti...
Turkish Navy ship 'TCG Kinaliada' on Tuesday arrived in Bangladesh for a three-day goodwill visit, said ISPR.The naval ship arrived at Chittagong Port on Tuesday. Commander of Chittagong Naval Region Chief Staff Officer Captain M Asaduzzaman welcomed the ship. A well-equippe...
A good number of grassroots leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are still participating in the Upazila Parishad polls, thumbing their nose at the party’s top brass.The BNP has already expelled the aspirants for ignoring the party decision, but its action fails to stop them from c...
Resentment is brewing up among the grassroots leaders of the ruling Awami League centring the Upazila Parishad polls, resulting in violent activities in a number of upazilas.Such a situation is prevailing in most of the upazilas as the offspring and kin of the lawmakers, ministers and influential le...
The ruling Awami League seems to have taken a U-turn regarding action against the kin of its lawmakers and ministers of the government for keeping their kin in the upazila Parishad polls defying party directives.Leaders of the grassroots have expressed mixed reaction as the party has not taken any s...
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways (NCPSRR), a voluntary organization working in the communication sector on Tuesday urged the government to cancel the decision of increasing prices of railway ticket immediately.Md Shahid Mia, the convener of NCPSRR, and Ashis...
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Alamgir Hossain, Head of News of The Daily Shomoyer Alo, and Ahamed Ullah, Senior Reporter of The Bangladesh Post, have been elected as the new President and General Secretary, respectively, of the executive committee of the Defence Journalist Association of Bangladesh (DJAB) for the next two years ...
Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda has directed land officers to identify areas for increasing revenue collection in the land sector.He said this while addressing a workshop on 'Implementation of Corruption-free Smart Land Management' organized by the Land Reform Board at the conference ro...
The ruling Bangladesh Awami League may take organisational action against its lawmakers and ministers for keeping their relatives in the upcoming Upazila Parishad poll race in violation of the party discipline At least two dozens of kin of the Awami League lawmakers and ministers are contesting...
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