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49.04pc cost escalation, one-yr extension proposed

The cost of a project to improve Munshiganj's road connectivity with Dhaka and its surrounding areas has been increased by 49.04 per cent in the first revision proposal. The project involves widening 10.813km of roads and constructing 9.06km of elevated roads from Panchabati in Narayanganj to the Muktarpur Bridge on...

Govt to curtail bonds to cure securities market

Seemingly like borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, government authorities move to cut the number treasury bonds to help cure the bearish securities market, subject to bond-investors' responses, sources said.The interim government, which is pursuing a course of wide-scale reforms, prepares to cut the quantity of such bonds from the...

Chhatra Dal leader held over attack on businessman at New Market

Police arrested on Friday a Chhatra Dal leader for allegedly injuring a businessman during an attack at Elephant Road in the capital recently.The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Hossain alias Mithun (30).The followers of Mithun also tried to resist the police vehicle while carrying him (Mithun) to New Market Police...

Saudi firm interested to transform Matarbari into regional mega port

Davos (Switzerland), Jan 24 (UNB): Red Sea Gateway Terminal, a Saudi-owned company, on Friday expressed its interest to help transform the deep-sea port of Matarbari in Bangladesh into one of the largest ports in the region.The world-class terminal provider expressed its interest in managing the deep-sea port of Matarbari.Aamer A....

Earthquake jolts Dhaka, other parts of country -

A moderate earthquake jolted Dhaka and various parts of Bangladesh at 1:23am, creating panic among people, reports BSS.According to the seismic observatory and research centre of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the earthquake originated in Wazin, Manipur, India, and the epicentre was 489 km northeast from the BMD seismic centre. The...

Trump declassifies JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King Jr assassination files

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (AFP): US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declassifying files on the 1960s assassinations of president John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr."A lot of people have been waiting for this for years, for decades," Trump...

Boats are ferrying passengers in the Buriganga

Boats are ferrying passengers in the Buriganga amid dense fog as Dhaka shivers in another round of cold wave. The snap was shot on Friday morning. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

Cops nab eight 'muggers', wanted criminal in city

Police arrested eight alleged muggers and a wanted criminal during separate raids in the capital's Uttara and Paltan areas on Friday.A team of police from Uttara West Police Station arrested the eight identified as Md Nurul Amin (22), Sakib Hossain (21), Md Parvez Ahmed Jewel (38), Md Kabir Hossain (24),...

No religious link with 'Bhuya' slogan against Litton Das: Rumor Scanner

Fact-checking body Rumor Scanner in an investigation has revealed that 'Bhuya Bhuya' (fake) slogan against Litton Kumar Das in a BPL match wasn't connected to him being Hindu rather this slogan has been raised against many Muslim people, including cricketers, at various times in Bangladesh, reports BSS."In fact, this slogan...