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Govt eyes Tk 3.95b project despite financial concerns

The government has taken up a Tk 3.95 billion project to improve river links with Bhasanchar in Noakhali, where thousands of Rohingya refugees live, despite concerns over its financial viability.The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has placed a proposal to establish better riverine links between Bhasanchar and the mainland,...

Foundation stone of Abu Sayeed Gate, Museum, Monument laid at BRUR

The foundation stones of Shaheed Abu Sayeed Gate and Museum and Shaheed Abu Sayeed Memorial Monument were laid at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) on Wednesday, report agencies. Two advisers of the interim government, along with Abu Sayeed's father Md Mokbul Hossain, inaugurated these installations to immortalize Abu Sayeed, who...

Political reason not behind Sohag murder: DMP

Scrap trader Md Sohag was murdered due to a long-running 'business rivalry' and not because of any political reasons, a DMP high official said on Wednesday."Sohag had been involved in dealing with stolen aluminium wires of the Palli Bidyut network and selling them to factories that produce aluminium utensils for...

Grant Grade-10 of pay scale to all primary school headmasters

A legal notice has been served on five ministries asking them to grant Grade-10 of the National Pay Scale to all the headmasters of the government primary schools across the country complying with an apex court judgement. Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah, a Supreme Court lawyer, sent the notice on Wednesday...

33 bank A/Cs of Munni Saha, family frozen

A special court in Dhaka on Wednesday ordered the agencies concerned of the government to freeze 33 bank accounts, holding Tk 181.6 million, owned by journalist Munni Saha and her family members in connection with graft allegations against them.The other family members are--- Munni Saha's husband Md Kabir Hossain, her...

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Director General Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud watering a sapling

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Director General Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud watering a sapling, marking the inauguration of its Tree Plantation Campaign 2025, at the Ansar-VDP Academy in Gazipur on Wednesday.

EWU hosts lecture on evolving landscape of literary translation

Dr. Niaz Zaman, key speaker of a commemorative lecture -- organised by East West University (EWU) on Wednesday -- discussed the evolving landscape of literary translation.Her lecture for the '7th Nahreen Khan Memorial Lecture' was titled 'Literary Translation and Translators: Bangladesh and Beyond', according to a press statement.The lecture by...

Dengue claims two more lives -----

Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 60 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 321 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, raising the total infected-case to 15, 906 this year, according...

Bangladesh Maritime University holds July Uprising Revival

The Bangladesh Maritime University (BMU) organised 'The July Mass Uprising Revival Programme 2025, July Commemoration' at its temporary campus in the capital on Tuesday, the first day of its two-day programme. BMU Vice-Chancellor Rear Admiral Dr. Khandakar Akhter Hossain was present at the event as the chief guest. In his...

Weather (2025-07-17)

Light to moderate rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday). Day and night temperature may rise by (1-2)°C . The highest temperature on Wednesday was recorded...