Cops, others fail to bring discipline on roads: DMP chief
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Thursday admitted that the DMP and other authorities concerned have failed to ensure discipline on roads in the capital, reports UNB.Speaking at a view-exchange meeting, he also said the bus of Suprabhat Paribahan which killed a student of Bangladesh University of Professionals...
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Prime Minister unveiling MIDI Project's album
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiling the Moheshkhali-Matarbari Integrated Infrastructure Development Initiative (MIDI) Project's album at the Prime Minister's Office in the city on Thursday — BSS
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New Nagar Bhaban will be constructed in Chattogram
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 21: At long last the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is going to construct the new City Building (Nagar Bhaban) at a cost of Tk202 crore (2.02 billion) and 26 lakh (2.6 million).The decision was taken at the 44th general meeting (GM) of the CCC, held at its Abdus...
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icddr,b shares Rohingya emergency healthcare response
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 21 (UNB): icddr,b here on Thursday organised a dissemination seminar to share its emergency healthcare response and pre-emptive oral cholera vaccination measures among the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.icddr,b and UNICEF jointly conducted a field assessment in Cox's Bazar in September 2017, and identified the potential risks of...
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PM provides financial help to ten individuals
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina provided financial assistance of Tk 20.7 million (2.07 crore) on Thursday to 10 individuals to meet the expenses of their medical treatment and livelihood, reports UNB.The Prime Minister handed over the cheques for the financial assistance to them and their family members at her office.Those...
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Quader now doing well, to be moved to cabin next week: Physician
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader is now doing well after open heart surgery at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and expected to be shifted to a cabin next week, reports UNB.Quoting medical board members treating Quader, Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU),...
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Lalan Festival ends today
KUSHTIA, Mar 21 (UNB): The three-day Lalon festival, which began on Wednesday at Lalon Shah Shrine at Chheuria village, will end today (Friday).Every year, the Lalon Academy and Kushtia district administration jointly organise the festival in memory of legendry mystic bard Baul king Lalon Shah.The festival is featuring Lalon Mela,...
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Bangladesh University of Professionals arranged a doa mahfil
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) arranged a doa mahfil on the campus in the city on Thursday for Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a student of the university who died in a road crash in front of the Bashundhara Residential Area gate on Tuesday morning
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'Drug trader' dies in Cumilla 'gunfight'
CUMILLA, Mar 21 (UNB): A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Dhanpur in Sadar Dakkhin upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Jamal Haq alias Jambu Mia, son of Hares Mia of Joynagar village in the upazila.Being tipped off that a group of 'drug...
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WEATHER-22-3-2019
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolate places in the next 24 hours until 06:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB.Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over...
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