Despite the government's move to add 500 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) to the national gas network, the severe gas crisis that the city dwellers has been experiencing in many areas is likely to continue due to weak distribution network, officials said, reports UNB.The government has planned...
Read moreShipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Wednesday said the government will take necessary measures to ensure safety of waterway passengers during Eid-ul-Fitr.Law-enforcement agencies have been given directives to make sure the safe journey of launch, trawler and steamer passengers, he added."We'll do everything to ensure safety of passengers heading homeward during...
Read morePrime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina directed on Wednesday the officials concerned to take steps to properly provide stipends and other assistance among poor and meritorious students under the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust Fund, reports UNB.The directive came at the 5th meeting of the Trust Fund held with the PM...
Read moreEight people, including three of a family, were killed in two road accidents in Gopalganj and Bogura districts on Wednesday, reports UNBIn Gopalganj: three people, all members of the same family, were killed and two others injured when a truck collided with a human hauler on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Majhigati...
Read moreBRAHMANBARIA, May 23 (UNB): A young man was severely injured as he allegedly jumped off the roof of Sadar Police Station in a bid to escape the police torture on Monday evening.The injured was identified as Md Rasel Mia (21), son of Alkas Mia of Shantibagh area in municipality of...
Read moreFifty seven members of six forest robber gangs surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal along with their arms and ammunition at Labonchora in the district town on Wednesday, reports UNB.While surrendering at the RAB-6 office, the members of Dada Bhai Bahini, Hannan bahini, Amir Ali Bahini, Surjo Bahini and...
Read moreDetectives have arrested six alleged members of a 'carjacking' gang along with stolen vehicles from the capital and elsewhere, reports UNB.During drives conducted on Tuesday, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police also recovered 11 stolen motorcycles, two CNG-run auto-rickshaws, five police uniforms, one pair of handcuffs and 20...
Read moreJournalist Kamal Uddin (M Kamal), senior editorial assistant of Bangla Daily Kaler Kantha, died at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 62, reports UNB.The prominent journalist and permanent member of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) breathed his last at 6:15 am at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. M Kamal was...
Read moreRain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at many places over Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Sylhet, Dhaka, Rangpur and Rajshahi with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.Day and...
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