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RHD to conduct safety audit on two national highways

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken a move for the first time to conduct road safety audit on its already developed two national highways under its road safety project aiming to avert road accidents.Officials said as a pilot initiative, road safety audit on the 70 kilometre Tongi -Elenga...

Thousands of holidaymakers and families flocked to the Bangladesh National Zoo

Thousands of holidaymakers and families flocked to the Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Sunday making it one of the top recreational destinations during the Eid-ul-Azha festivities. — Focus Bangla Photo

Eid home-goers' return trips begin

Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers started returning to capital Dhaka on Sunday after celebrating the festival with their near and dear ones at their ancestral homes.All the government and private offices will reopen today (Monday) after the end of the seven-day Eid holiday.So a significant number of people, especially the working-class ones and...

Six BD peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously with UN medals

Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag in Abyei will be posthumously honoured with the prestigious 'Dag Hammarskjöld Medal' at the United Nations Headquarters on June 5, reports BSS.The medals will be awarded by UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a ceremony marking the International...

Two more suspected measles deaths reported in 24 hrs

Two more children died of measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until 8:00am on Sunday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected measles fatalities to 585 since mid-March.Of the total deaths, 90 were medically confirmed measles cases, according to the data of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).The...

Muslim devotees gathered at one of the five Eid-ul-Azha congregations

Muslim devotees gathered at one of the five Eid-ul-Azha congregations at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital on Thursday. — Focus Bangla Photo

Shama receives body of migrant killed in Iraq missile strike

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Friday received the body of a Bangladeshi migrant worker killed in a missile attack in Iraq and handed over financial assistance to the bereaved family, reports BSS.The body of Mohammad Shrabon, a Bangladeshi expatriate worker who was killed in a missile...

3-month ban slapped on visitors' entry into Sundarbans

KHULNA, May 31 (BSS): The government has imposed a three-month ban on all entry into the Sundarbans from June 1 to August 31 to protect the breeding season of wildlife, fisheries resources and biodiversity in the world's largest mangrove forest.During the period, fishermen, wood and honey collectors and tourists as...

Tk 640m toll collected from Padma, Jamuna bridges in 10 days

Bangladesh Bridge Authority has collected Taka nearly 640 million as toll from the vehicles crossed the Padma and the Jamuna bridges during the last 10-days from May 21, reports BSS.During the period, 318,515 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge generating Taka 361,195,900 as toll revenue while 361,482 vehicles crossed the Jamuna...

Two-day US immigrant visa processing begins today

The US Embassy in Dhaka has announced a faster visa processing system for immigrant visa applicants, introducing a two-day processing period from June 1, reports UNB.The announcement was made by the Embassy on Sunday. The new measure will be applicable for all immigrant visa categories."Effective June 1, the US Embassy...