Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Oct 4: Sugarcane cultivation is gaining popularity among the farmers of Rangpur district. According to sources of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) a total 7,400 hectares of lands have been brought under sugarcane cultivation in 4 Upazilas...
A CorrespondentJHENIDAH, Oct 4: Ten persons including cops were injured in a village clash at Goalpara Bazaar over establishing supremacy in the bazaar area under sadar Upazila Jhenidah Sunday.The Police opened 18 round bullets and fired one round of tear...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Oct 4 : Jute growers of the district are getting fair prices of their product this year.Official sources said, farmers cultivated jute on 4956 hectares of land and produced about 45267 bales.The farmers said that they are now...
RANGPUR, Oct 4 (BSS): Rangpur Divisional Photo Journalists Association (RDPJA) organised a human chain Sunday demanding arrests of the terrorists who attacked staff reporter of the Daily Jugantor Mahbub Rahman Habu here. In addition to photojournalists, a large number of...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ Oct 04: The World Habitat Day, 2010 was observed in a befitting manner at Gopalganj today. On the occasion a colourful rally paraded the main roads of the town.Public Works Department (PWD) Gopalganj division organized the rally."Better City,...
NATORE, Oct 4 (UNB): Two pedestrians were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Omritpara village on Lalpur-Bagha road in Lalpur Upazila Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Abdul Jalil (45) and Akher Ali (55) of the...
Another report from Rangpur adds: The tilling of the lands in all the eight upazilas of Rangpur district is being hampered due to acute shortage of cattle heads. Owing to exorbitant price, high rearing cost, price hike of fodder, abject...
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Oct 4: Sonali Bank, Kamdia branch was shifted to another new building of the area under Gobindaganj Upazila in the district Sunday amid much enthusiasm to the locals.Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, MP, formally inaugurated the building in the afternoon...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 4 (bdnews24.com): Agitating transport workers have withdrawn their indefinite strike, imposed on 16 northern districts from Monday morning, upon authorities' assurance that their demands will be met. The workers sat in a meeting with the Rajshahi divisional commissioner...
RU CorrespondentThe registration of the admission test of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) for the Bachelor of Science honours first year under the academic session 2010-11 will start on October 7 and continuing till October 25 through mobile...
51 wheel chairs distributed in BhairabWheel chair distributed programme was held at central hospital at Bhairab on October 4 at after noon among 51 disable persons.The wheel chair distributed progrmme was jointly organised by American Wheel Chair Foundation and SHS...
The Executive Commi-ttee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meets today (Tuesday) to consider eight development projectsincluding a Tk 17.21 billion project for power transmission lines, reports UNB.ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the 11th meeting...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday criticised the over enthusiastic attitude of parents and teachers for exerting mental and physical pressure on children, reports UNB. "You (parents and teachers) have to keep in mind that all children don't have same...
SANGSAD BHABAN, Oct 04 (BSS): Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Monday told the House that the government would gradually increase the number of community clinics to 18,000 and at present over 9,000 clinics are in operation across the country.In a...
President Zillur Rahman Monday urged all concerned to contribute unitedly to ensure rights of woman by upholding their dignity in their family, social and state life, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the National Girl Child Day,...
Applications are invited by the Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka from direct descendants of freedom fighters, who are pursuing undergraduate and higher secondary studies in Bangladesh, for award of annual scholarships by the Indian government for academic year 2010-2011,...
Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany's international broadcaster, is going to officially launch DW-Radio/Bengali on FM in Bangladesh from tomorrow (Wednesday), said a press release.The programme of DW-Radio/Bengali will be broadcast via Bangladesh Betar's FM network in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi...
Bangladesh is going to replace four army contingents and one air force contingent at United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO), said a press release.A total of 1,968 Army personnel of four contingents-31 BIR (BANBAT-9), 8 E Bengal (BANBAT-10), Ban Head...
FE ReportICB Securities Trading Company Limited, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has approved 200 percent stock dividend for the financial year 2009-2010 out of its net profit of Tk. 387.038 million earned during the period.The approval came...
FE ReportThe parliament Monday passed the Expatriate Welfare Bank Bill, 2010 to pave the way for helping potential migrants financially.The bank will provide easy-term loan to potential migrants, encourage expatriates to invest in Bangladesh, help the returnees in getting employments...
FE Report BSCCL Monday ruled out any possibility of traffic disruption in the country during the submarine cable repair, scheduled to start after Mid-October."The repair work will not cause any traffic disruption in Bangladesh, as we have taken necessary measures...
FE ReportThe government has taken initiatives to reopen the country's two closed state-owned jute mills within this month in a bid to boost the country's jute goods production, official sources said.People's Jute Mill, Khulna and Quaomi Jute Mill, Sirajganj are...
EXPORT of manpower has virtually become the backbone of the Bangladesh economy. Exports of the country remaining limited to a few products, specially readymade garments, has meant the over-reliance of the economy on manpower export, the single biggest source of...
Shamsul Huq ZahidThat roads and highways have become like deathtraps for pedestrians and passengers of all modes of road transportation does not require any elaboration. The media reports do testify to that fact everyday. But what is more worrying is...
Jahid HussainOver two dozen rivers in the south-western part of the country have already died from progressively reduced flow of the Padma in Bangladesh, according to recent reports appearing in a section of the media. This situation, the same reports...
Extension of time for tax return submissionThe people have applauded the Honorable Prime Minister and the Finance Minister for introducing a new method through opening of tax fair just to make the people aware of and feel encouraged about the...
Road accidents in Dhaka city The state of the Dhaka's traffic does not require elaboration since the commuters get their firsthand experience everyday, even on weekly holidays. The traffic department of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is seemingly clueless as...
It refers to the verdict of one of the Indian High Courts on the Babri Masjid title suit. The verdict will likely help maintain the status quo at the disputed site and, more important, help in maintaining peace. However, the...
Javed bin KamalA rickshaw-puller made an application for IPO (initial public offering) recently for a mutual fund. Many of us might be susprised at this new development of our capital market. However, this piece of news should not entirely be...
Ferdous RahmanThe country remains on high anthrax alert though there is no fresh infection either by cattle or human since September 18. Anthrax infection in the country was first identified at Shahjadpur in Sirajgonj on August 17. Then gradually it...
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