A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Cumilla and Shariatpur districts on Tuesday, reports agencies. In Cumilla, four people were killed and three were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chandina upazila...
A greater racket-tailed drongo bird perches on the branch of a Mandar tree to drink honey from a flower at Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari district — bdnews24.com
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 12: The Burimari Express was inaugurated on Tuesday on the Lalmonirhat to Dhaka route. It was a long-awaited demand from the people of Lalmonirhat and its nearby districts.The dream of nearly two million (20 lakh) people has now...
IU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Kushtia, Mar 12: Eight important departments in Islamic University (IU) are being run by acting officials.In-charge means continuing the interim period without suspending the proceedings. But at IU, these positions are being managed by acting officers without appointing...
Hasneen Jahan | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
As Bangladesh grapples with the ongoing inflation and the consequent escalation in prices of essential goods, it's imperative to acknowledge and tackle the significant food wastage that intensifies this crisis. Despite being one of the most fertile countries globally, Bangladesh...
Tribal people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) face significant hardships in accessing healthcare services due to a lack of quality hospitals tailored to the needs of the tribal population. The existing hospitals and upazila health complexes are plagued by...
From what is known so far about the fire at Green Cozy Cottage on Bailey Road in the capital, it cannot be viewed as an accident out of the blue. The building was already at risk of fire, with the...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
Prime time TV news now shows mobile courts under some magistrates are carrying on raids in wholesale markets like Khatunganj where traders are found guilty of gross violation of the rules of business set by the national board of revenue...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-03-13 00:00:00
This is indeed a cause for concern that foreign funding is likely to be scarce for non-green projects from the middle of this year. Reports quoting sources including key multinational financiers confirm the changed landscape in project funding in keeping...
Of the export sectors that did not perform well in the previous fiscal (FY2022-23), 'leather and leather goods' was one. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data say that in FY23, this sector earned US$1.25 billion from exports which was 2.0...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-03-12 12:00:00
Since the economic meltdown in Sri Lanka in early 2023 quite a few Cassandras in the profession of the ‘dismal science’ had been predicting that soon Bangladesh will go Sri Lanka’s way and that the collapse of Bangladesh economy was...
LALMONIRHAT, Mar 11 (UNB): Police recovered the body of Swechchhasebak Dal leader from Nijpara in Sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Ferdous Ahmed, 40, president of Khuniagach union unit Swechchhasebak Dal and son of Nurul...
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have expelled 7 students including the main accused, Chhatra League leader Mostafizur Rahman, in connection with gang raping a woman after holding her husband captive on the campus last month, reports UNB.The decision was taken on...
State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has stated that the government is committed to bringing high-speed broadband internet to every home, reports UNB.He said, "The Digital Bangladesh initiative has already connected high-speed broadband internet to...
If BNP continues their movement during the holy month of Ramadan instead of restraining themselves, they will become more isolated from the people, Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Monday, reports...
BNP leader Mirza Abbas on Monday said a minister's suggestion to break the fast with plum during Ramadan is mockery about people's religious belief, reports UNB.Like the people's voting right, now they are making mockery about the people religious beliefs,...
A large number of people, including senior leaders of Bangladesh Awami League, participate in the namaz-e janaza of Prime Minister's Press Secretary, eminent journalist, and 1971 war veteran Ihsanul Karim Helal on the Jatiya Press Club premises in the on...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Monday was recorded at 32.5 degrees...
Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as 'unhealthy' on Monday morning, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 176 at 9:01 am, Dhaka ranked 5th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.Pakistan's Lahore, India's...
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury has emphasised the prompt resolution of grievances by departments and organisations under the purview of the Ministry lodged by the common people, reports UNB. He stressed the need for expeditious...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
Praising Bangladesh's situation in gender equality, Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori expressed his country's interest in working together to establish gender-balanced societies in the two countries."Japan is far behind Bangladesh's track record. This is the area we can learn...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
Speakers at a knowledge-sharing session underlined the need for drawing up a long-term action plan to step up adolescent girls' nutrition development and for bringing them to the mainstream development through eliminating gender disparities.They also called upon the Directorate of...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
Fifty-one-year-old Hafez Rabiul Alam experienced a severe chest pain last December which had him go through an angiogram, a scan that shows blood flow through arteries or veins.Alam, a resident of northern Domar Upazila of Nilphamari district, was immediately taken...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
Speakers at a roundtable on Monday stressed the need for timely early warning of disasters, introducing auto shutdown system for gas and electricity, and exchanging of mobile network sharing during crisis period for proper management and to minimise possible losses...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder stated on Monday that approximately 200 mobile financial services (MFS) accounts are being closed each day due to their connection to Hundi, reports UNB.The central bank is rigorously monitoring trade transactions through LC...
COX'S BAZAR, March 11 (UNB): Amid a conflict between the Myanmar military and the armed rebel group in Myanmar's Rakhine, 29 members of Border Guard Police (BGP) took shelter again in Bangladesh on Monday, said BGB.A total of 29 BGP...
NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters): India announced rules on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that critics call anti-Muslim, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government.The Citizenship Amendment Act grants...
Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born winner of the best actor award, as Oppenheimer swept the Oscars, report agencies.The film dominated proceedings, winning best picture, best director for Christopher Nolan, and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.Murphy was...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
As much as 42,000 metric tonnes of diesel worth about $34 million has been exported to Bangladesh in the last one year since the inauguration of the friendship pipeline in 2023.Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma provided the information while inaugurating...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-12 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld a High Court order to keep primary and secondary schools closed during Ramadan.Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, passed the order following...
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