PABNA, Dec 24 (UNB): Two Awami League (AL) leaders were arrested on charge of damaging a dais created at a temple at Brishalikha under Bera Upazila in the district Saturday night.The police said the authorities of a local temple made...
All the corruption prevention committees, formed at the district and Upazila levels across the country as part of a move of the Anti-corruption Commission to carry out a campaign against the vice, are expected to begin works within the next...
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (BSS): Co-chairman of Bangladesh Caucus in the US Congress Joseph Crowley said he would try to introduce a bill in the congress to ensure the welfare of expatriate Bangladeshis living in the USA without proper document....
Ambassador of Vietnam in Bangladesh Nguen Van That called on Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office in the city Monday, reports BSS.The adviser expressed his happiness over the growth of trade by 15 per cent between...
JHALOKATI, Dec 24 (UNB): The government has allocated Tk 19.70 million for the agricultural rehabilitation in the district but farmers of some important sectors are likely to be deprived of the programme.Some 2,500 vegetable farmers and 10,178 hybrid boro cultivators...
Seven people, including three students of Ishwardi Degree College, were killed and 23 others injured in separate road mishaps Monday, reports UNB.The three college students were killed in Pabna when a microbus dashed their motorcycle at Dashurai Tetultala under Ishwardi...
JHALOKATI, Dec 24 (UNB): Three United Kingdom (UK)-based organisations have distributed meat of sacrificial animals among the Sidr-affected people.They slaughtered 24 cows and 40 goats for the Sidr-affected people on the premises of NS Aliya Madrasah in the town on...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Dec 24: Rail route in the west zone's Parbotipur-Chilahati section will be revitalised and modernised soon. Then, all inter city trains in the Parbotipur-Chilahati rail route will be able to ply at Chilahati end within a year or...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 24 (BSS): Harvesting of T-Aman paddy is nearing completion in all the seven upazilas of the district this year. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said 114,851 hectares had been brought under T-Aman cultivation with the production...
GAZIPUR, Dec 24 (UNB): Unidentified miscreants raided the office of Bhawal Paribahan on Dhaka-Kapashia highway at Kapashia Upazila Tuesday and looted over Tk 0.12 million in cash after killing its night guard.Local people said the miscreants broke open the lock...
SYLHET, Dec 24 (UNB): Two persons were killed in separate road mishaps at Bianibazar Upazila Wednesday.Local people said Abdul Khalek (40), of Boro Shaleswar village in the upazila was crushed under the wheels of a bus in front of Sheola...
Language veteran and poet Mahbub ul Alam Chowdhury was laid to rest at the city's Banani Graveyard Monday, reports UNB.His second Namaj-e-Janaza was held on the premises of Dhaka University Mosque after Zohr prayers Monday while the first at Uttara-3...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Monday expressed deep shock at the demise of Language Movement hero and renowned poet Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury, reports UNB. In a condolence message, the adviser said late Mahbub ul Alam's celebrated poem on Amar...
RANGPUR, Dec 24 (BSS): The wheat plants are growing well as the farmers are continuing cultivating the crop with huge enthusiasm everywhere in the country's northern region to achieve the fixed target for the first time in recent years this...
BAGERHAT, Dec 24 (UNB): Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has disbursed Tk 8.23 billion (823 crores) loans among the farmers to help recoup the crop losses caused by the cyclone Sidr.Managing Director of BKB M Fazlul Haque visited its five branches...
PABNA, Dec 24 (UNB): A suspected extremist was killed in a shootout between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) troops and his cohorts at Purbo Bonogram under Ataikula Upazila Thursday.The deceased was identified as Shahai (28), son of Abu Taleb Mullah of...
SYLHET, Dec 24 (UNB): Armed robbers looted cash and valuables worth Tk 4.0 million from an expatriate's house at Dighalbak village under Bianibazar Upazila Tuesday.Witnesses said a gang of bandits swooped on the house of US expatriate Borhanuddin Chowdhury and...
THAKURGAON, Dec 24 (UNB): A devastating fire broke out at a poultry firm at Pirganj Upazila of the district Friday.Local people said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in Kazi Grand Parent's poultry farm and damaged different machinery...
Fire guts 10 dwellings JHALAKATI, Dec 24: At least 10 houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Kalyankati housing project under Sadar Upazila Saturday. Local people said the blaze originated from the kitchen of a house and soon engulfed...
S M JahangirAn inordinate delay in the fixation of criteria for payment of official subsidy on diesel at the farmers' level might deal a blow to the irrigation activities in the current 'Boro' cultivation season, sources said.The government has just...
M Azizur RahmanThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) responded positively to the Bangladesh's work plan to set up the country's first nuclear power plant having a generation capacity between 700 megawatt (MW) and 1,000 MW at Rooppur in the northwestern...
FE ReportThe government is conducting a feasibility study on the establishment of a special economic zone in Sylhet, eying private capital for the set-up especially from the overseas Bangladeshi nationals. The study, being carried out by the Board of Investment...
The Christian community will celebrate Christmas Day in the country today (Tuesday) marking the birth of Jesus Christ, reports UNB.According to the beliefs of Christians, God entered the world of human through his son, Jesus Christ, on this day. Besides,...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) plans to complete the sale process of nearly 60 per cent shares of troubled Oriental Bank Limited by the end of February next, official sources said. Bidding document has already been sent to six...
Cultural affairs adviser Ayub Quadri has said he is considering resignation after the loss of two rare artifacts. In a press briefing Monday, Quadri said: "It's me who must take the responsibility as the head of the cultural affairs ministry...
FE ReportThe government has sought from the Indian authorities about the timeframe and price of 0.5 million tonnes (MT) of rice, which India will export to Bangladesh, sources said.They said the request was made at a meeting held between senior...
Michiyo Nakamoto, FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: The Japanese government has agreed to a sweeping reform package designed to revitalise the country's financial markets, including eliminating the firewalls that keep a strict division between banks and securities companies. The measures unveiled by...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Monday Bangladesh wants to join the Ganges-Mekong Cooperation Initiative, comprising India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Iftekhar said this when Vietnam Ambassador Nguen Van That met him at his office. The Foreign Adviser...
BTTB is thinking of allowing subscribers to pay bills in advance, the state-owned telecom operator's chief said Monday. It also plans to let the subscribers know their latest phone bills anytime, said DM Moudud Chowdhury, acting chairman of Bangladesh Telegraph...
As return Hajj flights started, 318 non-ballotee hajis returned home from Jeddah early Monday. Religious Affairs Secretary Mohammad Ataur Rahman received the hajis at Zia International Airport at 3:45 am. The Hajj office in city said the first flight of...
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