BARISHAL/JHENAIDAH, Aug 22 (bdnews24.com): A total of four people have died in two separate road accidents in two districts. Three were killed after a bus crashed into a three-wheeler in Barishal while a village doctor died when a truck rammed...
Eleven students were returning from an excursion at a waterfall at Mirsarai in Chottogram last month. The students died as the hired microbus carrying them got through an unmanned level crossing and was hit by a speeding train, reports UNB....
There has been a runaway price hike of essential commodities. The prices of rice, atta, eggs, broiler chicken, palm oil, and sugar increased excessively in the markets. Besides food items, transportation costs also jumped due to a hike in fuel...
Trees are the source of much-needed oxygen. Trees provide food for humans and improve air quality, preserve soil and conserve water. The benefits of trees are enormous and it hardly needsfurtherexplaining. However, there is a practice of destroying trees in...
Day by day, the number of dishonest people is growing in this country. It is a perception that is getting stronger among thepeople. And the perception is not baseless. Every day we witness dishonest activities around us. Our sufferings grow...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-08-23 00:00:00
The American news channel, CNN, on August 20 carried a report on the drying rivers of our dear planet, Earth. The report is heartbreaking. It shows how 'patches of riverbed (are) poking out above the water'. The ancient civilisation of...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2022-08-23 00:00:00
Primary fuel supply shortage is blamed for partial idling of electricity generation capacity in the country. On the contrary, idling of the installed power generation capacity has been inviting loadshedding in the country. The war in Ukraine has sparked international...
That trawlers with fishermen either sink or go missing in the Bay of Bengal is not quite uncommon. But hardly ever did so many trawlers in the recent past sink or go missing as they did in the turbulent sea...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2022-08-23 00:00:00
State-owned Teletalk would like to be the lead deployer of 5G gears to stimulate competition for upgrading the country's mobile technology infrastructure, according to the media report. But depleting foreign currency reserve has postponed 5G technology adoption in Bangladesh-as more...
HARTFORD, Conn. Aug 21 (AP): Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds like Maryland and Massachusetts when they have fielded moderate candidates who could appeal to voters in both parties. With Democrats facing headwinds this year, Republicans had hoped that...
Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, additional director general of health services and head of the National Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19, has been admitted to Singapore's National University Hospital in critical condition, reports bdnews24.com, reports bdnews24.com. She is currently on life...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
Police have allegedly set a condition for handing over the body of Sumon Sheikh, 25, to his family, Jannat Akhter, wife of Sumon, told the media on Sunday afternoon. He allegedly died in the Hatirjheel police station custody on Saturday.Jannat...
Tea-garden workers, who rejected the wage hike by Tk 25 to Tk 145 a day, staged demonstrations on Dhaka-Sylhet highway and Airport Road in Sylhet on Sunday demanding Tk 300 as their daily wage, reports UNB.They abstained from joining work...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
Speakers at a meeting on Sunday stressed the need for ensuring proper enforcement of safety provisions in international contracts signed on development projects in the city.They suggested holding regular meetings of project implementation agencies to strengthen monitoring and avert occupational...
Bangladesh may prefer to import Russian oil via a third country to avert possible risks of the business, reports UNB.According to official sources at the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, neighboring India might be such a preferred third...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui has been re-appointed chairman of Sonali Bank for next three years.Financial Institutions Department under the Ministry of Finance issued a notification to this effect on Sunday.Mr. Siddiqui first became the chairman of the country's largest state-owned commercial...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
The Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) spent more than its development allocation in the first 10 months of the last fiscal year (FY) ending on June 30 last, outperforming all the ministries.In the budget for FY 2021-22, the government had...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the August 21 grenade attack was carried out with direct patronage of the then BNP-Jammat government to kill her and wipe out the top leadership of her party Awami League 18 years ago,...
Stocks extend gains on positive sentimentThe stock market extended the winning streak for a fourth straight session on Sunday as buoyant investors renewed their appetite for sector-wise stocks anticipating positive momentum ahead. The market opened higher and the positive trend...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
The government has moved to strengthen the capacity of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, in a bid to ensure workplace safety in line with the national action plan on the labour sector. The move has come as...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
Inflationary pressure would continue hurting people in days ahead, too, finance experts say as they see no sign of an immediate respite from spiraling prices.At a discussion in Dhaka Sunday they blamed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war for triggering global energy...
Siddique Islam | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
At least 23 banks apply for limited authorized dealer (AD) licence only for cash dollar transactions, officials say, at a time when some minted millions from volatile forex market. More than 650 branches of banks are likely to be allowed...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
One goes to local cynosure Summit Group and another to US firm Excelerate Energy's share under deals sans tender as Bangladesh government decides to build two more LNG-import terminals on the bay. Sources say one of the floating liquefied natural...
Light to moderate rain/showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24-hour from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office.It may also...
A legal notice has been sent to Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen asking him to step down in 48 hours for violating the constitution through giving controversial statements, reports UNB. Supreme Court lawyer Md Ershad Hossain Rashed sent the legal...
One more person died of dengue, and 135 people were hospitalised with the viral infection in the 24 hours until Sunday morning as cases have continued to increase in Bangladesh, reports UNB.So far, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and173 new cases in the 24 hours until Sunday morning, reports UNB.While the country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,315, the new cases took its caseload to 2,009,970, according to the Directorate General of Health...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called for making the draft of amended Press Council Act public.The anti-graft watchdog has also called for taking opinions from the stakeholders concerned like media and media workers on the draft amendment to the law...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed visits the Border Road Project area in Chittagong Hill Tracts on Sunday — ISPR
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