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Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Sonatola, Sarikandi Upshi cultivators passing busy time

Our Correspondent 2018-09-13 20:39:03

BOGURA, Sep 12: Growers across Sonatola and Sarikandi upazilas of the district are now busy in harvesting and processing the newly-harvested Upshi Aus paddy. Cultivators are also happy as they are ge...

All unions to come under high-speed internet connectivity by 2019                                                                                                            

All unions to come under high-speed internet connectivity by 2019                                                                                                            

-- 2018-09-13 19:44:54

All unions of Bangladesh will be brought under high-speed internet connectivity by 2019 through fiber optic cable lines. Posts, Telecommunications and IT Minister Mustafa Jabbar said this on Thursday...

Dr Kamal questions legitimacy of ‘illogical’ court inside prison

Dr Kamal questions legitimacy of ‘illogical’ court inside prison

-- 2018-09-13 18:43:23

Gano Forum President and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said setting up any court inside a prison is illogical. He came up with the remark during a views-exchange meeting with members of...

Marine resources might be a game changer for BD: Amu  

Marine resources might be a game changer for BD: Amu  

-- 2018-09-13 18:10:57

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Thursday said Bangladesh can be one of the richest countries in the world if its marine resources can properly be tapped. Addressing a function marking the dis...

Experts stress ecosystem-based adaptation to address climate change impacts

Experts stress ecosystem-based adaptation to address climate change impacts

-- 2018-09-13 18:04:10

Climate experts on Thursday urged the government and policymakers to integrate ecosystem-based approach to adaptation (EbA) in national climate-related policies to address adverse impact of climate ch...

Villagers hack thief to death in Noakhali

Villagers hack thief to death in Noakhali

-- 2018-09-13 17:08:30

A man has been hacked to death in Noakhali’s Begumganj Upazila after allegations that he had stolen from a fish farm. The incident occurred in Amanatpur village on Wednesday night, said Begumga...

Man to die for killing minor girl after rape in Tangail

Man to die for killing minor girl after rape in Tangail

-- 2018-09-13 16:37:05

A tribunal in Tangail on Thursday sentenced a young man to death for killing a minor girl after rape in Madhupur upazila in 2014. The condemned convicted is Kamrul Islam, 24, son of Saban Ali, a resi...

Serve people with dedication: PM to BSMMU doctors

Serve people with dedication: PM to BSMMU doctors

-- 2018-09-13 14:24:48

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all the doctors and staff of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to serve people with dedication. "I would like to request all the teachers, doc...

CTTC team arrests Bangabandhu killer Rashid’s son-in-law

CTTC team arrests Bangabandhu killer Rashid’s son-in-law

-- 2018-09-13 13:57:43

Members of the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police have arrested the son-in-law of Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, executed killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from D...

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

Truck rams microbus, kills man in Panchagarh

-- 2018-09-13 13:44:21

A freedom fighter was killed and four others injured when a truck rammed a microbus on Panchagarh-Debiganj highway at Boda Bypass in Boda upazila of Panchagarh on Thursday. The deceased was identifie...

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

Electrocution kills mother, son in Gazipur

-- 2018-09-13 12:27:26

A woman and her son were electrocuted in Kewa-Bakultala area under Sripur upazila of Gazipur district Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Salina Akhter, 35, wife of Anwar Hossain, a res...

China plans train to Kolkata via BD, Myanmar

China plans train to Kolkata via BD, Myanmar

-- 2018-09-13 12:04:49

Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu has said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh, reports NDTV. A high-speed...

CPA hands over cheque to DC for land acquisition

CPA hands over cheque to DC for land acquisition

Our Correspondent 2018-09-13 10:14:46

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has handed over a cheque for Tk 3.5262 billion to the district administration for acquiring land for the construction of Bay Terminal along Halishahar coast. Chair...

Titas snaps several illegal gas connections last month

Titas snaps several illegal gas connections last month

FE Report 2018-09-13 10:12:02

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd last month cut off gas connections of a number of industrial and commercial units on charge of illegal use of the distribution system and non-paymen...

ADB for faster project execution

ADB for faster project execution

FE Report 2018-09-13 10:09:41

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested accelerating the implementation process of its assisted projects through early identification and quick resolution of execution issues. The suggestion...

Dhaka’s transport system below standard with poor accessibility: Study

Dhaka’s transport system below standard with poor accessibility: Study

FE Report 2018-09-13 09:20:09

The transportation system in the capital city is below the standard with poor state of accessibility as well as quality and reliability on public transports, according to a study. Overall score of Dh...

An exceptional endeavour of Tarana

An exceptional endeavour of Tarana

-- 2018-09-12 21:29:45

Commuting in this mega city is a big trouble and there is no one to care about it. But State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has decided to go to office and return home by taking public transpor...

Thai guava farming inspires  hundreds of unemployed  youths in Naogaon

Thai guava farming inspires hundreds of unemployed youths in Naogaon

Roving Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:26:25

NAOGAON, Sept 12: Thai guava farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of unemployed youths in the district. Sources said high profit has been inspiring the farmers to expand the production...

'2,30,658 loan defaulters in BD'

'2,30,658 loan defaulters in BD'

-- 2018-09-12 21:26:14

There are 2,30,658 loan defaulters in the country and the amount of the classified loan is around Tk 1.32 trillion in the banks and financial institutions. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith gav...

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Ginger production expanding in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-09-12 21:24:52

BOGURA, Sept 12: Ginger cultivation is expanding in the district due to repeated bumper production and fair market prices. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said, "We hav...

30,000 shotguns for Ansar, VDP

30,000 shotguns for Ansar, VDP

-- 2018-09-12 21:00:47

The government is buying 30,000 shotguns of 12-bore for the members of Ansar and VDP at a cost of over Tk 1.47 billion. The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase cleared the proposal to buy the we...

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

Female ‘drug peddler’ found dead in Korotoa River

-- 2018-09-12 20:54:02

Police recovered the body of a 'listed female drug trader' from the Korotoa River near Matidali area in Bogura town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rani Begum, 35, wife of Mukhter Hossai...

People not aware yet about road safety: PM

People not aware yet about road safety: PM

-- 2018-09-12 20:47:02

Expressing her regrets, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said awareness is yet to be created among people about road safety even after the recent student movement over the issue. "There had been such...

Commission to identify other masterminds of Bangabandhu murder: PM

Commission to identify other masterminds of Bangabandhu murder: PM

-- 2018-09-12 20:01:26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government is actively considering the formation of a commission to identify other conspirators behind the killing of Father of the N...

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

Lightning strikes leave two dead in Sunamganj

-- 2018-09-12 19:10:27

At least two people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Sunamganj on Wednesday. Hridoy Das, 14, son of Lulu Das of Joynagar village in Chhatak upazila, died on the spot after being...

Automated shipping management system launched

Automated shipping management system launched

-- 2018-09-12 18:14:16

Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Wednesday launched a software for Inland Ship Management System (SISMS) as part of government’s effort to modernise Department of Shipping. According to the...

Mobile Court fines 36 vehicles at Kakrail

Mobile Court fines 36 vehicles at Kakrail

-- 2018-09-12 17:43:54

A mobile court on Wednesday fined 36 buses, mini-buses and other vehicles during a drive at Kakrail in the city. Executive Magistrate Md Abdur Rahim Sujon, who conducted the mobile court in the morni...

Quota reform movement leaders demand gazette

Quota reform movement leaders demand gazette

-- 2018-09-12 17:25:10

The Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council has brought out a rally on the Dhaka University campus demanding immediate publication of a gazette notification on reformation of quota syste...

‘Social media rumour detection cell this month’

‘Social media rumour detection cell this month’

-- 2018-09-12 17:19:51

State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has said the government has taken an initiative to set up a monitoring cell to detect rumours in different social media sites. “The rumours will be i...

Zia Charitable graft case: Khaleda skips court appearance

Zia Charitable graft case: Khaleda skips court appearance

-- 2018-09-12 17:08:00

BNP chief Khaleda Zia did not appear before court in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case on Wednesday slowing the day’s proceedings. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman who presided over the case asked if t...