-- 2018-09-11 12:35:16
More than 10,000 people of 23 villages in the char areas of Teesta and Dharala rivers in Lalmonirhat district have been trapped in flood water following onrush of water from upstream hilly areas. The...
-- 2018-09-11 12:09:07
A Dhaka court on Tuesday turned down a bail appeal filed by renowned photographer and activist Shahidul Alam who was arrested in a case under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. J...
-- 2018-09-11 11:50:31
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and a man from Nagarghata and Jhorghachha villages of Tala upazila in Satkhira on Monday. The deceased were identified as Mamtaz Begum, 55, and Gopal Gosh. Quo...
Pankaj Dastider 2018-09-11 10:19:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has handed over two newly constructed cargo-lightering jetties to two private industrial groups. Through a open tendering method, two major business houses-KSRM Gr...
Our Correspondent 2018-09-11 10:17:01
The consumers in the Chattogram region get 300mmcfd of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Monday. Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd (KGDCL) is supplying gas to local industries, gas-based power p...
SM Najmus Sakib 2018-09-11 09:54:27
Commuters continued to suffer for the acute shortage of public transport during the ongoing campaign against delinquent city bus service operators. People were seen Monday waiting at different places...
-- 2018-09-10 20:50:02
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's development goals of transforming Bangladesh into a middle income country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041....
-- 2018-09-10 20:37:15
Bangladesh Navy (BN) rescued nine fishermen of a fishing trawler that sank near to Mongla fairway in the Bay of Bengal today (Monday) morning after colliding with a commercial vessel. Swadhin-3, with...
Our Correspondent 2018-09-10 20:31:26
TANGAIL, Sept 10: Lemon growers in the district have been making a good profit for the last couple of years. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources said lemon farming is popu...
Roving Correspondent 2018-09-10 20:30:39
NAOGAON, Sept 10: Classes as well as exams at Lalpara Government Primary School in Manairi union under Atrai upazila are going on under the open sky due to bad shape of the school building. Regular a...
-- 2018-09-10 19:54:20
The country’s food grain stock reached 1.6 million tonnes at present. Food Minister Mohammad Qamrul Islam made the disclosure on Monday. ”The food grain stock in the country till Septe...
-- 2018-09-10 18:13:25
India has started supplying an additional 500MW of electricity to Bangladesh as part of the neighbours’ cooperation in the energy sector. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart...
-- 2018-09-10 17:51:08
The driver and owner of 'Ganj-e-raj Paribahan' bus have secured bail in a case over the death of a baby girl, Akifa, in a recent road accident in Kushtia. Kushtia Senior Judicial Magistrate MM Morshe...
-- 2018-09-10 17:47:38
BNP on Monday said the government must release its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail to demonstrate its intention of holding a fair and acceptable national election. "The election will never be accep...
-- 2018-09-10 17:43:20
Director General of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Shafeenul Islam said on Monday that Bangladesh has sought the support from India and Myanmar to protect the border during the upcomi...
-- 2018-09-10 17:27:23
The government has set a target to produce 500,000 motorcycles by 2021 and 1.0 million by 2027 in the draft of 'Motorcycle Industry Development Policy-2018'. The cabinet approved the draft policy dur...
-- 2018-09-10 17:25:32
A young man was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Kamramgir area in Dhaka on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Sharif, 38, a resident of Paschim Islambagh area. Shaheen Fakir, off...
-- 2018-09-10 17:18:29
The High Court has ordered any structure in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel-Begunbari area that is not in the development project’s plans to be removed within seven days. Justice Md Nazrul Islam Taluk...
-- 2018-09-10 15:06:51
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Monday for a new quasi-judicial body to collect evidence with a view to future prosecution of crimes against Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar,...
FE Report 2018-09-10 14:51:18
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday stressed the need for raising capacity build-up of general masses to accelerate the development of the country. "The more we work, the more we consume energy...
-- 2018-09-10 14:10:35
The High Court (HC) has ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of the bail petition filed by renowned photographer and Drik Gallery managing director Shahidul Alam by Tuesday. An HC bench compr...
Agencies 2018-09-10 13:51:54
A Gazipur court has sentenced seven people to death in a case filed in connection with the murder of a businessman in 2011. Gazipur District and Sessions Judge AKM Enamul Haque announced the verdict...
-- 2018-09-10 12:44:15
Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized 80,000 Yaba tablets from Lomborighat area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on early Monday. Lt Commander Faizul Islam Mandal, in-charge of Teknaf Coast...
-- 2018-09-10 12:33:52
BNP leaders and activists have staged a protest in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka to demand the release of their party chief Khaleda Zia. The hour-long programme began at around 11:00am an...
-- 2018-09-10 11:24:31
A show-cause notice has been served upon a doctor of Bagerhat Sadar Hospital for allegedly assaulting two patients and a guardian. The accused doctor is Abul Kalam Azad, a senior consultant of Gynae...
Our Correspondent 2018-09-10 11:07:47
Jute cultivators in the district are in joyous mood owing to soaring price of the crop this year. Jute was cultivated on around 10,500 hectares of land in eight upazilas under the district during the...
Sajibur Rahman 2018-09-10 11:04:35
The number of handloom units has registered a sharp fall mainly due to a continuous growth of powerlooms and dyeing factories in the country over the years, according to a study. A gradual change i...
FE Report 2018-09-10 10:42:32
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has reintroduced VAT exemption on sales of computer accessories at trading stage in a bid to keep their prices affordable. Traders will now enjoy exemption from...
Syful Islam 2018-09-10 10:23:28
The government is likely to reconsider the cost share of tanners to construct a CETP (common effluent treatment plant) at Savar, officials said. The development came following repeated requests from...
-- 2018-09-10 09:48:41
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has confiscated 215 tonnes of rice and flour, which it says were illegally sold in the black market from a government warehouse, in drives in Dhaka. The raids were co...
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