Police recovered the body of an easy-bike (a battery-run three-wheeler) driver from Natun Khoyertala in the town on Friday. The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman, son of Anwarul of Dogachhia village in sadar upazila of the district. Police said…
Police arrested a local Swechchachebak League leader while was allegedly stabbing a tempo (human hauler) driver inside a traffic police outpost in Bogra town on Friday night. The arrested persdon was identified as Mahidul Hassan Palash alias Chhoto Palash,…
All three contesting candidates for mayoral post in the upcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have committed that they will build Rajshahi as agriculture-based industrial city if they are elected. Besides, they will work for launching sitting bus service…
Farmers and crops specialists of the district Agricultural Extension Department (AED) are expecting over 40,000 tonnes of summer vegetables to be produced in the district during the current season where the target of the vegetables cultivation has already been exceeded…
The divisional round of National Earth Olympiad 2013 (NEO 13) on environmental and earth science held in Barisal Friday to spread knowledge on geology, meteorology, terrestrial astronomy and environmental sciences. The programme held at Udyan School auditorium of the city…
A businessman was killed at Ashokathi bus stand under Gournadi upazila on Barisal-Dhaka Highway after he was crushed under the wheels of a truck. The victim was identified as Zahid Sardar, 31, son of Pareshullah Sardar from Krishnapur-Thengamari village under…
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury believes the option for a dialogue on how to hold the upcoming general elections is still open, despite the BNP withdrawing the adjournment motion in Parliament.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged the BNP-led opposition splashed cold water on initiatives for a dialogue on the nature of election-time administration.
The government’s apparent keenness for an Opposition adjournment motion on the caretaker issue was a carefully conceived trap and the BNP did well not to step into it, BNP leader and once Opposition chief whip Rafiqul Islam Miah said on…
A Bangladeshi teen named Fatima Sheikh is to play the lead character of Malala Yousafzai in filmmaker Amjad Khan’s upcoming film ‘Gul Makai’. Her identity had been kept a secret for the last 40 days, ever since he did her…
Terming the proposed budget a ‘surreal’ episode, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Friday said though a big budget sounds good, there is water in it and the election-centric violence might put it at risk.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reaffirmed that the next general election would be held as per the parliamentary system of democracy and there would be no deviation in any way. She Urged the opposition to shun the path of…
Defending his Tk 2,22,490 huge budget for fiscal 2013-14, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said there exists no risk other than political one in implementation it.
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday termed the proposed 2013-14 budget a big beautiful balloon and said it will push up inflation and the prices of essentials, and hamper the investment.
A Dhaka court on Friday placed four policemen on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of a businessman in police custody in Savar.
The growers will have to pay a heavy price for the government move to heavily trim the allocation in the new budget for the agriculture sector against the backdrop of a downtrend in food prices in the international market.
The World Bank has launched the Enterprise Survey in Bangladesh to assess the business environment and investment climate barriers that limit economic growth.
The government has provided subsidy to the tune of Tk 1,381.83 crore to 12 state-owned enterprises in the outgoing fiscal year (2012-13).
Despite working 12 hours a day and exposing herself to toxic chemicals, 55-year old Taslima Begum, a tannery worker in Hazaribagh, an industrial neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, earns just US$40 per month.
A total of 316 development projects have been implemented in the rural areas of ten upazilas of the district under rural infrastructure repair programme of the government during the current fiscal year. An official source said the government allocated 2,…
Printing shops in the Sylhet city are up to their ears in work, bringing out posters, leaflets and others polls related materials as the city corporation elections are drawing closer. Market sources said the owners and employees of the publishing…
Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Sylhet highway through Dakshin Surma upazila remained suspended for about an hour due to road blockade by locals on Monday. The police said they blocked the highway at around 10:00am demanding gas connection to their upazila. Under…
A ward level Awami League leader and his twin brother were critically injured in a terrorist attack by miscreants near Kalupur bridge under Durlavpur union in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district Tuesday night. The injured persons are lecturer of Shibganj…
Agriculture experts at a function here on Thursday urged the farmers to cultivate Parija Paddy, an indigenous variety, on high and medium high land to get additional crop during the off season to achieve country’s food security. “Generally, after the…
The Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has become successful in developing lot of the farmers by assisting them in enhancing agricultural output, speakers said here on Thursday. They were addressing a views-exchange meeting organised by Rangpur Zonal Office of RAKUB…
The Jhenidah police in three separate drives in different parts of the district have arrested 10 activists of the Jamaat and Shibir on Thursday early hours. The law enforcers have seized a toy shutter gun and some books and leaflets…
The second death anniversary of Azam Khan, the pioneer of pop music in the country, was observed in a befitting manner in the city on Wednesday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced that the Dhaka Premier League, the country’s most popular one-day domestic competition, would begin on July 1.
Environment and experts at a seminar on Thursday stressed reducing dependency on groundwater use in producing water for Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).
Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as…