Chattogram, Feb 5 (UNB) : At least three people were killed and four others injured as a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chattogram city’s Bakolia on Friday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Md Wahid Mia,…
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Bangladesh’s agro products: PM for further research to expand market
Dhaka, Feb 04 (UNB) : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked agricultural scientists to conduct further research over local fruits and agricultural items to expand the market for those. “It’s essential to conduct more research on our local fruits…
Defamation case: BNP’s Tarique Rahman gets 2yr imprisonment
Narail, Feb 4 (UNB): A court in Narail has sentenced BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman to two years in jail for making derogatory statement against Bangabandhu in 2014. Narail Judicial Magistrate Court-2 Judge Amatul Morsheda delivered the verdict on…
Bangladesh’s Covid-19 death toll climbs to 8,175
News Desk Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,175 on Thursday after the health authorities recorded 13 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till morning. “The mortality rate is now 1.52 percent,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in…
Some people in foreign lands conspiring against country: Health Minister
Dhaka, Jan 4 (UNB) : Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said that some people staying in foreign lands along with some local people are conspiring against the country. “This anti-state group won’t be allowed to conspire…
Hasina’s convoy attack verdict reflects govt desire, says BNP
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday alleged that the government’s desire has been reflected in the lower court’s verdict in a case filed over the attack on Sheikh Hasina’s convoy in Satkhira in 2002. “Awami League has indulged…
Daikin launches ACs with Japanese technology for Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB): Daikin, a Japanese multinational air conditioning manufacturing company, on Thursday launched a host of Inverter & Non-Inverter split air conditioning units for Bangladesh market making a partnership with Transcom Electronics Ltd. The leading global Air Conditioning…
Verdict over Avijit Roy killing on Feb 16
Dhaka, Feb 4 (UNB) : A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed February 16 for delivering the verdict of the murder case of Avijit Roy, writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog who was killed amid the spate of ‘blogger-killings’ in…
Inflation in Bangladesh falls slightly in Jan
Dhaka, Feb 03 (UNB) : The inflation rate declined to 5.02 percent in January last from 5.29 percent in the previous month (December). “The general point-to-point inflation rate eased to 5.02 percent in January 2021,” said the Planning Minister while…
Bangladesh hopeful of continuing Rohingya repatriation talks
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB) : Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Bangladesh is hopeful of proceeding as per the plan to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar as history tells that Rohingyas had been repatriated twice in 1978 and…
Bangabandhu Shilpanagar: Govt takes a big bet involving Tk 4,347.21cr
Dhaka, Feb 03 (UNB): The government has cleared a Tk 4,347.21-crore project to develop Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpanagar as a green economic zone at Mirsarai in Chattogram and Sonagazi in Feni to attract private investment. The Executive Committee of the…
RFL plastic holds dealers’ conference
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB): RFL Plastics organised a dealers conference at The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Monday. The conference was held to serve uPVC, HDPE, MS, GI pipe and PVC bathroom fittings to its dealers, said a press…
Chattogram Test: Honours even on day 1
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB): It was a circumspect start for Bangladesh in the first Test of their two-match series against West Indies as they posted 242/5 at stumps on day one at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on…
Dhaka trader crushed under train wheels
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB): A trader was crushed to death by a train in Dhaka’s Jurain Rail Gate area on Wednesday. The train hit 37-year-old Abul Hossain when he was crossing the rail tracks, leaving him critically injured. The deceased…
Sunamganj journalist assault: 1 more held
Sunamganj, Feb 3 (UNB) : Police on Wednesday arrested a man over his assault of a journalist who was covering a report on sand and stone lifted illegally from the River Jadukata. The journalist was beaten up after being tied…
Moudud taken to Singapore for treatment
Dhaka, Feb 2 (UNB): BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed was admitted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for advanced treatment on Tuesday. The BNP leader along with his wife, Hasna Moudud, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Singapore in…
EIA for Bay of Bengal finally set to start
Dhaka, Feb 2 (UNB) : An environment impact assessment (EIA) is going to be done soon in the country’s maritime area as a prerequisite to begin the main work on a multi-client seismic survey for hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay…
BPL Football: Sheikh Jamal DC advance to 3rd slot
Dhaka, Feb 02 (UNB): Coming from 0-2 goals behind, three times champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned a dramatic 3-2 goals victory over Federation Cup runners up Saif Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football on Tuesday. With…
‘Feel like being confined to a large prison’: PM Hasina
Dhaka, Feb 2 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she can pass a wonderful time during the parliament session as she is apparently confined in a ‘large prison’ due to the Coronavirus pandemic. “I’m apparently confined in a…
Father-son arrested with deer meat in Bagerhat
Bagerhat, Feb 2 (UNB)— Bagerhat Detective Branch seized 42kg deer meat and arrested a man and his son from Bogura chor area under Rampal Upazila on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling venison. The arrestees were identified as Sheikh Abdur Rahman, 52,…
2 killed in road accident
Dhaka, Feb 2 : Two men were killed in separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj and Jhenaidah on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sumon Ali, 35, son of late Yusuf Ali of Rohonpur municipality’s Bhaatpara village of Gomostapur and Arif…
Illegal liquor factory busted in Dhaka, 6 detained
Dhaka, Feb 2 : Six suspects were arrested in Dhaka’s Bhatara and Tejgaon on Monday night for the production and sale of illegally distilled liquor. The arrestees were identified as Montush Chandra Adhikary alias Akash, 35, Redwan Ullah, 35, Sagar…
Bill passed for Sheikh Hasina Medical University in Khulna
Sheikh Hasina Medical University, Khulna Bill 2020 to set up a medical university in Khulna division, aiming to expand the facilities for medical education, research and healthcare services in the region was passed in Parliament on Monday. Health Minister Zahid…
Dhaka expects to continue repatriation process with Myanmar
Bangladesh has expressed the hope that the democratic process and constitutional arrangements will be upheld in Myanmar and the Rohingya repatriation process will continue. “We’ve been persistent in developing mutually beneficial relations with Myanmar and have been working with Myanmar…
69 kg venison recovered in Bagerhat; 7 detained
Forest officers in Bagerhat detained a man with 22 kg venison from Sundarbans Dhashervarani area adjacent to Shoronkhola upazila Sunday night. With this in two separate drives in the last two weeks, they managed to seize 69 kg of venison,…
BGB seizes goods, drugs worth Tk 80.76 crore in January
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and drugs, worth Tk 80.76 crore, from across the country during the last month (January). Besides, 331 people were arrested for their involvement in smuggling goods, 192 Bangladeshi nationals for crossing…
PM unveils covers of two books on Bangabandhu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday unveiled the covers of two books on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Prime Minister unveiled the covers of the two books titled ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahmanJanak Amar Neta Amar’ and ‘Joy…
None is above the irregularities and corruption : Quader
Noting that no person in the country is above irregularities and corruption, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission can conduct investigation of any irregularities. He said the Election Commission could investigate the irregularities in accordance…
Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 10 more deaths, 443 fresh cases
News Desk Ten more people died of Covid-19 and 443 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Monday. With the fresh ones, the total death toll from the deadly…
No specific data on country’s land, water portions
There is no specific data on the size of land and water portions of Bangladesh, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury told the Parliament on Sunday.