Dhaka, Mar 31: Vessels will carry passengers half of their capacities and maintain health guidelines to curb the transmission of Covid-19.
Category: Bangladesh
D-8 Summit on April 8; focus on trade, investment, Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, Mar 31: Bangladesh will host the 10th D-8 (Developing-8) Summit on April 8 virtually in the context of Covid-19 new normal scenario that will focus on trade, investment, mineral resources, tourism, ICT, climate and Rohingya issues.
Bangladesh’s GDP to increase by 3.6 % in 2020-2021
Dhaka, Mar 31: World Bank on Wednesday forecast that Bangladesh’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will increase by 3.6% in 2020-2021 fiscal year, due to better than expected remittance inflows.
4 killed in Chattogram road crash
Four people were killed when a truck rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Chatogram-Kaptai road at Goschi Nayahat in Raozan upazila of Chattogram district early Wednesday.
জাতীয় উন্নয়নে ইসলামী ব্যাংকের ৩৮ বছর
৩০ মার্চ দেশের প্রথম প্রজন্মের অন্যতম বেসরকারি ব্যাংক ইসলামী ব্যাংক বাংলাদেশ লিমিটেড-এর ৩৮তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী। ১৯৮৩ সালে স¤পূর্ণ নতুন কার্যপদ্ধতিতে যাত্রা শুরু করা এ ব্যাংকটি সময়ের বিবর্তনে দেশের সবচেয়ে বড় ব্যাংক হিসেবে নিজেকে দাঁড় করিয়েছে।
Motorcyclist crushed under train in Jashore
Benapole, Mar 30: A motorcyclist was crushed under the wheels of a train in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore district on Tuesday.
Soumya hit fifty but Tigers lose T20Is series against Kiwis
Dhaka, Mar 30 Despite a blazing fifty from Soumya Sarkar, Bangladesh lost the 2nd T20I of the three-match series against New Zealand at Napier on Tuesday by 28 runs in DL method.
Virtual Japan Fest 2021 with Tahsan Wednesday
Dhaka, Mar 30: The Embassy of Japan will host “Japan Fest 2021” online on Wednesday through YouTube channel and Facebook page.
2 cases filed over Chattogram BNP, police clash
Police on Tuesday filed two cases over Monday’s clash between BNP activists and the law enforcers at Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram City.
Digital Healthcare: Over 450,000 women get treatment costs
Digital Healthcare Solutions has recently celebrated the International Women’s Day by supporting over 450,000 women in Bangladesh with maternity free health cashback, access to doctors and specialists.Since its inception, DH has been relentlessly working to mitigate the gap between rich and poor, rural and urban people in the health sector of Bangladesh, said a press release.
DMP bans firearms, agitations in Jatiya Sangsad area
Dhaka, Mar 30 : Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has banned carrying firearms and holding rallies, processions or agitation in and around Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban ahead of the 12th session of the 11th parliament, scheduled to begin April 1.
Fire guts valuables in Feni plastic factory
Feni, Mar 30: A fire gutted valuables in a plastic factory on Takiya road of Feni district town on Tuesday.
Bangla Language Movement hero Yusuf Kalu passes away
Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal on Monday due to old age complications. He was 91.
Covid-19: Dhaka raises fare of buses to run at 50% capacity
In the wake of growing Covid-19 cases, the government has increased the fares of public transport by 60 percent across the country.
RU employees lock up admin building demanding soft loan
Rajshahi University employees on Monday staged a demonstration and locked up the administration building of the university demanding soft loan on 5 pc interest.
Man to die for killing JaPa leader in Khulna
Khulna, Mar 29 : A tribunal on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing Jatiya Party leader Sheikh Abul Kashem in 1995.
Quarantine rule among PMO’s 18-point directive to contain Covid surge
In the wake of the fresh surge in the Covid-19 infections, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday issued an 18-point directive for the next two weeks in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh records its highest daily coronavirus infection
The country’s coronavirus caseload swelled to 600,895 on Monday after the health authorities recorded 5,181 new cases in 24 hours until the morning.
BNP demands govt’s immediate resignation
Blaming the government for the loss of lives in different parts of the country over the last three days in violence, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday asserted that this “regime must go”.
মায়ানমারের সামরিক জান্তার প্রভাব পড়েছে সরকারের উপর – মুসলিম লীগ
বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগের সভাপতি সাবেক সাংসদ বদরুদ্দোজা সুজা, মহাসচিব কাজী আবুল খায়ের, স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য আতিকুল ইসলাম এক যুক্ত বিবৃতিতে বলেন বর্তমান সরকারের উপর মায়ানমারের গণহত্যারকারী সামরিক জান্তার ছায়া পরিলক্ষিত হচ্ছে।
20 injured as BNP, cops clash in Chattogram
At least 20 people, including policemen, were injured in a clash between BNP activists and law enforcers at Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram city on Monday.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Govt not considering general holidays
The government at the moment is not considering general holidays like last year to tackle the transmission of coronavirus, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said Monday.
করোনা ভাইরাস সংক্রমণের বিদ্যমান পরিস্থিতিতে সরকারের ১৮ দফা সিদ্ধান্ত
করোনা ভাইরাস (কোভিড-১৯) সংক্রমণের বিদ্যমান পরিস্থিতিতে সরকার ১৮ দফা সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণ করেছে।
RU employees lock admin building demanding low interest rate loans
Rajshahi University, Mar 29: The employees of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday demonstrated and locked the administration building demanding easy loan with 5 percent interest rate. They also demanded transfer of vice manager of the Accounts Department. The employees from…
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য কাইয়ুম খান মিলন আর নেই
জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের স্থায়ী সদস্য ও দি নিউনেশন পত্রিকার সিনিয়ার সাব-এডিটর কাইয়ুম খান মিলন আর নেই। তিনি সোমবার বিকাল তিনটায় তেজগাঁয়ের ইমপালস্ হাসপাতালে ইন্তেকাল করেন (ইন্নালিল্লাহি ওয়া ইন্না ইলাইহি রাজিউন)।
Prices of kitchen market items rise sharply ahead of Ramadan
Prices of most vegetable items have doubled in the capital’s kitchen markets compared to a week before, according to consumers.
Eight Chhata Adhikar-men remanded over clash with police
Eight leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra o Jubo Adhikar Parishad were on Sunday put on remand for different terms in a case filed over a clash with police in the capital’s Motijheel area on March 25.
সাংবাদিক নূরুল হুদার শোক সভা অনুষ্ঠিত
ঢাকা সাংবাদিক গৃহসংস্থান সমবায় সমিতি লিঃ এর অডিটোরিয়ামে ২৭ মার্চ সমিতির সভাপতি মরহুম নূরুল হুদার শোক ও স্মরণ সভার আয়োজন করা হয়।
Bangabandhu Chair to be established at Delhi University
Dhaka, Mar 28 : India has announced the establishment of Bangabandhu Chair at the University of Delhi. In view of the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Bangladesh as well as the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties, both sides have…
Land office, 2 other buildings set on fire in Brahmanbaria, Train attacked
Brahmanbaria, Mar 28 : Hefazat-e-Islam activists set fire to three buildings including the land office in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila on Sunday during their countrywide hartal.