Dhaka, Jan 10 – The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Sunday.
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‘Middlemen hired’ for vaccine import to commit graft: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Jan 10 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has ‘hired middlemen’ in the procurement of coronavirus vaccine to indulge in corruption.
BNP’s nationwide human chain program Wednesday
Dhaka, Jan 10 – BNP will form human chains across the country on Wednesday in protest against framing of charges against party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and issuing a warrant for his arrest in a sedition case.
Mayor Taposh calls Khokon’s remarks about him unimportant
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The extraordinary war of words between the incumbent and immediate-past mayors of Dhaka South City Corporation continued to boil on Sunday, with Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh shrugging off his predecessor Sayeed Khokon remarks on his…
IBBL concludes 2-day Business Development Conference
The closing ceremony of a two-day Business Development Conference of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka on 10 January 2021, Sunday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, PhD, Chairman of the bank addressed the concluding session…
Rice import from India through Hili land port resumes
Hili (Dinajpur), Jan 10 – Trucks carrying 112 metric tonnes of rice from India entered into Bangladesh through the Hili land port on Saturday afternoon.
Freedom fighter status of 52 more people cancelled
Dhaka, Jan 10 – More than seven months after the publication of the new list of freedom fighters, the government has cancelled the freedom fighter certificates of 52 people including Mosleh Uddin Khan one of the convicts in Bangabandhu murder…
Bangladesh Mission in Italy honours top remittance senders
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshis and a business organisation with “Remittance Award”. The event was held on Thursday on the occasion of “International Migrants Day 2020”.
Training aircraft crash lands at Rajshahi airport; crew safe
Rajshahi, Jan 9 – A training aircraft’s landing gear (wheels) split open forcing it to crash land during a training session at Rajshahi Shah Makhdum Airport on Saturday. All 3 crews including the trainer were unharmed.
BAPEX discovers 4-layer gas in new part of Haripur
Sylhet, Jan 10 – Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) has started extracting gas from a new part of the Haripur gas field located in Jaintapur Upazila in Sylhet.
40 BNP men in Ctg sued for ‘threatening to oust govt’
Chittagong, Jan 10 – A case was filed against 40 leaders and activists of BNP for threatening to oust government through an armed movement.
Another cold wave coming this week, yet another by month-end
Dhaka, Jan 9 – A warmer condition for over a week in the country gives an impression that the winter is going to end but meteorologists say mercury may fall again from Tuesday next.
Taposh is not fit to be mayor: Sayeed Khokon
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has lost all his credentials to remain in the post, according to his predecessor Sayeed Khokon.
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day on Sunday
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed on Sunday.
Green energy generation in Bangladesh lagging far behind target
Dhaka, Dec 31 – Though Bangladesh has made substantial strides in overall power generation over three terms of the Awami League, the government’s efforts to meet its own target for power generation from renewable energy have failed to keep up.
Innovative techs reduce installation time for Rooppur NPP
Dhaka, 09th December 2021 – Engineering Division specialists have applied the Russian Sheet-Pile Walls (abbreviated as RShS in Russian) technology in constructing foundation pit retaining structures for (01UPC-04UPC) water intake structures and for the (00UGA) feed pump station at the…
IBBL Business Development Conference begins
A two-day Business Development Conference of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka on 9 January 2021, Saturday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, PhD, Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the conference as chief guest.
A Bangladeshi girl’s success in vermicomposting venture
Benapole, Jan 9 — In 2016, she started small – out of the same premises she lives with her family – more of an experiment than a business. Today, Nasrin Sultana, a resident of Jhikorgaccha upazila’s Barbakpur village, is a…
Singer-musician Foad Nasser Babu hospitalised
Dhaka, Jan 09 – Renowned singer-musician and popular Bangladeshi band Feedback’s team leader Foad Nasser Babu has been hospitalised after suffering a “massive heart attack” on Friday night.
Child marriage bid foiled in Sirajganj
Sirajganj, Jan 9 – A seventh grader from Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila was saved from early marriage at the intervention of the local administration on Thursday night.
Autopsy reveals rape; death due to excessive bleeding
Dhaka, Jan 8 – Doctors performing the autopsy of Anushka Noor Amin, the 17-year-old student of a private school who was “brought dead” to the Anwer Khan Medical Hospital on Thursday afternoon, found evidence of rape on the victim’s body.
Liberation War Museum reopens for public after nine months
Dhaka, Jan 08 – The Liberation War Museum (LWM) has reopened its doors to general visitors from Friday at its permanent venue located in Agargaon in the capital following health directives, after being closed for the past nine months.
Construction companies complain of unfair MS rod pricing
Dhaka, January 8 – The Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry (BACI) on Friday said the price of MS rod, a key input component in construction, has been hiked unreasonably by 25-30 percent in just two months (November to December) by…
Over 50 injured in Faridpur AL factional clash
Faridpur, Jan 8 — More than 50 people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of the ruling Awami League in Faridpur’s Saltha on Friday led by the current and former union Parishad (UP) chairmen.
Faridpur bride breaks the stereotype: Token dower Taka 1
Faridpur, Jan 8 – ‘Den Mohr’, the dower money given by the bridegroom to the bride, has somewhat become a matter of showoff these days. But a wedding that people saw in Faridpur on Friday shattered the conventional perception.
Fire at Narayanganj Partex Group particle board factory
Narayanganj, Jan 8 — A fire broke out at the particle board factory of Partex Group in Narayanganj port area on Friday night.
Rail ticket money missing from cash box: Probe body formed
Chittagong, Jan 08 – After a substantial amount of ticket sales money went missing from the secure cash box of a running train on the Noakhali-Laksam route, a 4-member probe body was formed by the East Zone management of Bangladesh…
Case filed, 1 arrested in O-level student ‘rape, murder’
Dhaka, Jan 8 – A case has been filed over the death of an O-level student who was “sexually assaulted” and “killed” on Thursday in the capital’s Kalabagan.
Hasina’s speech nothing but misleading: BNP
Dhaka, Jan 8 – BNP on Friday turned down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s address to the nation as a “black document of falsehood”.
ACC summons 15 Thakurgaon teachers on Corruption allegations
Thakurgaon, Jan 8 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned 15 Thakurgaon teachers to interrogate them about irregularities in teachers’ transfer and recruitment, Primary School Certificate (PSC) exam and scholarship results.