Rajshahi, Aug 24: Water levels in many of the rivers in the Ganges basin were recorded a rising trend today like the previous couple of days because of onrushing of floodwater from upstream hilly catchment areas continuously.
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মংলা-খুলনা রেললাইন প্রকল্প: ১০ বছরেও কাজ শেষ হয়নি
মংলা বন্দর থেকে সড়কপথে যোগাযোগ বৃদ্ধির লক্ষ্যে খুলনা পর্যন্ত ৬৫ কিলোমিটার রেলপথ নির্মাণ প্রকল্প নেয়া হয় ২০১০ সালে। শুরুতে তিন বছরের মধ্যে ওই প্রকল্পের সকল কাজ শেষ করার সময় নির্ধারণ করা হয়। কিন্তু চলতি বছরের জুলাই পর্যন্ত তিন দফা সময়…
অপরূপ প্রকৃতির প্রতিচ্ছবি ভুতিয়ার পদ্ম বিল
আপনি নৌকায় বসে আছেন। চারি ধারে পানি। চলছে ডিঙ্গি নৌকা। পানির শব্দ আসছে কানে। বইছে ঝিরঝিরে বাতাস। আকাশে মেঘ-রৌদ্রের ছন্দে কখনও রোদ কখনও বৃষ্টি। দূর থেকে দেখলে মনে হবে যেনো রঙ্গের মেলা বসেছে। জলজ ফুলের রানী খ্যাত পদ্মফুল সারিসারি আর…
সোনার বাংলা গড়ার প্রচেষ্টায় প্রকৌশলীদের আরো অবদান রাখতে হবে
ঢাকা, ৮ ভাদ্র ( ২৩ আগস্ট) : বিদ্যুৎ, জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ প্রতিমন্ত্রী নসরুল হামিদ বলেছেন, সোনার বাংলা গড়ার প্রচেষ্টায় প্রকৌশলীদের আরো অবদান রাখতে হবে। বিদ্যুৎ খাতের প্রকৌশলীদের জনগণের সরাসরি উন্নত সেবা দেওয়ার সুযোগ রয়েছে। এই সুযোগ কাজে লাগিয়ে দেশ…
Free journo Kajol immediately: Artists, activists, family
Dhaka, Aug 24 – Artistes and cultural activists on Sunday demanded immediate release of photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol who has been languishing in jail in cases filed under the Digital Security Act.
BNP’s demand: Take steps to protect media industry
Dhaka, Aug 24 – Observing that the newspaper industry is now on the brink of ruination due to coronavirus pandemic, BNP on Sunday demanded the government take effective steps to protect it.
Remembering Abdus Shahid, Abul Kalam
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The demise of Abdus Shahid, Joint Chief News Editor of NTV channel, and a dedicated journalist union leader on Sunday, the 23rd of August came as a great shock to me like other members of the journalist…
IBTRA organizes workshop on International Factoring
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) organized a daylong workshop titled “International Factoring” on 22 August 2020, Saturday on a virtual platform. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of IBBL addressed the inaugural session as chief guest.
24pc female online entrepreneurs shut businesses in June
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Though the online sales of health products and daily essentials were booming due to COVID-19, the ongoing pandemic has taken its heavy toll on the online retailers of fashion, cosmetics, and other imported products, says a…
Farmers Bank loan scam: Regent Group’s Shahed lands in jail
Dhaka, Aug 23 – A Dhaka Court on Sunday sent Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed to jail in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 2.71 crore from Farmers Bank.
Govt emptied public coffer, alleges BNP
Dhaka, Aug 23 – BNP on Sunday alleged that the government has emptied the national exchequer and bankrupted the country’s economy to meet the budget deficit.
No Tajia procession, rally in open space: Dhaka Police chief
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Sunday directed DMP officials to take initiatives not to hold Tajia processions and rallies in open spaces on Ashura which falls on August 30 to prevent the spread…
OC Pradeep, wife sued in graft case
Cox’s Bazar, Aug 23 – The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against former Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore from unknown sources.
Zia behind Aug 15 killings, Khaleda in Aug 21 attack: PM
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday renewed her allegations that Khaleda Zia was involved in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack as her husband Ziaur Rahman was behind the August 15, 1975 killings.
করোনাকালে দেশপ্রেম
শিপন রবিদাস প্রাণকৃষ্ণ পুরো বিশ্ব আজ ভয়ঙ্করভাবে বিপর্যস্ত। করোনা নামক প্রাণঘাতী ভাইরাসটি বিশ্বব্যাপী ছড়িয়েছে। বাংলাদেশে করোনা ভাইরাস শনাক্ত হয় গত ৮ মার্চ। ২৬ মার্চ থেকে দেশে সাধারণ ছুটি ঘোষণা করে লকডাউন পরিস্থিতি সৃষ্টি করা হয়। ফলে কর্মহীন হয়ে পড়ে লাখ…
Bangladesh sees 34 virus deaths, 1973 new cases on Sunday
Dhaka, Aug 23: Bangladesh on Sunday reported 34 more COVID-19 deaths, raising the tally to 3,941.
Pickup van driver among 2 killed in Dhamrai road crash
Dhaka, Aug 23: Two people, including a pickup van driver, were killed when a covered van hit a pickup van in Dhaka’s Dhamrai on Sunday morning.
Three years in review: No end in sight to Rohingya crisis
Myanmar has not taken a single Rohingya back home till date although the crisis enters the fourth year within a couple of days amid “lack of conducive conditions” in Rakhine required for a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas, officials…
Arms case: Charges framed against Papia, her husband
A court in Dhaka on Sunday framed charges against the expelled general secretary of Jubo Mohila League Narsingdi district unit Shamima Nur Papia, and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon in an arms case.
NTV joint chief news editor Abdus Shaheed dies of Covid-19
Abdus Shaheed, joint chief news editor of NTV, a private television channel, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in the city on Sunday. He was 63.
Flood level surges again in Ganges basin
Rajshahi, Aug 23: Water levels in many of the rivers in the Ganges basin were recorded a rising trend again today in wake of onrushing of floodwater from upstream hilly catchment areas after a steady condition for the last couple…
Highway through haor, a feat unwelcome for wetland ecosystem
For a road that opened to the public during a pandemic, the Itna-Mithamoin-Astagram highway has already made a huge impression on people, in more ways than one. For fishes and other aquatic life it’s a barrier that has restricted their…
Aug 21 attack was ‘planned state terrorism’: Quader
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the grenade attack on August 21 was not an accident, but rather planned state terrorism.
Aug 21 carnage: BNP dismisses PM’s remarks on Khaleda
Dhaka, Aug 23 – BNP on Saturday termed ‘irresponsible, fabricated and politically motivated’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment that Khaleda Zia tried to kill her through the August-21 grenade attack.
Some cops turn into monsters for unethical work: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Aug 23 – Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday alleged that the law-and-order situation in the country has completely ‘collapsed’ as some police personnel have turned monsters for being ‘used in unethical’ activities like extrajudicial killings.
Rains, tidewater swamp parts of Chattagong city
Incessant rains for the last several days and tidal surge have inundated some parts of Chattogram city.
Covid-19: Dhaka sees 46 more die, 2,265 cases in 24 hours
The death toll from Covid-19 disease reached 3,907 in Bangladesh on Saturday, as health authorities reported 46 more fatalities in the last 24 hours across the country.
AL planted the ‘venom tree’, alleges BNP
BNP on Saturday alleged that it is Awami League, not BNP, which has planted the ‘venom tree of corruption’ in Bangladesh and produced fraudster like Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and over 50 casinos in the capital.
Dhaka’s municipal waste to be used to generate electricity
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, which generates some 6,000 tonnes of garbage every day, is expected to see a sea change in garbage disposal once the country’s first proposed waste-energy plant in Aminbazar goes into operation.
Singer S I Tutul tests positive for COVID-19
Culture Desk From his official Facebook page, Tutul posted on Friday that he took the test three days ago. The test result came out positive, and he is in isolation at his own residence.