Dhaka, Feb 11 – The total electricity bill arrears as of October 2018 stood at Tk 6882.95 crore, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told parliament on Monday. Of the arrears, electricity bills amounting to Tk…
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PM to open Karnaphuli Tunnel boring work Feb 24
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB) – Boring work on the Karnaphuli Tunnel will begin on February 24 next, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the excavation work of the Karnaphuli Tunnel…
1403 titles hit book fair in ten days
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB)- As many as 1,403 books have been published in the first 10 days of the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair. The number was 1,363 during the same period last year. With Monday’s publications, the total number of…
Hajj to cost minimum Tk 344 thousand this year
Dhaka, Feb 11 (UNB) – The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019, fixing the minimum cost for a pilgrim at Tk 3,44,000, up by Tk 24,645 from the previous year under package- 2 of the government management.…
Dhaka University student-union elections March 11
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and its hall unions for 25 posts will be held on March 11. Chief Returning Officer Prof Mahfuzur Rahman announced the schedule of the election at 10:40…
Life tax exemption for women with 4 or more kids in Hungary
Hungary, Feb 11 (AP/UNB) — Hungary’s government is greatly increasing financial aid and subsidies for families with several children, the country’s prime minister said Sunday. The measures announced by Viktor Orban during his “state of the nation” speech are meant…
Eden College Ex-principal found dead in city house
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Mahfuza Chowdhury Parvin, former principal of Eden Mohila College, was found dead at her residence in the city’s Elephant Road area on Sunday. Police recovered the body from her apartment at Sukanya Tower at night,…
Bd NGOs Network for Radio, Com in UN SDG Media Compact
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is among more than 39 media organizations from across the world that have come together to form a Global SDG Media Compact aimed at advancing awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals…
Cow fodder, milk show toxic chemicals at harmful levels
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Various toxic elements like lead, pesticides and several other chemicals in harmful concentrations have been detected in cow fodders and cow milk by a food testing laboratory. The National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL), a government run…
Bangladesh Bank Heist: Court again seeks CID report
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) again to submit its report by March 13 on a case filed over the incident of cyber heist of $101 million from Bangladesh Bank’s…
Poet Al Mahmud at ICU
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – Prominent poet Al Mahmud was admitted to Ibn Sina Hospital in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Saturday night. Al Mahmud has been kept at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after being hospitalized under the supervision…
Dhaka, Kolkata civic bodies sign MoU for waste management
Dhaka, Feb 10 (UNB) – The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to exchange the best practices of the two cities. This agreement will enable the two civic…
Hindu Community celebrating Saraswati Puja on Sunday
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Saraswati Puja, wworshipping the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and culture and one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country on Sunday amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervor.…
90 pc people in Dhaka victims of air pollution: Poba
Dhaka, Feb 9 – Green activists on Saturday voiced deep concern that around 90 percent dwellers in Dhaka city are affected by serious dust pollution and urged the authorities concerned to take effective steps to check it. Speaking at a…
3 held with 250000 Yaba drug pills from Ctg Bd picnic bus
Chattogram, Feb 9 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested six people along with s 2.5lakh Yaba tablets from a picnic bus near Karnaphuli Shah Amanat Bridge early Saturday. The arrestees are—Md AtiarRahman, 55, Md…
3 Bangla books on nuke energy unveiled at Ekushey Book Fair
Dhaka, Feb 09 – ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) jointly published three Bangla books on nuclear energy on the occasion of Ekushey Book Fair 2019. “Atomic Horizon”, and “Various Professions in the…
Halal Accreditation Scheme to expedite Bd exports
DHAKA, Feb 8, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is goingto introduce ‘Halal Accreditation Scheme’ through the existing halalcertificate provider laboratories for increasing export of Bangladeshi halalproducts. The information came on Thursday from a closing function on “24th BABAssessor…
Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s release: Quader
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) -Terming Khaleda Zia’s release from jail ‘legal matter’, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has no influence over the issue. He said this at a press…
Dhaka, Delhi sign 4 MoUs to strengthen cooperation
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh and India on Friday signed four MoUs to further strengthen the existing “multifaceted cooperation” between the two countries, according to a joint press release. The MoUs were signed at the fifth meeting of the…
Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping
San Francisco, Feb 8 (AP/UNB) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime. The bug enabled interlopers to turn an iPhone into a live microphone while…
2 killed in Turag River boat capsize near Dhaka
Savar, Feb 7 (UNB) – A madrasah student and an unidentified man died as a boat capsized in the Turag River here on Thursday afternoon. The madrasah student was identified as Towhidur Rahman, 11. Atiqur Rahman Khan Shanta, chairman of…
300 graduates, 26 cos at Bd Youth Leaders’ Career Fair 2019
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – The third Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) Career Fair held on Thursday brought together graduates and recruiters under a single roof, allowing them to directly interact with each other. Three hundred BYLC graduates and 26…
Angelina Jolie seeks sustained global support for Rohingyas
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – UNHCR special envoy and Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has said the world must not turn away from the nearly 1 million Rohingyas who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Jolie, who left here early Thursday…
UNHCR, WB together to ease Rohingya burden on Bd: Jolie
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Noting that it is one of the toughest tasks to feed and manage so many Rohingyas here, visiting UNHCR special envoy and famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Wednesday said the UN Refugee Agency and…
Reckless driving victim Rajib’s case report on Mar 13
Dhaka, Feb 06 – The submission of investigation report in connection with the case of Titumir College student Rajib was yesterday deferred to March 13. Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka fixed the new…
Bd prisoners may be able to talk to relatives over phone
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday told Parliament that the government has taken a project to make arrangements for prisoners to talk to their relatives through telephone from the country’s all jails. Replying to a…
Medical examiner: North Texas man killed when e-cig explodes
Fort Worth, Feb 6 (AP/UNB) — A medical examiner says a North Texas man was killed when an e-cigarette exploded in his face. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office reports 24-year-old William Brown of Fort Worth died Jan. 29, two…
News on ‘plastic rice’ baseless: Minister
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak on Wednesday trashed reports on the manufacturing of so-called plastic rice in Bangladesh, saying it was impossible. “News reports on plastic rice are baseless. The rice in question has been cooked…
Four of alleged question paper-leak syndicate held in Bd
Joypurhat, Feb 6 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four members of a syndicate involved in question paper leak at Boiragir intersection in the district town on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Dhrubha Das, 16, son…
Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam
Washington, Feb 6 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will hold a two-day summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam to continue his efforts to persuade Kim to give up his nuclear…