Category: Nation

City Mayor Moniruzzaman Mony today said Khulna city Corporation (KCC) has taken up a development plan for building a modern Khulna city.He was addressing as chief guest in a view-exchange meeting held at Shaheed Altaf auditorium of the Corporation.

A meeting for maintaining the sanctity of ensuing Ramadan and to ensure unadulterated food items at a reasonable price to the members of Muslim community was held yesterday (Sunday) at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner.The meeting chaired by ADC…

Speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi said adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the region including the vast Barind tract. To face the…

CBA and non-CBA Oikya Parishad of eight state owned jute mills in Khulna has enforced a 3-hour road-railway blockade in the city to press home their five-point demands.

A schoolgirl drowned in a pond at Sonapur village in Biswanath upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, a class X student of Gobindaganj High School in Chhatak upazila and daughter of Shukur Ali, a resident of Sonapur…

Two people were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and CNG=run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Model Police Station area in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.

A total of 25 schemes are now being implemented in all the four upazilas of the district at a cost of taka 61, 60,000.The four upazilas of the district are Chuadanga Sadar, Alamdanga, Damurhuda and Jibannagar. Ministry of Relief and…

The “Ocean Probe” with 85 cargo-laden containers today left Chittagong Port for transshipment to India.As neighbouring India recently got the transshipment facility, foreign container-vessel “MV Iravati Star” anchored at jetty number 13 of Chittagong Port on June 2 for reshipment…

More than 1,498 poor and distressed litigants get legal aid here as the district legal aid committee had taken initiative of disposing of their litigation free of cost.At present, the committee has been dealing with more than 2,992 other cases…

Speakers at a discussion in Rajshahi have underscored the need for collective efforts of all authorities concerned for substantial and sustainable promotion of soil and fertilizer management technology for protecting the soil productivity from further degradation.

The Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) organised Airport Emergency Exercise at Shah Amanat International Airport in the city today.Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, MP attended the exercise as the chief guest.

Production of BRRI-dhan 63, a fine quality high-yielding rice variety newly developed by Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), has raised great optimism among farmers in Sherpur as well as agricultural scientists, after it has been released to farmers for growing…

A schoolboy died from electrocution at Baghata in Sadar upazila on Tuesday.

The government officials distributed ten power tillers to farmers of Debiganj in the district in subsidized rate this noon.

Joypurhat Sugar Mills (JSM), a state owned enterprise, has started ‘Open Market Sale’ (OMS) of sugar across the country from Monday to stabilize the price of sugar during the month of Ramadan.The JSM, one of the quality sugar producers of…

A construction worker was killed and three others, including two schoolboys, were injured when the boundary wall of a colony collapsed on them near Afgan Mosque in Dewan Bazar area of the city on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as…

A college student was found dead at Bahirchar in Harirampur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Nayeem Miah, 20, a second year student of Judge Nurul Islam Khan Degree College and son of Najim Uddin, a resident of the…

Around 200 families of Hurka union in Rampal upazila have been suffering since long as their houses, ponds and shrimp enclosures have been covered with silt after the government initiated dredging work of the Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel for restoring its navigability.The report on field…

A day-long workshop jointly organised by Faridpur Pourashava and Practical Action, Bangladesh(PAB) on ‘Fecal Sludge Management and Regulatory Framework’ initiated by the Local Government Ministry was held yesterday(Monday)at the Pourashava conference room.In the multi-media presentation PAB personnel Abdullah Al Mamun displayed the present situation…

  There is no alternative to using quality seed, modern technologies and organic fertilizers for enhancing rice production under adverse climate to alleviate poverty and attain food security, speakers said on Monday.They were addressing a ceremony arranged for distribution of high yielding BRRI dhan…

Boro paddy and rice procurement drive of Department of Food started in Palashbari upazila of the district on Monday amid much enthusiasm.A simple ceremony organized by upazila food department was held on the premises of a godown of Local Supply Depot at…

Divisional Hill Management Committee (DHMC) yesterday issued warnings to the residents of 11 risky hills including Moti Jhorna and Lalkhan Bazar hill areas about possible landslides in Chittagong hill areas.

Two motorcycle riders were killed in a road accident at Aladipur village under Bagarpara upazila in the district today.The deceased were identified as Rafiq, 30, and Khair Biswas, 28.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers- 2015 was observed here today through various programmes amid huge enthusiasm in a befitting manner in the divisional city of Rangpur.Rangpur Area Headquarters of Bangladesh Army, led by its Station Commander Brigadier General…

Boro paddy and rice procurement drive of Department of Food has started in Sadar upazila on Sunday amid much enthusiasm.Official sources said the government has set a target to purchase a total of 416 tonnes of paddy from the farmers…

A young man Shagor Miah, 25, son of Tuhin Miah was electrocuted at Islampur village under Dhamrai Thana of the district on Friday night.

Renowned politician, social organizer and Timber Merchant of Rangamati hill district Jasimuddin Kabir died on Saturday midnight at BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka following heart attack. He was 60.

More than 3,000 farmers and common people have achieved self-reliance in Rangpur Division by cultivating highly profitable lemon having huge market demand round the year with lucrative price.Having repeated bumper production with huge profits in recent years, the farmers have…

About 150,000 tonnes of summer vegetables are expected to produce in Narsingdi district during the current season.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said if the favorable weather condition continues in the next couple of weeks the production target would be…

Speakers at a discussion here have said that the lifelong struggles of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam were aimed at establishing universal humanism against injustice and communalism in the society.They termed rebel poet Nazrul as a philosopher and great source…