Bangladesh and India on Sunday agreed to work closely to further deepen and strengthen cooperation on common rivers and water resources management.They also agreed to strengthen cooperation in IT and cybersecurity, renewable energy, agriculture and foo…
Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam has directed the local authorities in Sylhet for cutting up roads if necessary to make way for floodwater to subside.He has also directed the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) to supply …
The Chandpur town protection embankment has become vulnerable due to onrush of water from upstream.Some vulnerable spots in the embankment have already been spotted by Water Development Board (WDB) officials.They are dumping cement blocks and sand-fill…
The parliamentary standing committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Sunday got additional 45 working days to submit its report on Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation Bill, 2022.The Bill was placed in Parliament to expedite e…
Unilever Bangladesh and Circular, a social purpose-driven organisation involved in plastic waste management, have joined hands to collect 1,000 tonnes of plastic from Dhaka in the next year.The plastic wastes will be collected from Dhaka North City Cor…
Two Indian crew of a Danish oil tanker died reportedly after inhaling toxic gas while working in the vessel at the Chattogram port on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Jishnu Raj, 29, and Akhil Shekhar, 26, hailing from India’s Kerala state.Secr…
Members of Rab have arrested a condemned militant from the city’s Uttara area on Saturday night, in connection with a 2000 attempt to assassinate then-opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000.The arrestee was identified as She…
The High Court on Sunday fixed June 26 for pronouncing a verdict on whether Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman are fugitives and whether they will be able to hire lawyers.A bench comprising Judge M…
A 22-year-old housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Afroza, wife of Delwar Hossain in East Fulmoti village of the upazila.Family sources …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the flood-hit northern region including Sylhet and Netrakona on Tuesday to see for herself the devastation and the measures taken to mitigate the sufferings of the marooned people.“The PM will leave for Sylhet in…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the Rohingyas are creating social problems in Bangladesh as many of them are engaged in drug and women trafficking.The prime minister said this when newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Li…
The positivity rate kept rising as Bangladesh recorded 596 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,956,327.The country’s total fatalities, however, remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported d…
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