July 16, 2023

Dhaka-17 by-polls tomorrow

By-polls to Dhaka-17 constituency will be held tomorrow while 78 different local government elections will be held in different places in the country.Voting will be held from 8am to 4pm in 124 polling stations in Dhaka-17 without any break.Election Co…

Finance Minister Mahat leaves for India to take part in FMCBG

Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has left here today for India to take part in the third Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor (FMCBG)’s meeting of G20 nations.The meeting under India’s presidency has been scheduled to take place at Gandh…

64 houses at Odak to be evacuated

Sixty-four households at Odak of Maiwakhola rural municipality-4 in Taplejung are to be evacuated to safety. The settlement has been facing a constant risk of flood and landslide for two weeks due to monsoon rains.The local disaster management committ…

Foreign Minister Saud leaving for Thailand today

Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud is leaving for Thailand today. He is going to participate in the retreat of the foreign ministers of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) hosted …

Janakpur-Jayanagar train extended to Bijalpura

The train service in operation from Jayanagar in India to Janakpurdham, Nepal is going to be expanded Bhangaha Bijalpura in Mahottari.Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala will launch the extension service today.The train se…

Increased dengue infection rate may cause national crisis: DGHS

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today acknowledged the dengue situation was deteriorating “alarmingly” and warned that continued increase of the infection rate could expose Bangladesh to a national crisis.“The pressure (of dengue pat…

Deal signed to utilise electricity in railways

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said electricity will be used in railways to modernize the railway communication system.”Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken various efforts to transform the Bangladesh Railway system into a modern, sustain…