International Day of Older Persons was observed in the district town today.
To mark the day, a colorful rally, led by Deputy Commissioner Sifat Mehnaj, paraded different streets in the district town this morning.
On the occasion, a discussion was he…
Kathmandu: A meeting of the CPN (UML) Secretariat today decided to deposit Rs 5 million in the Prime Minister Natural Disaster Relief Fund. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday had also decided to preliminarily deposit one billion rupees in…
Six members of a family, including four children, were burnt to death as a fire broke out at their house, built under Ashrayan project, in Dharmapasha upazila here early today.
The deceased were identified as Emarul, 50, his wife Poly Akther, 45, the…
Kathmandu: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ramnath Adhikari, has said agriculture sector of the country has been affected due to climate change.
He laid emphasis on the need of transferring technology in order to lessen the impact…
The government today ordered five envoys stationed in New Delhi, Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon, and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, to return to Dhaka immediately.
In separate notices issued by the foreign ministry, the envoys w…
Dev Naryan Mehata of Bhokraha Narsingh rural municipality has suffered severe losses in paddy cultivation on two bighas of land due to recent flooding caused by incessant rains.
He has already invested around Rs 40,000 per bigha (one bigha is equival…
Speakers at a civic memorial meeting today said that Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) president Ruhul Amin Gazi was an uncompromising journalist leader, saying he always led the bread and butter movement of journalists from the front.
A…
Kathmandu: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said the recent flooding and landslides caused by the monsoon rains have so far resulted in 218 deaths, the missing of 27 people, and 143 injuries. He said the government is engaged in the post-disaster respo…
A total of 31 retired and expired officers and employees of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) were given Taka 1.75 crore as gratuity here today.
RCC Administrator and Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Dr Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir distributed bank che…