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Gazipur City Corporation polls tomorrow

All the necessary preparations have been completed as the voting for Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections will be held tomorrow.The voting will start at 8am and it will continue till 4pm without any break, said the official sources of the Election…

Boro cultivation exceeded target in Manikganj

Harvesting of Boro is going on full swing in all seven upazilas of the district with the expectation of bumper production.Boro cultivation exceeded its fixed target in all seven upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm f…

First hajj flight leaves Ctg with 419 pilgrims

The first hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines today left Chattogram for Madina of Saudi Arabia with 419 hajj pilgrims.Bangladesh Biman flight number BG-3401 left for Madina at 3.50 am today.Director of Shah Amanat Airport Group Captain Taslim Ahm…

One gets life-term imprisonment for keeping drug in C’nawabganj

A court here on Monday afternoon sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case.The court also fined convict, Mizanur Rahman, 25, son of Abdul Mazid of Bazratek village under Bholahat upazila of the district, Taka 10,000.Additional District …

Nearly 60,000 Bangladeshi tourists visit Malaysia last year: envoy

Malaysian leisure industry recorded more than 10 million tourists’ arrivals in 2022 while out of that 59,000 were originated from Bangladesh, Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim has said.“The tourism sector has emerged as a vita…

Storm damages lemon farm

The storm occurred for some days has damaged lemon farming at Asapani of Byas Municipality-13 in Tanahu district. The storm damaged the commercial farming of lemon done by local Raju Regmi in 26 ropanies of land. Three-hundred trees of lemon were dest…

IFRC Secretary General congratulates climber Sherpa

Mingmar Sherpa, a resident of Taikub from Soludhudhkunda Municipality-1 in Solukhumbu district, has scaled the Mt Everest successfully. He reached atop Everest on May 16, according to Nepal Red Cross Society.Climber Sherpa had hoisted the Red Cross’ f…