OC in trouble for demanding biriyani, sweets
15 October 2023, 15:16 PM
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Water scarcity hampers jute processing
19 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Auto rice mill near school
18 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Sudden Jamuna erosion makes many homeless
13 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Environment
Natore UP member found dead, wife injured
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Two kids drown in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Permanent shops on leased land!
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Illegal pond: A threat to surrounding cropland
12 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Payra erosion threatens Barguna villages
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Country
2 killed in AL factional clash in Patuakhali, 4 held
Two persons have been killed in a clash between two factions of Awami League in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district.
2 August 2020, 17:34 PM
Amitabh Bachchan tests negative for Covid-19, discharged from hospital
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has tested negative for Covid-19 and was discharged from Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai today after 23 days of treatment, his son Abhishek Bachchan tweeted.
2 August 2020, 16:01 PM
People lost all potential after Bangabandhu’s assassination: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses anti-liberation forces of assassinating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, saying that the people of Bangladesh had lost “all potentials” after this brutal killing.
2 August 2020, 15:27 PM
General Electric to provide advanced gas turbine technology for Bangladeshi powerplant
General Electric has announced that it will be providing its advanced gas turbine technology upgrade Advanced Gas Path (AGP) for the upcoming Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Ltd’s 718-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant in Meghnaghat in Bangladesh.
2 August 2020, 14:22 PM
21 police members closed over killing of retired army officer in Cox’s Bazar
Twenty-one police members, including an in-charge of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre, are closed following the death of a retired army major from police gunshots at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila on Friday.
2 August 2020, 14:14 PM
Norway to provide $1.5m to support improved ship recycling in Bangladesh
Norway has committed approximately US$1.5 million (14 million Norwegian Kroner) to support improved ship recycling in Bangladesh.
2 August 2020, 14:02 PM
An Eid devoid of joy for laid-off jute mill workers
While the whole country is celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, Khalishpur industrial area of Khulna is in dismal state.
2 August 2020, 13:16 PM
‘Railway’ syndicate makes money, govt loses revenue
More than a hundred abandoned railway staff quarters have been quietly and illegally rented out in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura Junction Railway Station allegedly by a syndicate of insiders within the railways, including a senior assistant engineer and a union leader.
2 August 2020, 09:48 AM
Kurigram-3 lawmaker MA Matin tests positive for Covid-19
The lawmaker from Kurigram-3 constituency MA Matin has tested positive for coronavirus.
1 August 2020, 16:17 PM
Retired army major shot dead at Cox’s Bazar check-post
A retired army major died on Friday night after he was shot in "self-defence" by police officials who stopped the car at a check-post in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf upazila.
1 August 2020, 15:22 PM
2 boys drown in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat flood water
Two boys in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts drowned in flood water today.
1 August 2020, 15:12 PM
2 killed in Bagerhat road accident
A rider and his pillion on a motorcycle have been killed when hit by a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.
1 August 2020, 13:41 PM
49th anniversary of ‘Concert for Bangladesh’
Today, August 1, is the 49th anniversary of the Concert for Bangladesh. The concert was organised by former The Beatles member George Harrison, along with Pandit Ravi Shankar, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1 August 2020, 05:05 AM
Eid-ul-Azha being celebrated in shadow of Covid-19, floods
Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, is being celebrated in Bangladesh as the country grapples with the Covid-19 outbreak and floods inflict untold sufferings to hundreds of thousands of people.
1 August 2020, 04:30 AM
Month of mourning begins today
The month of mourning begins today for the nation to recall the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the night of August 15, 1975, the ugliest chapter in the nation’s history, and renew the pledge to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty.
31 July 2020, 18:22 PM
5 Ctg dailies, including Dainik Azadi, suspend publication over Eid bonus
Five local dailies in Chattogram, including the Dainik Azadi, one of the oldest newspapers in Bangladesh, have suspended their publication following a siege programme by journalists demanding full payment of the Eid bonus.
31 July 2020, 17:03 PM
PM urges all to be imbued with spirit of Eid-ul-Azha
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the countrymen to be imbued with the spirit of Eid-ul-Azha and to participate in welfare-oriented activities to establish a discrimination-free, happy, prosperous and peaceful Bangladesh.
31 July 2020, 14:02 PM
Money laundering: Faridpur town AL president Nazmul Islam held
Awami League’s Faridpur town unit president Nazmul Islam Khandaker was held today in connection with money laundering.
31 July 2020, 12:49 PM
5 drown as boat capsizes in Tangail
Five people drowned as a boat carrying them capsized in a beel (water body) in Sarail upazila of Tangail this afternoon.
31 July 2020, 12:46 PM
ADB signs $200 million deal with Reliance for 718MW power plant
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718MW gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh.
31 July 2020, 11:25 AM