Kalurghat Bridge closed for 3 months for renovation
UNB, Chattogram : Rail and road communication via Kalurghat Bridge, the century-old bridge over the Karnaphuli River, have been suspended for three months to get...
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Chandpur wholesale market flooded with hilsa, price coming down
UNB, Chandpur : Price of the much sought after hilsa fish is coming down as the largest wholesale ‘Boro Station Market’ in Chandpur district is...
Preventing propaganda: CEC, Facebook delegation to hold meeting on Aug 3
UNB, Dhaka : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal will hold a meeting with a Facebook delegation on Thursday (August 3, 2023), on preventing...
Dialogue among political parties needed to resolve crisis: CEC tells US Ambassador
UNB, Dhaka : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday told US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas that dialogue among political parties is...
AL never runs away from people: PM Hasina
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down heavily on BNP leaders for comments that Awami League won’t get the way to...
US to send pre-election assessment and monitoring team in early Oct: Peter Haas
UNB, Dhaka : US Ambassador Peter Haas on Tuesday said the United States will be sending a pre-election assessment and monitoring team in early October...
Appellate Division dismisses petition challenging legality of 290 MPs’ oath
UNB, Dhaka : The appellate division of the Supreme Court has dismissed the leave to appeal petition challenging the legality of the oath taking of...
After 21 years, Thakurgaon silk factory set to resume production on August 3
UNB, Thakurgaon : After being closed for a staggering 21 years, Thakurgaon Silk Factory is all set to resume operation formally on August 3. Activities...
17 killed as crane collapses at road construction site in India’s Maharashtra
AL Jazeera : At least 17 workers have been crushed to death in western India when a giant crane collapsed at a highway construction site,...
At least 20 dead and 27 missing in floods surrounding China’s capital Beijing, thousands evacuated
AP, BEIJING : Days of unusually heavy rains around China’s capital, Beijing, have flooded houses, torn apart roads and left at least 20 people dead...
ACC decides it has enough to prosecute senior Customs officer
UNB, Dhaka : The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against the current commissioner of the Commissionerate of Customs Valuation and Internal Audit...
AL bamboozled by BNP movement’s googly: Fakhrul
UNB, Dhaka : Claiming that the ruling Awami League was clean bowled by their movement’s ‘googly’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday...