Water of 8 rivers in the south flowing above the danger mark
UNB, Barishal : Due to the full moon and onrush of water from upstream, the waters of eight rivers in the southern region of the country are flowing above the danger mark. In addition,...
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Country may witness 70% surplus in electricity generation capacity this winter
UNB, Dhaka : More than two-thirds of the total power generation capacity will remain idle this coming winter, as more power is added to the national grid from the private sector pushing up the...
No discussion held on visa policy with US Assistant Secretary Bitter: Acting FS
UNB, Dhaka : Acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd.) Md. Khurshed Alam on Sunday said the US side did not raise anything related to the recently announced US visa policy. “I can unequivocally tell...
No way to return to caretaker government, PM Hasina in VoA interview
UNB, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out a return to the repealed caretaker government system as the constitution was amended in line with a higher court verdict. “People have the sole...
New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralyzed
AFP, NEW YORK : Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York under water on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and airports in America’s financial capital. LaGuardia airport closed down...
Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam’s prophet kills 52 people in southwest Pakistan
AP, Pakistan: A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding more than 50...
First batch of uranium for RNPP reaches Rooppur amid tight security
UNB, Pabna : The first consignment of uranium, the nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, has arrived in Pabna’s Rooppur under special security arrangement. Akbar Ali Munsi, superintendent of Pabna police, confirmed the...
Chinese-built Padma Bridge benefits people’s livelihood, boosts transformation of economic landscape in Bangladesh
XINHUA : “Before, we used to sit on a ferry for one day, two days, three days, and four days to pass the huge river, but now we only spend five minutes due to...
Commentary: No constitutional change can make a man a woman or a woman a man
– Mainul Hosein : Responding to a query the Chief Election Commissioner assured the European Union that he was getting all the cooperation from the government to make the upcoming parliamentary election free and...
AL govt liable for US visa restriction: BNP
Staff Reporter : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that Bangladesh is in a ‘terrible’ situation. Whether the country will have freedom-sovereignty, whether it will have democratic rights...
1500 families stranded as embankment collapses in Naogaon
UNB, Naogaon : A flood protection embankment along the Atrai River in Manda upazila of Naogaon district collapsed following water level increase, rendering 1500 families of a number of villages stranded. Besides, 1000 bigha...