Sand lifting poses threats of river erosion in Faridpur
News Desk :Illegal sand lifting from the Gorai river in Faridpur has continued for the past two months – posing erosion risks and displacement of...
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DU forms probe committee look into extortion’s allegation
DU Correspondent :Dhaka University (DU) administration formed a committee to investigate the allegation of extortion against some of its proctorial team nearly half of a...
Escape of two militants is our failure: RAB DG
Staff Reporter :Escape of two militants from the court premises is our failure, said M Khurshid Hossain, Director General (DG) of the elite force Rapid...
Trader Shahin murder: PBI ordered to give probe report by Apr 10
Court Correspondent :The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka again asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) yesterday to submit by April 10 the...
DU observes Flag hoisting day
DU Correspondent :Dhaka University (DU) observed Flag Hoisting Day on Thursday to commemorate the first hoisting of the country’s national flag on the DU campus...
Dhaka seeks foreign funds for moving 70,000 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char: PMO
News Desk :The government has placed two proposals seeking assistance from international community to relocate more Rohingya people to Bhashan Char island from camps in...
LPG price reduced by Tk 76 per 12kg
Staff Reporter :The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has been reduced by Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC).As per BERC’s decision, the price of 12...
G20 meeting: Blinken, Lavrov talk as US-Russia tensions soar
Al Jazeera :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have met briefly at a meeting of top diplomats from the...
PM's visit to Doha: Bangladesh to look for energy coop from Qatar
Diplomatic Correspondent :Bangladesh is looking for energy cooperation with Qatar as the matter will be discussed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Doha to...
Export earnings post 9.56pc growth during July-February
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh’s export earnings of goods in the July-February period of the current fiscal year 2022-23 increased by 9.56 per cent to USD 37.07...
Inter-city rail service: New ticketing system kicks off
UNB :The new ticketing system for inter-city rail services has started on Wednesday from the capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station.“We introduced the new ticketing system for...
Two Bangladeshi refugees in Nauru sew lips in protest
News Desk :Two Bangladeshi refugees on the tiny island nation of Nauru – a five-hour plane journey from Australia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean –...