Pro-govt panel sweeps DUTA polls
DU Correspondent :Pro-Awami League “Blue” panel swept the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) election yesterday.The panel got four posts in the 15-member executive committee, while...
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Development projects are delayed to increase costs: Momen
Staff Reporter :Development work is delayed to increase expenditure and it has become a common tradition in our country, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said...
Tk2.74 lakh earned in metro fare on first day
News Desk :The Metro Rail has sold tickets for Tk2,74,860 on the first day of commercial operations after being inaugurated by the prime minister yesterday.A...
Gold becomes more expensive
News Desk :Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has announced a Tk1,166 hike per bhori in the price of gold.Every bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk88,413...
Release Fakhrul for sake of democracy: Eminent citizens
News Desk :Sixty prominent citizens of the country have urged the government to release BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to strengthen the stance...
EU to provide $24m to PKSF for extreme poverty reduction
News Desk :The European Union will provide around $24.3 million to the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) for implementing a new project.PKSF Managing Director Dr Nomita...
BNP leader Rizvi shown arrested in 3 more cases
Court Correspondent :Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed was shown arrested yesterday in three more separate cases filed with Paltan...
Russia fires barrage of missiles at Ukraine’s major cities
Reuters :Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on Thursday, targetting Kyiv, the northeastern city of Kharkiv, and other cities in a massive aerial...
Govt to procure 2.09cr litres of soybean oil for TCB
Staff Reporter :The government has further decided to procure a total of 2.09 crore litres soybean oil at the cost of Tk 334.39 crore for...
Fire damages City Dental College hostel in Dhaka
News Desk :Firefighters have doused a fire that broke out in the hostel of City Dental College at Nikunja in Dhaka’s Khilkhet.The fire erupted on...
Cambodian casino fire kills 19, dozens more missing
Reuters :At least 19 people were killed and up to 30 were missing after a huge fire tore through a casino-hotel complex in a Cambodian...
Case filed against husband
Staff Reporter :A case has been filed against slain journalist Sharmin Shabnam’s husband Saidul Islam for allegedly killing his wife.Shabnam’s younger brother Omar Rashid filed...