BD can earn $1b yearly thru Marine tourism
Gazi Anowar :Experts have called for accelerated moves for introducing marine tourism saying it could earn US$ 1 billion yearly to a staggering 10 per...
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Admission test in KUET, MIST on same day
UNB, Khulna :Candidates seeking admission to the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) and the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Dhaka...
Ministry hesitant to take action against corrupts!
Staff Reporter :The Shipping Ministry has reportedly been hesitant to take departmental action against the corrupt officials of the shipping department, posing a potential threat...
Kashmir faces new restrictions
AFP, Srinagar :Security forces imposed tough new restrictions in Indian Kashmir on Friday, fearing protests ahead of UN speeches by rival Indian and Pakistani leaders...
Plant Protection Wing hinders import of mosquito killing insecticides
Staff Reporter :Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday has hit out at the Plant Protection Wing of Department of Agricultural Extension...
First lot of hilsa being sent to India thru Benapole Port
UNB, Benapole :The first lot of 500 tonnes hilsa is being sent to India through Benapole land port on Saturday. Syed Anwar Moksud, general secretary of...
Dr Kamal seeks nat’l govt to protect country
Accusing the ruling party of taking the country to the brink of ruination, Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront on Saturday demanded that a national government...
5 robbers held in city
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested five robbers from Jatrabari area in the capital yesterday and recovered two sharp weapons from their possessions, a DMP press...
Strife-torn HK marks five yrs since ‘Umbrella’ protests
AFP :Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers gathered Saturday night to mark the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella Movement”, the failed pro-democracy campaign that laid...
‘Right to information must for development’
Speakers at a discussion on Saturday noted that right to information is required for maintaining continuity of development in the country.They said, there is no...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help BD’s vaccination prog
BSS, New York :Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has said his organisation will extend support to Bangladesh’s vaccination programme.Bill Gates came up...
Padma erosion hits Naria again
Syed Shemul Parvez :Around 150 meters area of Naria upazila protection dam has been collapsed again due to aggressive erosion of the Padma River in...