Category: Miscellaneous

BNP leader Fakhrul holds meeting with US envoy Haas in Dhaka

Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held a meeting with the United States ambassador to Dhaka, Peter Haas, on Thursday.

22-day hilsa fishing ban begins at midnight

A 22-day ban on catching hilsa fishing began across the country on Thursday midnight. To ensure the safe spawning of the national fish of Bangladesh during its peak breeding period, the government has imposed the ban in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary.

Mujib biopic will present Bangladesh history to people: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the nation would learn a lot of unknown information and new chapter of the history through the much-awaited Biopic "Mujib: The Making of a Nation". She said this prior to watch the premiere show of the film at the Bangladesh Film Archive, Tejgaon here.

Collective efforts needed to ensure mental health: Speakers

Highlighting the importance of mental health, academics and researchers stressed the need for ensuring mental health to all for their betterment. They mentioned that optimum treatment and necessary healthcare facilities towards the mentally sick are very vital to facilitate them to get back their n

President for expanding Girl Guides activities at grassroots

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today asked Bangladesh Girl Guides Association to promote scouting activities at the grassroots level across the country.

Don't allow anyone to play with people's fate: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to the countrymen not to allow anyone to play duck and drake with the fate of the Bangalee nation.

PM opens Dhaka-Bhanga rail service

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Dhaka-Bhanga section of the rail link between Dhaka and Jashore through the Padma Bridge. She opened the rail route unveiling a plaque by pressing a button at the digital method at a civic rally at Mawa Railway Station in Munshiganj this morning as

PM reiterates commitment to hold free, fair polls

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ON Monday reiterated her commitment to hold next polls in a free and fair manner as visiting State Secretary for International Development Cooperation of Sweden Foreign Ministry Diana Janse called on her at her office here. “We are committed to holding the next general

Claudia Goldin wins Nobel in economics

The Nobel prize in economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research that has helped understand the role of women in the labour market. The 77-year-old Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given the nod "for

Work with specific plan for country's sustainable development

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the fresh BCS cadres to work with specific plans to ensure continued sustainable development in the country.

PK Halder gets 22-year jail

Dhaka special judge’s court-10 on Sunday sentenced former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, to 22 years imprisonment in a case filed over amassing wealth illegally and money laundering.

Bangladesh to be international aviation hub: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh would be an international aviation hub as she made ‘soft opening’ of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)

Connecting dreams to reality, PM opens HSIA's 3rd terminal today

Aviators are counting hours as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make soft opening of exciting third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) today with slogan of "connecting dreams to reality" towards making Bangladesh as an aviation hub.

Bangladesh’s participation in 78th UNGA session successful: Hasina

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday termed Bangladesh’s participation in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly as ‘successful’.

Dhaka’s air quality ‘unhealthy’ Friday morning

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 153 at 9:20 am on Friday. The air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality and pollution city ranking. Dhaka’s air on Friday morning turne

Bangladesh witnesses nine more dengue deaths

Nine more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,055 in the ongoing year.

Rooppur power plant is another step towards Smart Bangladesh: PM

Reiterating to build the country as "Smart Bangladesh", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is another step in building smart Bangladesh. "Bangladesh will be turned into a smart country in future, and the nuclear power plant is another step towards building th

PM to brief media on UNGA session tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference tomorrow to brief the media about the outcome of her joining the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York.

Poet Asad Chowdhury passes away

Ekushey Padak-winning poet, noted media personality and valiant Freedom Fighter Poet Asad Chowdhury died of old-age complications while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Toronto, Canada on Thursday. He was 80.