Two enterprises of the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC), Fish Harbour Complex and Fish Landing Centre, situated in Chittagong are now running very
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Solar water pumps can help save fuel, power: experts
The use of solar water pump for agricultural irrigation can boost country’s food production three times and cut the increasing demand of fuel and electricity significantly experts of Renewable
Nursing wounds, they recall the day
More than 25 left-wing leaders and student activists, who sustained serious injuries in Wednesday’s police attack on anti-gas export protesters in the capital, are still nursing
Four killed in road mishap
At least four persons were killed and 10-12 others were injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road fell into a ditch filled with water at Tangibari under Munshiganj district
RMG worker loses eyes in acid attack
A garment worker suffered severe damage to both her eyes after her divorced husband threw acid leaving the whole face burnt at Pahartali in the port city
100,000 stranded after Khulna flash floods
Flash floods submerged some 20 villages, affecting over 100,000 people, as a flood embankment was breached in several places at Dakope upazila, Khulna, officials
Longest-serving finance minister
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member M Saifur Rahman, who died on Saturday, had been the longest serving finance minister in Bangladesh’s history. He formulated 12 national budgets, starting with the one in the 1980–81 financial year. He placed his last
President, JS speaker, others mourn death
President Zillur Rahman, speaker and deputy speakers of Jatiya Sangsad and different socio-political organisations, politicians and foreign diplomats have expressed deep shock at the death of former finance minister
AL expresses deep shock
The ruling Awami League Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of veteran politician and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman in a road accident. In a condolence message, the AL’s acting president, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and acting general secretary, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif
Khaleda calls Saifur’s death ‘irreparable loss’
The BNP chairperson and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, expressed her deep shock Saturday at the death of M Saifur Rahman, veteran BNP leader and former finance minister, calling it ‘an irreparable loss’ for
PM tells of threats 2 years back
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to extend their wholehearted support to her government in building a modern digital Bangladesh by 2021 through salvaging the country
1932- 2009
M Saifur Rahman was born in Baharmardan village of Moulvibazar in 1932. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1953 and became a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Indian giants seek telecoms corridor
Want to connect seven sisters, offer an access to alternative submarine cable Bangladesh can have access to an alternative submarine cable if it allows two Indian companies to build a fibre optic network to take low-cost telecommunication services to India’s seven
Dipu Moni leaves for Delhi tomorrow: Bilateral issues to be reviewed
The Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh and India hold bilateral talks in New Delhi on September 8 for a review of the entire range of bilateral issues as well as finding out newer avenues of cooperation between
5 of a family killed in city road accident
Five members of a family including a one-year-old baby were killed when a CNG-run taxicab skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck at Birulia under Pallabi police station in the
101 more get appointed soon
The government has decided to appoint 101 assistant judges to lower courts in addition to 207 whose appointments are now almost at the final stage. Even the law ministry has already in a requisition letter asked the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) authorities to
JS goes into session tomorrow
The third session of the 9th parliament begins at 11 am tomorrow. The parliament secretariat has already taken all preparations for the session. Its duration as well as proceedings will be finalised at a meeting of the Business
Population explosion may thwart dev process
Govt for reactivating family planning programme The country lost some 9.8 lakh hectares of farmland between 1981 and 2001 due largely to population growth which further resulted in doubling of urban population in 20
Three killed in ‘gunfight’ with law enforcers
Three listed criminals, including two outlaws were killed in three separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with the law enforcers in Khulna, Kushtia and Pabna on Friday and
Ex-US soldier gets life in prison for Iraqi assault
A federal judge sentenced a former US Army soldier to life in prison without parole on Friday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the slaying of her