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Shortage of bus seats Sept 2: People who migrated to the port city for making fortune from country’s northern districts have long been facing serious transport crisis to get back home mainly ahead of different occasions like Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and

The Barisal Veterinary Institute, which is the outer campus of Patuakhali University of Science and Technology, was on Wednesday closed for an indefinite period. The students were asked to leave their hostels by the

Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance tickets from September 7 in view of the forthcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr. Special security measures will also be taken in five major railway stations to ensure good services to the

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Geneva on Tuesday afternoon at the head of a 45-member Bangladesh delegation to attend a five-day UN-sponsored international meet on climate

Govt says no need to confirm swine flu; suspects advised to start treatment; 34 more infection reported The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) yesterday stopped its testing facility for detecting swine flu–the only available service in the country–except for cases referred

Suspected swine flu patients find themselves as unwelcome visitors at designated hospitals, with the first death from H1N1 virus sending panic waves across the country and 34 more people tested positive

Timber traders team up with forest officials to plunder Rangamati greens Illegal logging continues unabated in the reserve forests in Rangamati, contributing to deforestation and destruction of wildlife and depriving the government of huge

UK ministers say, offering help in climate change adaptation “The British government wants to see a sustainable democracy in Bangladesh. We hope both the ruling and opposition political parties will make parliament effective by strengthening democracy,” visiting British Secretary of State for

Earns Tk 5.91cr in 2007-08 Ending three years in a row in the reds and decades of mismanagement, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd achieved a net profit of Tk 5.91 crore in the 2007-2008 fiscal

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haq yesterday called upon government organizations to seek police help during tender submission to avert any unpleasant incident over tender dropping, as reports are

Leaders of the country’s apex business bodies on Tuesday — expressing grave concern over the arrest and remand of Abul Kalam Azad, the chairman and managing director of the Azad Group — demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident

The government will distribute 2.65 crore of Compact Florescent Lights (CFL) from March next to 1.33 crore households free of cost within 2013 to save 350MW of electricity across the

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha will take three more months to open Bijoy Sarani-Tejgaon Link Road to traffic with extending the deadline for the third

12 injured A gang of criminals attacked three Hindu families at Dighalkandi Sahapara village in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi Monday night, injuring 12

The government will appoint 32,031 police personnel in different categories within next three years to reduce its manpower crisis as per proposal of the police

The hospitals in the capital city are yet to be ready to treat swine flu patients though health authorities claimed they have taken sufficient precautionary measures to face any

Govt takes step to save power, and pass it to irrigation The government has decided to distribute a total of 2.65 crore pieces of energy saving (CFL) bulbs free of cost among the rural and urban poor people before start of the next irrigation

Bangladesh Biman will add two new Boeing -777 to the fleet in 2011, two years ahead of their delivery schedule in 2013 as per the recent purchase agreement with Boeing

The port city of Chittagong is lacking in adequate facilities to diagnose the patients of swine flu which is increasing day by day. When contacted, Dr. Abu Tayib, Acting Civil Surgeon of Chittagong, told The Independent that the sample had to be sent to the

Bangladesh, like other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) seeks inclusion of their major exportable in the duty-free basket by the developed countries including USA in order to facilitate