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Italy has assured Bangladesh that it will clear 20,000 pending visa applications for Bangladeshi nationals by December, said Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain in the city on Tuesday. "As many as 20000 (visa) cases were cleared from Rome but the pace of issuing those (in Dhaka) is slow. I ...
Country, Districts
The Sanaton community will begin five-day celebrations of their greatest religious festival of Durga Puja with 'Bodhan' from today in the district amid due religious fervor and gaiety.The Sanaton devotees will start thronging all puja mandaps erected across the district from the morning to h...
Rajshahi University (RU) authority on Tuesday held a reception for the newly-admitted first-year (honours) students under 2023-2024 academic session.The reception was held at Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium of the university.Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Saleh Hasan Naqib welcomed the students with...
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has intensified intelligence surveillance ahead of the Durga Puja, largest religious festival of the Hindu community, everywhere in the metropolis.Meanwhile, RMP has issued a public notice imposing bans on bursting crackers along with selling of any kinds of narcot...
City
BNP Chairperson's Adviser and former Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque on Tuesday urged the interim government to remain alert as ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was maintaining contact with the cohorts of Awami League (AL) who were hatching conspiracy against the country. “Sheikh ...
The forest department has completed nylon net fencing of 40 kilometers area of Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, to help conservation of tigers and protect local people from the attack of this ferocious animal, an official said.The forest authorities will start fencing of more 20 ...
Business & Commerce
In view of the ongoing volatile situation in the egg market, the government has given permission to import of 4.5 crore eggs through seven designated firms.The Ministry of Commerce today gave the permission to stabilise prices and ensure the availability of this essential commodity.The firms are M/S...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday approved a Taka 11,560.77 crore new rail-cum-road bridge project over the River Karnaphuli at Kalurghat beside the existing old bridge to ensure smooth and uninterrupted communication system between Chattogram and Cox's B...
Macroeconomic adjustments undertaken in recent months and robust economic fundamentals will pave the way for growth to rebound Bangladesh’s economy over the coming year, observed Frederic Neumann, Chief Asia Economist and Co-Head of Global Research Asia of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor...
Stocks on Monday extended its losing streak as the risk-averse investors preferred to book profit on quick-gaining shares.DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), closed the day with 43.72 points down and settled at 5,335.06 points. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 22.09 poi...
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, the chief of the committee on drafting a white paper committee on Bangladesh economy, today said the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) want recognition of their contributions to the development of the country.The NGO representatives sought the recognition at a meeting ...
Finance and commerce adviser Salehuddin Ahmed n Sunday said the role of country's leather industry is crucial for diversification of trade as there are huge possibilities and potential in the sector to discover. "Along with the possibilities, the sector has some problems too. We h...
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the country's Hindu community, will be celebrated at 78 mandaps in all five upazilas, including four pourashavas, in the district this year.The festival will begin on October 9 with due respect and religious fervor across the country and end on Octob...
Despite a drought-like situation during the seedling transplantation stage, farmers are now expecting a bumper production of Aman rice in Rangpur agriculture region this season. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers have already started harvesting short-durati...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian truck driver with 17.6 kg hilsa fish from Sonamasjid Land Port area under Shibganj upazila of the district on Monday morning.The arrested person is Alok Mondol, 22, son of Ranjit Mondol of Kanchantar Tiakathi village under English Bazar Thana of Malda...
Local units of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) and its front organizations will guard all the mandaps of Saradiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, in the city and the division.At the direction of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, they already formed 'Peace...
The "Rangpur Divisional Level Multimedia Campaign to Prevent Child Marriage and Violence" was inaugurated on Monday aiming at preventing violence against children and child marriage in the division.The Department of Women Affairs (DWA) in collaboration with UNICEF launched the campaign to ...
BNP chairperson's adviser and former chief whip of the opposition Zainul Abdin Farroque on Monday demanded to ban Awami League as ousted Sheikh Hasina destroyed the country's constitutional institutions."Sheikh Hasina destroyed the country's democracy and constitutional institutions...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser for Environment, Forest, Climate Change, on Saturday stressed the need for enhancing regional cooperation in addressing the adverse impacts of climate change.She highlighted the importance of providing information and data on rainfall, structural conditions and water in ...
BNP legal affairs secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal on Sunday said all the cases filed against party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman were false, fabricated and intentional, and those will be faced in the due legal process."All the cases filed against him were false, fabricated and intention...
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