Business & Commerce
A total of 50 women entrepreneurs were given business grants worth Taka 10,000 each for boosting their level of confidence through expanding their business.On behalf of the Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities (LIUPC) project, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) provided the financial...
City
Newly appointed Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Monday suggested enhancing capacity of the newly established universities by emphasizing constructing infrastructures, introducing laboratory facilities and appointing skilled manpower.He gave the suggestion when a five-memb...
Country, Districts
Over 7.31 lakh tonnes of maize yield are expected to be produced on 62,225 hectares of land in all eight districts under Rajshahi division during the current Rabi season.In the previous year, around 5.58 lakh tonnes of maize yield was produced from 52,209 hectares of land in the division. At pr...
Intensity of cold wave with dense fog has increased due to fall of temperature on Monday paralysing the normal life of common people in urban and rural areas of the district.Severe cold wave coming from the Himalayas made lives of the dwellers, especially, the homeless and the char people of the dis...
Art& Culture
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has started getting a new look amid massive infrastructural developments during the last 15 years.During the period from 2009 to 2016, various demand-driven infrastructures, including administration building and architecture building, male and...
State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam (Titu) on Sunday assured that no syndicate will be able to remain in the country. I am not familiar with the term syndicate. No syndicate will be able to exist in the country.Businessmen have to work with transparency and accountability. We will tell them th...
National,Front Page
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the local administration here to take development projects considering their benefits for the country and the people."Bear some things in mind whenever you go to take any development schemes and that is the return of the projects after its implementa...
National,Back Page
Women in disaster-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh have set their strength of resilience on joint cultivation of paddy and sunflower and poultry farming to sustain their lives and livelihoods.Swapna Sana lives in Khulna, one of the country’s most vulnerable regions to natural calamities, is s...
The general point to point inflation rate in December last slightly eased to 9.41 percent mainly because of the downtrend in food inflation.The general point to point inflation rate in November last was 9.49 percent, according to the monthly consumer price (CPI) index of the Bangladesh Bureau of Sta...
Bangladesh Secretariat today saw an extra pressure of people as today was the first working day of the week after the formation of the new cabinet on Thursday. Ministers and state ministers came to their respective ministries at the Secretariat after taking their new charges. They receive...
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain (Rimi) on Sunday pledged to work for women's development and empowerment in the country. "I will proceed with works through the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs as I have been working with women and children-related mat...
The general point to point inflation rate in December last slightly eased to 9.41 percent mainly because of the downtrend in food inflation. The general point to point inflation rate in November last was 9.49 percent, according to the monthly consumer price (CPI) index of the Bangladesh...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a warranted accused of a dowry case from Shibganj upazila of the district Saturday night.The arrested was identified as Md Sujon Ali, 32, son of Md Jades Ali of Babupur Miratuli under Shibganj upazila. RAB said Sujon was a warranted accused of a dowry...
Two youths were killed when their bike collided with a truck in Nagarpur upazila of the district Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Shakil, 19, hailed from Shunshi village and Masum, 19, a resident of Kalomoid village in the upazila. They were the students of Syed Kalu Shah College in Sh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the new tenure of her government would give foremost priority on keep rolling the development spree alongside containing the price hike of essential commodities and increasing people’s purchasing power.“Our prime task would be keep continuing...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert due to cold and dense fog conditions as Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) were recorded the coldest night for a second consecutive day in the winter with minimum temperature dipping to three degree Celsius.The department has ...
A three-day long public awareness training course on fire fighting, search, rescue and first aid began in the district on Saturday.Deputy Commissioner (DC) Arifuzzaman inaugurated the training course as the chief guest on the Fire Service and Civil Defense station premises in the district town with ...
To create awareness among the public in general can be the crucial means of reducing patients suffering from hypertension as its prevalence is rising alarmingly.Simultaneously, checking high blood pressure and uncontrolled diabetics is also important for substantial and sustainable reduction of mort...
The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed on the night of February 8 (Thursday) with due respect and religious fervor as the moon of Hijri month of Rajab (1445 Hijri) was not sighted anywhere across the country on Friday.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee at the...
Mild cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Kishoreganj, Pabna, Dinajpur and Chuadanga and it may continue, said a met office forecast for the next 24hours begins from 9am on Friday.Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said the forecast.Moderate to thick fog...
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