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The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) has identified over 45148 powerful individuals, businesses establishments and institutions as river grabbers across the country, NRCC officials said. The list of river grabbers across the country has already been uploaded to the NRCC website for peop...
The government has started keeping a close vigilance on its field level officials over whether they are accountable and transparent in their respective jobs, sources in the public administration ministry said. Besides, whether field level officials, especially deputy commissioners, additional deputy...
The non-government organisations working in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps are deliberately delaying the repatriation of the ill-fated community, for their own interests, alleged local people. They alleged that a small and vested group of NGOs are openly active to delay the repatriation process, i...
With heavy heart and due respect, the nation today is set to pay rich tribute to the martyrs of the August 21 grisly carnage. The survivors of the heinous attack that left at least 24 dead and over 400 injured are still haunted by their bloody memories. On this day in 2004, the history’s most ...
A five-day conference of deputy commissioners (DCs) or administrative chiefs of 64 districts is going to take place in capital Dhaka from Sunday. This year DCs conference has been extended from three days to five days. The cabinet division has already completed all necessary preparations in order to...
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The government has taken up various measures to make the country’s waterways more navigable, sources in the shipping ministry said.The shipping ministry has already embarked on massive dredging activities in a bid to restore the navigability of the river routes throughout the country.According...
Mongla Port - the country’s second largest seaport is going to gain enhanced capacity soon as at least four important development projects will be completed this month. Infrastructure development of Roosevelt Jetty, procurement of modern tugboat, a rescue ship and a mobile harbour crane and ca...
A peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis is a must as the Rohingyas are continuing to engage in various crimes, fueling concerns over security and safety of Bangladesh, experts say. The crisis is translating into a festering boil for Bangladesh. If the burning issue is left unresolved, the crisis ...
In order to free the country from hunger and poverty and bring smile on the faces of distressed people, the government has undertaken programmes aimed at turning the country’s 85 thousands villages into towns. The facilities of towns will be reached to the villages, according to the finance mi...
The proposed Tk 5,23,190-crore budget for FY20 aims at expedite the government’s endeavour to materialise Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s dream of establishing ‘Sonar Bangla’ (Golden Bengal). Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech spo...
The government’s plan to introduce a centrally monitored uniform admission system for entrance examinations in all public universities seems uncertain in the face of strong opposition by the authorities of some leading public universities.Many prestigious public universities like, University o...
As part of its growth strategy and expansion of trade, Bangladesh is set to enter the Russian market. For this, a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the government of Bangladesh will be signed in Moscow today (Friday). Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi lef...
In line with its commitment to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the government has undertaken a project to make the country free of extreme poverty by 2030. To this end, the government has formulated the ‘National Coordinated Saving and Micro Credit Programme Implementation Policy ...
Excitement is running high across the banks of the Halda river as brood fishes of different indigenous sweet water species have started releasing sample eggs this breeding season. Mother fishes usually release eggs on a trial basis at first, which are called sample eggs, according to the Halda River...
The government has extended all-out cooperation to support farmers to harvest their paddy during this harvesting season. In the latest move to stand by the side of the helpless farmers, various district officials, teachers, activists of the ruling party Awami League and its allied organisations are ...
The government will clear the arrears, wages and festival allowances of the state-owned jute mills workers within this week, sources said. As the workers of the state-run the jute mills across the country continued to protest to press home their nine-point demand including implementation of the wage...
The government is likely to allocate some Tk 36.219 billion (36,219 crore) funds for seven ongoing mega projects in the budget for forthcoming financial year (FY) 2019-2020. The mega projects are Padma Multipurpose Bridge, Padma Bridge Rail link, Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar-Ghundum Rail Line, Rooppur...
Faced with a bumper production and a sharp fall in price which hit the farmers badly, the government is seriously considering exporting surplus rice, sources in Agriculture and Food ministries said. There is no alternative but to export rice to ensure fair price of paddy as local market price will n...
The country is going to attain self-sufficiency in dairy products due to various initiatives taken by the government, sources said. After attaining self-sufficiency in fish and meat production, the government is now attaching importance to dairy farms in order to provide people with more nutritious ...
As five-day conference of Deputy Commissioners (DCs) is going to take place in capital Dhaka in July, discussion is going round and round in the administration circle about government’s directives. This will be the first DCs conference after assumption of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League governm...
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