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Asian Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on December 23 to establish a modern cigarette and tobacco processing plant in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone with an investment of $2(two) million. Various anti-tobacco and human rights organ...
Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) earned a profit of Tk 6.51 crore in 2019-20 fiscal.The figure of profit was disclosed in the 15th Annual General Meeting of NESCO organised virtually on Saturday. The meeting further disclosed that NESCO will provide 100% cash dividend to BPDB...
Aiming at 100 per cent coverage of electric supply on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) inaugurated the off-grid Solar Home Systems at the char villages of Haibandha upazila of Lalmonirha...
'Shabash Bangladesh', an exclusively designed, lively and vivid sculpture depicting two sterns, brave Freedom Fighters with rifles in their hands is certainly a perfect epitome of our Movement of Freedom struggle. To free this country from the clutches of the Pakistani marauding, occupa...
A meeting of City Steering Committee under Rajshahi City Corporation was held at Sarit Dutta Gupta Conference room of Nagar Bhaban on Tuesday noon aiming at the improvement of livelihood of the marginal group of people living under RCC. The meeting organised under the Improvement of Livelihood ...
The first phase of elections of Kanatakhali Municipality adjacent of Rajshahi city is going to be held soon.Both Awami League and the BNP have declared the names of their mayoral candidates and the nomination papers for the expectant candidates have been submitted on Tuesday. The candidates are Abba...
He completed his Post Graduation in History from Rajshahi Government College in 2018 but not hankering for a job, he has been self-employed and has been working as a Fisherman in his village and surroundings. He helps the pond owners to release fish-fry, to catch fish and taking care of the ponds in...
A 'House Rent' for the birds!The sentence sounds weird but the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has set a unique example by allocating Tk 3.13 lakh as a compensation for the owners of the mango orchards of Khordo Bausa village for the preservation of nests and breeding plac...
Thousands of poor and marginal families living in Chalan Beel villages have become economically solvent by rearing ducks.It is learnt, some 3,000 families of 31 villages of various Upazilas including Tarash of Sirajganj, Gurdaspur and Singra of Natore, Chatmohar and Bhangura of Pabna district are en...
Worry and anxiety over the Coronavirus situation is increasing in Rajshahi with the onset of the Winter season.People of Rajshahi are more susceptible to winter or cold-related diseases like Cold, Fever, Asthma, Cough, Pneumonia and Typhoid. These diseases are already in the increase in the district...
Fishermen in Rajshahi are catching a large number of big Pangas fish from river Padma near Rajshahi from last two weeks. It is learnt, the local breed of freshwater catfish of shark species commonly known as Pangas fish (Pangasius Valenciennes) is a popular, tasty, delicious food item and a sou...
Steel furniture industry owners in Rajshahi are spending their time in a miserable condition due to fall in the sale of their goods on the backdrop of Coronavirus pandemic. Steel furniture industry owners in the city expressed with disappointment that the Coronavirus has broken their back bones...
Under the direct intervention of Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khariuzzaman Liton, some 18 bighas of land worth Taka 200 crore (two billion) have been recovered from Seroil Bastohara Para under ward-21 from the clutches of illegal land grabbers. It is learnt, four land grabbers M...
Business
PRAN-RFL Group’s Barind (Varendra) Industrial Park at Godagari, Rajshahi, is collecting agro-based products including mango, tomato, olive and guava, based on season, from the local farmers and making pulp in the park. The park is now almost ready to collect pineapple, watermelon, cucumber and...
With a hopeful delight, some 1,200 fishermen of Rajshahi went to the river Padma to catch Hilsha fish aftermath of the withdrawal of ban of catching Hilsa from November 5, but most of those fishermen returned disappointed getting no fish. Even, those who netted some were mostly fries. “Su...
Most of the venomous snake-bite patients are dying by getting no treatment at the proper time in many of the Health Complexes of Upazila levels of greater Rajshahi districts due to absence of supply of Anti-venom serum (injection). However, the serum is available only in Rajshahi Medical Colle...
The Durga puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, is knocking at the door. The traditional clay work artisans of the city are now extremely busy to give a final touch of the Durga and other statues. This year, the Durga Puja will be held in 70 alters (mandaps or places) und...
Labourers, employees and Officials of 15-state owned sugar mills including Rajshahi Sugar Mills are suffering from the panic of privatisation of the mills. Specially, the panic increased following the issuance of two letters from the higher authorites of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Cor...
Possible Mayoral candidates of Kantakhali Municipality of Rajshahi at a press conference held at Rajshahi Press Club on Monday noon have complained of various irregularities, corruption, involvement in terrorism- drugs, assaulting of AL leaders, activists and even allegation of murder against incumb...
Prof Dr M Abdus Sobhan, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi University, has expressed his deep concern over the attempt of holding the Mass Hearing by the University Grant's Commission on the alleged complaints of corruption brought against him by a section of Progressive block of teachers of the varsit...
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