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5,000 farmers to get incentive for Aman cultivation in Pirojpur

A total of 5,000 small and marginal farmers in seven upazilas of the district will get seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agro incentive for the cultivation of Aman paddy under the incentive and rehabilitation program in the current season.To boost the farmers' interest in Aman paddy cultivat...

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1,182 cans of beer seized in Teknaf

Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 1,182 cans of beer during a raid conducted in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.According to Lieute­nant Commander Abdur Rahman, the media officer of the Coast Guard Headquarters, the raid took place in the early hours of Thursday based on secret...

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Smart Bangladesh Tech Expo inaugurated in Rangpur

Rangpur witnessed a momentous occasion on Wednesday as the ‘Smart Bangladesh Tech Expo 2023 Rangpur’ was inaugurated at the Rangpur Zilla Parishad Community Center. The expo, organized by the Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS) Rangpur Branch, aims to showcase the latest technology and dev...

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Food safety to protect public health underscored

Ensuring sustainable food safety can be the crucial means of protecting public health from various hazards, including biological, chemical and physical. There is no way but to generate massive awareness among the public in general so that they can debar themselves from consuming the contaminate...

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One killed in jewellery shop robbery

A pedestrian was killed and two others were injured when a pickup van used by robbers ran over them while fleeing after looting a jewellery shop in Lakshmipur on Wednesday.The incident happened around 8:15pm in front of Chowdhury Super Market in the College Road area.The deceased was Safiullah, 70, ...

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AL parliamentary, local govt nomination board meeting today

A joint meeting of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Parliamentary Nomination Board and Local Government Representative Nomination Board is going to be held today (Friday). The meeting is scheduled to be held at Prime Minister’s official residence Ganabhaban at 7:00 pm. President of AL Pa...

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Rooppur power plant has positive social impact

Md. Moniruzzaman, Deputy Manager at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Rooppur NPP); said that the nuclear power plant at Rooppur will not only help meet the electricity needs, but it will also has a significant positive social impact. He made the comment at the World Environment Day programme of...

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BD Finance inks MoU with Prava Health

Bangladesh Financehas established a strategic partnership with Prava Health. On Wednesday by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.  According to the agreement, the employees of Bangladesh Finance will get experienced medical advice, lab and imaging tests, Cov...

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Historic ‘6-Point Demand Day’ observed in Rajshahi

Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its front organisations on Wednesday observed the Historic 'Six-Point Demand Day' paying tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders.To mark the day, the Rajshahi city unit of the party placed wreaths on the por...

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‘Gen4Trees’ launched to combat climate impact

The Global Law Thinkers Society organised a tree plantation campaign ‘Gen4Trees’ (Generation for Trees) at the Bangladesh National Zoo in Dhaka on Monday on the occasion of the World Environment Day-2023. The campaign has been launched aiming to combat climate change impacts. Sharif...

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Workshop on Covid-19 impact begins at DU

A two-day long scientific workshop on ‘Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Air Quality of the Monsoon Asia Region’ begins on Tuesday (June 06, 2023) at the seminar room of the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences of Dhaka University (DU). DU Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof. D...

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Procure zinc rice directly from farmers to help them earn profit

Speakers at a function in Gaibandha district underscored the need for procuring of zinc rice from the farmers directly to help them to earn economic profit against the varieties and to inspire them to farm the varieties at larger scale in the coming seasons.Zinc is a mineral that is essential for th...

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Massive tree plantation stressed to curb Eco degradation

Amid adverse effects of climate change, massive tree plantation has become essential to reduce environmental degradation and growing threat to life, livelihoods, ecosystems and habitation on the earth. The observation came at a post-rally discussion at the conference room of the Deputy Commissi...

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Elderly man killed in Noakhali road accident

An elderly man was killed in a road accident in Chowmuhani Chowrasta Mor area under Begumganj upazila of Noakhali  district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Siddique Uliah, 68, son of late Saidul Haque, resident of Madhya Nazirpur village of the upazila.According to police an...

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Biswabidyalaya Porikroma accords reception to GPA-5 recipients in Cumilla

Biswabidyalaya Porikroma on Sunday organised a grand reception programme for about one thousand students who received GPA 5 in the Higher Secondary Certificate examination this year in Comilla district. The reception programme was held at the district Shilpakala academy on Sunday (June 4), said...

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Two siblings die from pesticide poisoning in city

Two siblings have died allegedly from pesticide poisoning after a cleaning service provider used pest control in their house in Bashundhara Residential area in the capital. The deceased were identified as Shayan Mobarrat Zahin, 14, a student of Class Eight; and Shahir Mobarrat Zayan, 9, a stude...

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‘Cox’s Bazar admin working to ensure fair municipal polls

Cox's Bazar Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Abu Sufyan said the district administration is working to ensure a fair and peaceful environment in the upcoming municipality elections. "The administration is in a strict and vigilant position to protect the code of conduct of elections...

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E-waste growing by 30pc every year

Currently Bangladesh is producing 30 lakh tons of electronic waste or e-waste every year and alarmingly it is growing at an around 30% rate every year, experts said at a roundtable in the capital on Saturday. Syed Akhter Hossain, dean, School of Science and Engineering at Canadian University of...

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New database for road crashes in Dhaka underway

Works of new database for road traffic crashes in Dhaka city are going on under the Dhaka Road Traffic Safety Project to improve road safety. For the database, DRIVER system prototype (web and android app) has already been deployed, the project officials also said at a project briefing held at the D...

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National Tea Day today

The National Tea Day-2023 today, Sunday. The country is going to observe the occasion for the third time with the theme 'Cha DibosherSongkolpo, Somrikddho Cha Shilpo' (A prosperous tea industry is the pledge of Tea Day).President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued s...