The Prime Minister wrote, “As the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh, along with the newly constituted Council of Ministers, I pay my humble tributes to the brave martyrs of the Great Liberation War of 1971, whose sacrifice made our independent Bangladesh possible.” Tariq Rehman paid deep respect to all the martyrs of the movement […]
Despite having no local source of raw materials, Bangladesh is the world’s second largest textile exporter. Total apparel exports in the last financial year stood at $46.99 billion. In the leather sector, the country is rich in raw materials, but exports are only $1.22 billion, which is 38.5 times less than apparel exports. According to […]
The High Court has imposed a prohibition on all development activities, including filling of soil in Bamni canal by three housing projects in Savar, Dhaka. The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice MD Attabullah issued the direction after hearing a writ. The three housing companies are Zam Zam Noor City, SA Housing […]
On the second day of the road, rail and waterway blockade program imposed by the BNP and Jamaat for three consecutive days, miscreants set a long distance bus on fire along the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Balliapur in Savar, Dhaka early on Wednesday. Across the country. The fire engulfed the entire vehicle including the seats. Sources […]
According to the UNB report, there was heavy traffic jam at various important points on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar, Baipail in Ashulia, Abdullapur Highway and Nabinagar and Chandra areas due to increasing pressure from Eid holidaymakers. The mild heat wave sweeping across the country along with heavy traffic congestion has added to the plight […]
As part of the campaign, the Environment Department conducted a total of five mobile court drives in Dhaka, Ghazipur and Savar. Officials said the standard emission limit for a vehicle is 65 HSU. But nine vehicles tested by the mobile court produced smoke that exceeded the standard. The daytime tolerable noise limit on Manik Mia […]
Although broiler chicken is an “easily available and cheap” source of meat for a large part of the country’s population, there has been a long-standing concern about the presence of harmful antibiotics and heavy metals in it. However, a recent government study says that broiler chickens are safe to eat and pose no risk to […]
Rabiul Islam, sub-inspector of Dhamrai police station, said all the injured have been admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. They are probing how the fire broke out and all five sustained burn injuries. The injured are Josna Akhtar, 25; Manjurul Islam, 32; Sadia Akhtar, 18; Hossein Ara, […]
The deceased have been identified as ‘Nasir’ (38), ‘Faheem’ (20) and Fazlul Karim (36). Police could not provide details of his identity. Deepak Chandra Saha, chief of Savar Model Police Station, said one of them had an identity card of Al Muslim Garment Factory. Deepak said that he died on the spot. Locals rushed some […]
