-- 2020-03-01 17:14:10
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has suggested people returning from countries having coronavirus infection cases to quarantine themselves at home even if they do not show...
Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:53:05
Downtrend of onion price has caused a mixed reaction among the people in the district. Onion was sold at Tk 250 per kg around two months back and it was Tk 140 to Tk 150 per kg one week ago. Now on...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-01 15:42:52
A section of unscrupulous people are lifting sand from Jamuneshwari river at Hansia village of Balua Mashimpur union in Mithapukur upazila under Rangpur district. As a result a good number of establi...
TALHA BIN HABIB 2020-03-01 15:23:30
The government has drafted a plastic and packaging policy with some provisions that include formation of a national council and specific timeframe for implementing it. Besides, the policy stresses th...
Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:11:42
Lemon growers of the district are happy over the present market price of their produce. Many poor and ultra-poor people in the district have become self-reliant by growing lemon on commercial basis....
Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:02:48
Work has started to dredge river banks to prevent erosion by Arial Khan river at Sadarpur of Faridpur. On completion of the work, it will be possible to prevent yearly erosion in the river. In addi...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-01 14:44:20
Regional poultry breeding farm in the district have been suffering for absence of modern equipment and shortage of manpower. Sources said, "It is a profitable venture but the farm is suffering for ac...
-- 2020-03-01 14:39:14
The government’s two-month ban on catching, selling and transporting of Hilsa began Sunday. A 90-kilometre stretch of the Padma and Meghna rivers has turned into a sanctuary for Hilsa after the...
-- 2020-03-01 13:12:36
Two people including a BRAC Bank official were killed after a truck hit a parked auto-rickshaw in Santola area of Jashore on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Taniya, 30, an employee of...
-- 2020-03-01 12:04:01
A woman who suffered burns in a fire at a multi-story building in Moghbazar, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Sunday morning. “Jannatul Ferdousi succumbed...
-- 2020-03-01 11:56:23
A pickup van collided head-on with a truck in Durgapur upazila of Netrokona on Saturday night killing six students and injuring 20 others. All those killed are students of Gauripur Hajee Amiruddin Hi...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-03-01 09:53:57
The authorities are planning to scale back tax exemptions for sectors like ICT, power, charity and fisheries in the upcoming budget after flagrant abuse. The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has un...
UNB 2020-02-29 21:17:43
Six candidates, including Awami League’s Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) and BNP’s Sheikh Robiul Alam, will contest the Dhaka-10 parliamentary by-election slated for March 21. “No cand...
-- 2020-02-29 18:59:34
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government wants to make the children of the country as worthy citizens keeping them away from terrorism, militancy, drugs and corruption by engaging...
-- 2020-02-29 16:52:35
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested 42 snatchers, including members of ‘Salam party’, a gang of snatchers, in separate drives in the city on Friday. DB police conducted dr...
-- 2020-02-29 16:50:55
Two Bangladeshi nationals have recovered from bouts with the novel coronavirus in Singapore. But the government's disease control agency, IEDCR, advised greater caution while pointing out that the ch...
-- 2020-02-29 16:35:41
Some 26 workers of a Chinese company of Uttara Export Processing Zone were admitted to Adhunik Sadar Hospital in Nilphamari on Saturday morning with breathing problems. Civil surgeon Ranajit Kumar Ro...
-- 2020-02-29 15:20:38
Describing the government’s move to increase the tariffs of power and water as an ‘anti-people move’, BNP has decided to organise human chain programmes across the country, including...
-- 2020-02-29 14:51:35
At least six people were killed after a car slammed into a tree at Kadirpur area in Godabari upazila of Rajshahi district on Saturday. The accident took place on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in...
-- 2020-02-29 14:11:08
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bortola area in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Bulu Mia, reports UNB. Alamgir Hossain, o...
-- 2020-02-29 13:25:46
A motorcyclist was killed as a bus hit his vehicle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Folsatia bus stand area in Shivalaya upazila of Manikganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Masud Rana...
-- 2020-02-29 12:35:48
The ambassadors of three Nordic countries–Denmark, Norway and Sweden–on Saturday promised to have a stronger partnership with Bangladesh with a focus on green growth and increased investme...
-- 2020-02-29 11:42:43
A woman died as she fell down from a rickshaw when muggers tried to snatch her bag on Biswa Road in Mugda area in Dhaka on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Lipa, wife of Goalm Kibria, hailing...
-- 2020-02-29 10:34:47
Three bus passengers were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Zinglatoli in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Saturday morning. The victims were identified as Shafiqu...
-- 2020-02-28 21:11:09
The government is loosening rules allowing use of drones for research, survey, photography, movie-making, feasibility studies and entertainment, reports bdnews24.com. The civil aviation and tou...
-- 2020-02-28 20:36:24
A symposium titled 'Bangladesh and Nordic Countries: Prognosis for Partnership’ will be held at Six Seasons Hotel in the city on Saturday. Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Winnie Estrup Petersen...
-- 2020-02-28 17:27:09
The Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is raising water prices for residential and commercial users in Dhaka and Chattogram for a second time in the space of six months. The price of each uni...
-- 2020-02-28 16:51:06
The government is planning to introduce an exclusively online application system for students seeking enrolment in class XI. The move would mean that students will no longer be able to apply for col...
-- 2020-02-28 12:09:03
A woman was burnt to death as a fire broke out at a multi-storey building on Bashbari Mandir road in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mabia Begum, 55, repor...
-- 2020-02-28 12:06:05
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has demolished 5,574 illegal riverbank structures and recovered about 593 acres of occupied land in the first phase of government’s countrywide drive....
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express