UNB, Dhaka : Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm...
Day: May 14, 2023
UNB, Dhaka : State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said that it will take...
AP, Burkina Faso : An attack by suspected Islamic extremists on a village in the west of Burkina Faso killed...
AP, BELGRADE : Serbian authorities on Sunday displayed many of around 13,500 weapons they say people have been handed over...
Online Desk : The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of all education boards scheduled for Monday (May 15)...
UNB, Dhaka : The government may allow import of onion anytime soon, said Agriculture Secretary Wahida Akhter. “The import of...
Staff Reporter :Bangladesh authorities have begun evacuating more than half a million people as a cyclone barrelled towards its coasts,...
UNB :Police have arrested 14 people on charges of illegally extracting sand from the Garai river in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia. The arrested are Md. Billal Hossain, 40, Md. Shakib Khan, 30, Md. Sajjad Hossain, 20, Russell Hossain, 28, Md. Mehdi Islam, 28, Sohag Hossain, 23, Md. Sagar Biswas, 31, Md. Kalam Ali, 19, Feroz Islam, 22, Shamim Hossain, 27, Raju Ahmed, 30, Ismail Hossain, 32, Md. Kajal Hossain, and Sabuj Biswas, 20. Tipped-off, a team of police conducted an...
UNB :An under-trial prisoner was declared dead after being brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital here on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Md. Jahangir Mir (45). Sources at the DMCH said he was brought to the DMCH at around 2:10pm from Keraniganj Central jail as he felt serious illness. On-duty doctor declared him dead right after his arrival in the emergency department of the hospital, said DMCH police camp in-charge Inspector Bachchu Mia. He said the body has been kept...
UNB :The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling daily essentials at subsidised rates to 1 crore low-income families nationwide from today (Sunday, May 14, 2023). Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi is expected to inaugurate the programme at 10am in the capital’s Badda area, said TCB spokesman Humayun Kabir on Saturday. The location and timing of the TCB trucks will be informed to the family card holders the day before distribution, he added....
UNB :Three children drowned in a pond in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Saturday. Jahid Hossain, 10, son of Bachhu Mandal, Hridoy Hossain, 10, son of Pangjhu Promanik, and Anika Khatun, 11, daughter of Akijal Hossain, were residents of Sara Gopalpur village under the upazila. Locals said the trio went into the pond of one Manik Hajji by their house to take baths around 2:30pm. They started drowning while swimming in the pond. Noticing the matter, a passerby informed their...
News Desk :National Helpline 333 has been launched to provide crucial support and information regarding Cyclone Mocha which is expected to make landfall in coastal areas. Cyclone information, warnings and weather messages, and emergency assistance can be obtained by calling 333 free of charge. With the slogan “Government Information and Services Always,” the call centre is an initiative of the Aspire to Innovate (A2I) programme under the Cabinet Division and Department of Information and Communication Technology supported by United Nations...
