UNB An auto-rickshaw driver was killed when he was punched by a passerby over a trifling matter at Paduar Bazar in Sadar Dakkhin Upazila on Saturday. Prashanto Pal, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin Police Station, said Ariful Islam, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver and son of Abdul Khalek in Barura upazila, had an altercation with Abul Hossain,…
UNB, Dhaka A court on Saturday placed ASI of Bangshal Police Station Shamim Reza on a five-day remand in a a case filed over shooting an employee of a cable TV agency. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar Bhuiya passed the order after officer in-charge of Khilgoan Police Station Anwar Hossain, also investigation officer (IO) of…
BSS Online With the aim to ensuring maximum utilization of gas and optimum generation of power, the government has launched a project for re-powering the fourth unit of Ghorashal power plant. “The fourth unit of Ghorashal power plant would be converted into combine-cycle technology from the existing single-cycle unit under the repowering project,” said Planning…
UNB A woman died and two others sustained injuries as a trawler capsized in Chunkuri river at Chalna Kheya ghat in Dakop upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saleha Begum, 60, wife of Edu Sana, a resident of Joynagar village of the upazila. Quoting witness, police said the trawler carrying around 40…
BSS, Bandarban State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Bir Bahadur on Saturday said the government is bringing the whole hill region under communications network by constructing roads in remote areas. The pace of ongoing development activities is being enhanced maintaining peace and harmony in the CHT, he said speaking as the chief guest…
UNB, Dhaka The Unnayan Onneshan (UO) cautions that lower growth in agriculture, underperformance in medium and large scale manufacturing industries coupled with greater product and market concentration of export, and slow expansion of service sector may hinder the achievement of 7 percent growth target. The independent multidisciplinary think tank gave the caution in its February…
UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh Women’s team made a good practice beating Irish Women’s by eight wickets with 45 balls remaining in their 2nd official warm–up match of the Women’s World Twenty20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday. Bangladesh women’s started their World Twenty20 campaign taking on hosts India in a Group B match on…
UNB, Dhaka Noting that the appeal of the historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu is the unfading one, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the young generation to listen to it repeatedly to draw inspirations from it to build themselves as worthy citizens. The Prime Minister said this while addressing a seminar on the…
BSS, Rajshahi Prime Minister’s Adviser on Economics Affairs Dr Moshiur Rahman has said the Bangladesh’s GDP is increasing day by day and it will be double within next eight years. “We will no more dependent on foreign aid and we have become a self-reliant nation,” he added. He was addressing the inaugural session of the…
UNB, Dhaka The Malaysian government has decided to halt the recruitment of new foreign workers to the country, said its deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Hamidi also made it clear that their initial plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers was officially scrapped, according to Malaysian media, including The Star Online…