BSS Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has constructed more than 8,681.04-kilometer concrete roads in rural areas of all eight districts under Rajshahi division in the last 10 years. More than 1,565.39-kilometer rural roads were brought under routine maintenance side by side with construction of 8.09-kilometer above 100-meter big bridges and 35.20-kilometer bridges and culverts. Rafiqul…
Desk report Mahmudur Rahman Manna, convener of Nagorik Oikya and Oikyafront contender for Bogura-2 constituency, said “sheaf of paddy” is the symbol of democracy while “boat” stands for autocracy, reports The Daily Star. Manna said he is hopeful of landslide victory. “But the ruling party is plotting to snatch away 50 seats (from Oikyafront) by…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmad announced that the commission is considering slowing down the internet bandwidth on polling day on December 30. Internet bandwidth will be readjusted to normal level after 4:00pm. Ahmad was briefing officials about election result management at the Election Training Centre (ETI) in the capital’s Nirbachan Bhaban…
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DOT Desk A decision by the Indian central government to revive some of the old rail routes which used to connect India with Bangladesh has prompted residents of Cooch Behar to demand the restoration of the Gitaldaha-Mogolhat link, according to a report published on the Telegraph India, reports The Financial Express. As a part of…
DOT Desk Police arrested 74 people including 45 BNP leaders and activists from different upazilas from Tuesday night to Wednesday reports Daily Sun.BNP candidate for Satkhira-3 constituency Dr Shaidul Alam said a police team led by Assistant Superintendent of Kaliganj Police Jamirul Islam along with the officer-in-charges of Kaliganj. and Debhata police stations conducted the…
DOT Desk The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has long been hamstrung by capital shortfall, making it difficult for the agency to carry out timely market intervention, officials said, reports The Financial Express. Supply of key essentials by the government’s trading arm when prices go up on the open market, especially during holy Ramadan. is…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Criminals reportedly halted a police van yesterday by felling a tree on a road in Shakhipur upazila of Tangail and then vandalizing the vehicle, leaving at least four policemen injured. Around 50-60 miscreants, armed with sticks, carried out the attack in Boro Chauna Bazar area around 12:30am yesterday, The Daily Star…
DOT Desk Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday urged the officials involved in the election results announcement process to declare accurate results so that people can have faith on the Election Commission, reports The Daily Star. “We are overwhelmed by the interest people have shown over the elections. So, we have to be…
Middle East Monitor Israeli engineers on Monday added the final element to a spacecraft destined for the moon – a digital time capsule – and said they aimed to land the craft early next year, somewhere between the landing sites of Apollo 15 and 17. It will be the first mission of its kind since…