BSS, Dhaka Bandwidth export to India is going to be inaugurated formally today morning, as both the countries have already established commercial connection through Akhaura-Agartala frontier. Import of electricity from India will also be inaugurated on the day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi would launch the much-talked-about bandwidth export and…
UNB, Dhaka The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved six development projects involving Tk 1219.26 crore, including one to construct some 672 residential flats for government officials and employees at Aliganj in Narayanganj. The approval came from the 24th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC…
UNB, Dhaka The Law Commission has completed the draft to enact a law to stop the distortion of Liberation War facts, says its Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque. He said this when he met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Tuesday to submit the Commission’s Annual Report-2015. During the meeting, the President advised the Commission…
BSS, Dhaka The committee on investigation of the cyber heist of over $100 million from Bangladesh Bank (BB) account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York started its probe on Tuesday. Head of the committee former BB governor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin came to the central bank headquarters this afternoon and discussed with BB high officials.
BSS, Dhaka International War Crimes Mass Trial Committee (IWCMTC) today raised a demand for declaring “March 25” as the “International Genocide Day”. Committee convener and Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today raised the demand at a press briefing at Segunbagicha in the city. “There should be a day fixed as a sign of protest against devilishness…
UNB, Dhaka A freedom fighter, who converted to Christianity from Islam 15 years ago, was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Haspatalpara in Kurigram town on Tuesday morning. A gang of miscreants came on a motorbike and in a sudden swoop started hacking Hossain Ali,65, while he was having his morning walk.
BSS, Dhaka The World Meteorological Day 2016 will be observed in the country today. The theme of the day this year is ‘Hotter, Drier, Wetter: Face The Future’. President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today gave separate messages on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day 2016 and wished the observance of…
BSS, Dhaka Dr Hasan Mahmud, Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary of the ruling Awami League, today said the new party constitution of BNP has empowered its chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to exercise her power as an empress. “In accordance with the BNP’s new constitution, Begum Khaleda Zia with her authority to exercise exclusive power can…
International Desk 23 people have died in Brussels after the three separate explosions rung through the city. In addition to that, dozens of people have been injured during the attacks. The attacks were carried out in Brussels Airport and the Mallbeek Metro Station in Brussels. There were two separate blasts in the Brussels airport, followed…
UNB, Dhaka The price of 100 MW of electricity that Bangladesh formally starts importing from Tripura’s gas-fired Palatana power plant on Wednesday will relatively be higher than the existing tariff of power being imported from India. “The gas price in India is relatively high. That’s’ why the cost of the power of Tripura plant has…