Sofian Khan The Chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) announced that power tariffs will be increased by 5.3% or Tk. 0.35 per unit. The regulatory body of BERC announced this decision at 3 pm on Thursday suggesting the new price may take effect from December. Left parties (The Communist Party of Bangladesh, Socialist Party…
Science Alert Black holes are great at sucking up matter. So great, in fact, that not even light can escape their grasp (hence the name). But given their talent for consumption, why don’t black holes just keep expanding and expanding and simply swallow the Universe? Now, one of the world’s top physicists has come up…
Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam, Economist : Private banks in our country colluding with one another determine the interest rate. To reduce the interest rate, the profit target would also have to be reduced. If they become dependent on the government, why are commercial banks being opened? Let every bank be run by the government….
Major General Abdur Rashid speaks to DOT : Voting for the 11th parliamentary election was done peacefully in Dhaka; but was tainted with violence elsewhere across the country and cost the lives of at least a dozen people. BNP told the Election Commission that its polling agents had been obstructed in 221 constituencies during the…
UNB Police recovered the body of a schoolboy from a paddy filed in Kadirpur village of Khaliajuri upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Gobinda Sarkar, 15, a ninth grader of Khaliajuri Pilot High School and son of Mantu Sarkar of the village. Deceased’s father Mantu Sarkar said they spotted the body in…
Mohammad Alamgir Mia speaks to DOT The vote casting started at sharp 8.00 a.m. in the constituency 183, Dhaka-10, where the Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina casted her vote. She reached at the polling centre before the scheduled time for casting vote and she had to wait approximately for eight minutes for inaugurate…
Hossen Sohel: Ruling out any chance of his resignation,categorically said the agitating students did not ask for his resignation in their nine-point demand. “It is the opposition BNP that pushing for my resignation not the students. BNP has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister and the ruling government for long now. So there is…
Banglanews24 Jannatul Ferdous Oishee was crowned Miss World Bangladesh 2018. Now she will represent Bangladesh at this year’s Miss World Beauty Pageant to be held in China. Nishat Sarwar Salwa and Naziba Bushra were declared first and second runner-ups respectively. The grand finale of the Miss World Bangladesh beauty pageants was held at the Rajdarshan…
UNB Police arrested two alleged terrorists along with a pistol from Noapara Nurbag area of Abhoynagar upazila on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Babul Sheikh, 26, son of Kashem Sheikh, and Akbar Shikder, son of Liakat Shikder, both residents of Bicchali area of Narail district. Quoting locals, Sheikh Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Abhoynagar…