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PM stresses increasing connectivity with India
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said initiative has taken to resume various cross-border routes between Bangladesh and India that were stopped in 1965, stressing the need for enhancing connectivity between the two countries for…
Read More »Ensure smooth online service during Eid: BB
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank has asked banks to ensure uninterrupted online transaction across the country during the Eid vacation.Md. Mesbahul Hoque, General Manager, Payment System Department (PSD) told yesterdaythat the central bank has instructed banks to…
Read More »BPC team went Canada after pipe arrives in BD
Wonderful quality testing Ayub Ali:The Dhaka-Chittagong Energy Pipeline Project is being implemented at a cost of about Tk 3,171 crore for the advancement of energy security in the country. This will be the first pipeline to…
Read More »No police station to be built at Tetultala ground
Home Minister Staff Correspondent: No police station will be built at Tetultala playground in the city’s Kalabagan area as per the instruction of the Prime Minister, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday.“Local people will use…
Read More »Rice prices won’t hike again: Sadhan
Staff Correspondent: Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has made it clear that the price of rice will not go up.He said this while speaking at the inaugural function of Boro Paddy Collection in eight districts of…
Read More »Growing Dhaka-Delhi interactions good reflection of trust
Diplomatic Correspondent: Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday said the “regularity, informality and cordiality” of interactions between Dhaka and Delhi is a very good reflection of the trust and confidence, noting that leaders of the…
Read More »Tk 8,000cr to be extorted
during Eid travels: JKSIndustry Desk: Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has said holidaymakers will have to pay an extreme amount of fare for travelling across the country during this Eid season.In the process, transport owners will collect some Tk8,000 crore…
Read More »Govt to procure 3.75 lakh tons fuel oil
60,000 tons of fertilizer also to be imported Staff Correspondent: The government yesterday approved separate proposals for procuring some 3.75 lakh metric tons of fuel oil and some 60,000 metric tons of fertilizer to meet the…
Read More »BD Railway turns into a profitable organization
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has turned state-run Bangladesh Railway into a profitable agency, which was left in tatters during the past BNP rule.“As we made BRTC a profitable one, today…
Read More »UN officials keen to deploy more peacekeepers from BD
Staff Correspondent: United Nations officials have expressed interest in deploying more peacekeepers from Bangladesh in bilateral meetings with Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed at UN Headquarters (UNHQs) in New York.The Bangladesh army…
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