Another ferry hits Padma Bridge pillar
Staff Correspondent: Another ferry hit a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge yesterday.The ferry named Bir Srestho Jahangir hit the 10th pillar of the bridge, BIWTA Chairman Md Tajul Islam told.The BIWTA chairman said the incident…
Read More »Banks return to normal operation hours from tomorrow
Staff Correspondent: Banks will operate normally from tomorrow with customers’ transaction time from 10 am to 4 pm instead of current hours of 10 am to 2:30 pm.The Bangladesh Bank issued a new circular yesterday saying…
Read More »New gas field found in Sylhet
It holds 68b cubic feet reserve: Nasrul Hamid Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday formally announced Zakiganj as the country 28th gas field having 68 billion cubic feet of…
Read More »Production for insulators, sanitary products using domestic raw materials stressed
Staff Correspondent: Industries Secretary Zakia Sultana yesterday underscored the need for producing insulators and sanitary products using domestic raw materials instead of imported raw materials.“For this purpose, arrangements have to be made for the production of…
Read More »Bangamata contributed to take exact political decision timely: PM
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib had contributed to taking right political decisions timely for the country alongside managing her house and family.“. . . Bangamata not only managed…
Read More »Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary being observed
Staff Correspondent: The 91st birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed yesterday in a befitting manner across the country.The theme of the day…
Read More »Shakib nominated for ICC player of the month in July
Staff Correspondent: A day after registering his worst figure in T20 International cricket, ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan got a good news as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced him as one of the three players…
Read More »Govt to gradually ease lockdown from August 11
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said the ongoing lockdown restrictions will be eased gradually from August 11.The minister said this while addressing reporters at his secretariat office in the capital yesterday.He said…
Read More »BD on course to exceed 6-day vaccine target
More people line up for shots Staff Correspondent: Officials say that many people have been turned away from COVID vaccination centres on the second day of a mass inoculation drive because the numbers queuing to take…
Read More »Deposit rate will not be less than inflation
Staff Correspondent: Banks won’t be allowed to fix the interest rate of the deposits below the inflation, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) instructed yesterday.The central bank issued a circular directing the managing directors and chief executive officers…
Read More »Who cares lockdown?
Staff Correspondent: There are not many signs of restraint in Dhaka on the seventeenth day of the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID pandemic.Traffic and crowds seem to have largely returned to business as usual, though…
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