A new Dash 8-400 aircraft named 'Shwetbalaka' of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday. The aircraft arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal Airportat 5:00pm from Canada. Earlier on Thursday, the Dash-8-400 model  aircraft manufactured by Canadian aircraft manufacturer De Havilland, left De Havilland Bombardier Aerospace in Canada for Bangladesh.…

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Friday announced to set up playground in every ward.  “We’ll acquire land if needed and set up playgrounds for our children,” he told reporters after enjoying a football match of the Inter-Ward Sports Competition-2021 at Karim Jute Mills ground in Ward 6 this afternoon. He said that although everyone wants…

Around 5,000 trucks loaded with goods are waiting to cross into Bangladesh at India's Petrapole land port,  on the other side of the Benapole border. While they have been stranded, trade between the two countries has been greatly affected. It has already had a major impact on revenue collection (import duties). These trade stoppages at Benapole-Petrapole are becoming increasingly frequent,…

The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 1,97,643 crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY21) keeping highest priority to the transport sector. The approval came from a meeting of the NEC held at its conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Prime Minister chaired the meeting…

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has secured six-month bail in a case filed against him under Digital Security Act (DSA). The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman accepted his bail plea on Wednesday (March 3). Earlier on March 1, the HC bench set today for passing its order on the bail petition. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for Kishore while Deputy Attorney…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is now prioritizing people’s livelihood, food, housing and vaccination in this Covid-19 pandemic time alongside the ongoing development agendas. “Our main thinking is that the people would not face any suffering for food, housing and medical treatment due to coronavirus, rather they (people) can continue their livelihood smoothly without…

A total of 2,260 Rohingyas have left Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district as part of the government’s move to relocate some 3,500 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to the island in the fifth phase. Six vessels of Bangladesh Navy carrying the Rogingyas left the Chattogram Boat Club around 10:00 am on Wednesday. Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation…

A webinar entitled “Foreign Policy Visions of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman” was held on Monday, 01 March as part of Mujib Year celebration. Bangabandhu was ideologically very upright, yet essentially pragmatic to uphold the best interest of his country, speakers said. He, therefore, decided to pursue a neutral foreign policy based on universal values and principles,' said Foreign…

The nation is observing National Flag Hoisting Day today (March 2). On this day in 1971, the flag of a yet-to-be independent Bangladesh was raised at a massive students gathering on Dhaka University campus. A specially designed national flag, with a yellow map of Bangladesh inside a red disc in a green ambience, was hoisted amid tumultuous cheers from the spirited students. Their dream was of a new…

The government will provide US $10 million to support the improvement of water supply and distribution systems for Bangladeshi host communities and Rohingya communities at Teknaf Upazila in Cox’s Bazar district. An agreement to this effect was signed between Japan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Dhaka on Sunday by Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, ITO Naoki and UNHCR Bangladesh Assistant…

Laying emphasis on massive publicity to motivate people to expand insurance coverage in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the insurance companies to provide services giving the customers’ interest utmost priority. “Insurance is a service-oriented profession. Both the government and non-government insurance companies have to work with regulatory authority in combine…

Samia Rahman, a teacher of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University, said that she was trapped without any documentary evidence. She made the opinion while addressing a press conference at the Sagor-Runi auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Monday (March 1). "I am not involved with any politics but now I am a victim of university’s dirty politics", she…

The month of independence began today giving a heartbreaking reminder to the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in the country from March to mid-December in 1971. The month of March is very significant in the country’s history as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the country’s independence in the early hours of March 26 in 1971. The…