Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will celebrate its 46th founding anniversary tomorrow in a small scale in view of the coronavirus pandemic. On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages greeting all members of DMP. In his message, President Abdul Hamid recalled with respect the martyrs of Bangladesh Police, who sacrificed their lives in the…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that she has released Tk 1000 crore to construct 50,000 more houses for the homeless and landless people. She was speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of the newly-elected Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and 55 ward councilors, including 14 councilors in reserved seats, at Osmani Memorial Auditorium. The premier joined…

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed on the night of March 11 (Thursday) with due respect and religious fervor as the moon of Hijri month of Rajab (1442 Hijri) was not sighted anywhere across the country today. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee at the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram here this evening with Additional Secretary of Ministry of Religious…

Seven Bangladeshi expatriates have died in a fire at a sofa factory in Madina of Saudi Arabia. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately but Bangladesh embassy in Saudi Arabia confirmed that all the victims were from Chattogram and Cox's Bazar.  The fire broke out early Thursday at a sofa factory in the Madina Al-Khalil area near Mount Uhud in the country's holy city…

Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed held important meetings with UN Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare. During the meetings General Aziz Ahmed reiterated Bangladesh’s steadfast commitment and continued support to the UN peace operations. The army chief also requested for appointing more Bangladeshi…

Four senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) officers holding the rank of joint commissioner were given new postings on Tuesday. An office order signed by DMP Commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was issued in this regard. According to it, Joint Commissioner Protection and Diplomatic Security Mohammad Abdul Malek, who was earlier given additional charge of Joint Commissioner, had been transferred as…

Bangladesh and the Maldives on Tuesday emphasised the need for stronger ties between the two countries and further improve the fraternal relations by exploring new avenues of cooperation. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and his visiting Maldives counterpart Abdullah Shahid after delegation-level official talks at state guesthouse Padma told reporters that they reaffirmed the desire of the two countries…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued directives to the concerned authorities to increase range of vaccination programme. She said, “Health Minister and Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) have been instructed over vaccine registration.” The premier made said this while presiding over a regular cabinet meeting on Monday (February 8). She attended the meeting…

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to issue permits for as many as 4,000 new CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chattogram once it completes scrapping an equal number of old three-wheeler public transport vehicles that provide last-mile connectivity in the port city. BRTA resumed scrapping 15-year-old CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chattogram on November 16 last year, after a gap of nearly eight…

Both the cost and time of a project to construct the first terminal and necessary facilities at Payra Seaport are set to go up amid slow progress of the important scheme. The Ministry of Shipping has proposed the revision to the project, seeking a cost hike by Tk 5.35 billion or 13.43 per cent and an extension of time by one and half years, said sources at the Planning Commission. In favour of its…

A total of 31,160 people received Covid-19 vaccine jabs on the first day of the nationwide mass vaccination on Sunday. Of them, 23,857 were male and 7,303 female, said the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) in a press release. Only 21 of them developed simple side effects like fever, red colour at the place of vaccination etc. The press release signed by Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman, director…

Bashundhara Bitumen Plant, a concern of Bashundhara Oil and Gas Company Ltd, has gone into commercial operation with a view to contributing to the development in communications sector. Ten renowned dealers were supplied quality bitumen from the plant at Pangaon of Keraniganj in Dhaka Sunday morning. Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir’s son Ahmed Walid Sobhan inaugurated the…

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said the construction of the railway line from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar will be completed by December 2022. He said this while inaugurating, as chief guest, two new pairs of Demu trains on Chattogram-Dohazari and Chattogram-Patiya routes on the Dohazari railway station premises this noon. The minister said Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…