UNB Three rivers -- the Mayur, the Bhairab and the Rupsa— running beside the city are now under rampant human assaults due to encroachment and unchecked pollution. The dumping of untreated industrial wastes and chemicals into the rivers from the metropolitan city and neg ...বিস্তারিত
Economic Times Nearly 50,000 people have lost their lives between 2015 and 2017 on railway tracks after being hit by trains, according to official data from the Indian Railways. A train mowed down at least 59 Dussehra revellers as they were watching a Ravana effigy being b ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk Snake gourd growers in the district are happy over the fair prices and good yield this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said they encourage the farmers to grow the item on a large scale. They said the farming has already exceeded th ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk The University Grants Commission (UGC) recommended a separate pay scale for the teachers of public universities. UGC made the recommendation in its 44th Annual Report submitted to President Abdul Hamid, also the chancellor of all public and private universities. A ...বিস্তারিত
UNB Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three young men along with 40,800 Yaba tablets from Mohammadpur area in the city on Monday evening. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Parvez, 27, Masudur Rahman, 30 and Masum Miah, 20. Major Mohammad Ali, seco ...বিস্তারিত
Arabnews Thousands of Central American migrants resumed an arduous trek toward the US border Monday, with many bristling at suggestions there could be terrorists among them and saying the caravan is being used for political ends by US President Donald Trump. The caravan’ ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk Orion Group has started the commercial operation of a 105-megawatt heavy fuel oil-based private power plant at Rupsha in Khulna. The plant—Orion Power Rupsha Ltd—started supplying electricity to the national grid on October 9 while the commercial operation beg ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters Turkey’s main nationalist party will not seek an alliance with President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party in 2019 local elections, nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday. Bahceli’s remarks come after a disagreement with Erdogan over the MHP’s call for amn ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised its forecast on Bangladesh's rice production in the May-April period of 2018-19, saying it would increase to 34.5 million tonnes owing to increased plantation of summer rice during the aus season, reports The Dail ...বিস্তারিত
DOT desk The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is facing difficulties in importing fuel oils as the state-owned commercial banks are unwilling to open letters of credit (LCs) on grounds of incurring losses due to the foreign exchange rate fluctuations, reports The Fina ...বিস্তারিত