Sunday, 23 Feb, 2025

National

Senior Journo Mahbubul Alam passes away

Dhaka: Former advisor of care taker government and former editor of 'The Independent', Mahbubul Alam passed away at a city hospital on Friday morning at the age of  78. He breathed his last around 09:20am at BIRDEM Hospital.  The veteran journalist was kept on life support since

Senior Journo Mahbubul Alam on life support

DHAKA: Former advisor of caretaker government and former editor of 'The Independent', Mahbubul Alam is on life support at a city hospital. The veteran journalist has been kept on life support since Thursday morning due to multiple organs failure, while he was admitted to the BIRDEM

2 siblings electrocuted in C’nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two siblings were electrocuted at Rohonpur union of Gomastapur upazila in the district on Thursday evening. The victims are Hesam Uddin, 32, and his younger brother Rafiz Uddin, 28. Makbul Hossain, Sub Inspector of Rohonpur police Investigation centre, quoting locals,

Chunnu left Dhaka for Geneva

DHAKA: State minister for labour and employment Md Mujibul Haque (Chunnu) has left Dhaka to Geneva to attend an international conference on labour.He left Dhaka on Thursday at 9:00pm.The ministry information and public relations officer SM Arifuzzaman told banglanews that the state

Cocktails, machetes recovered in Bogra

BOGRA: Police recovered ten cocktails and 19 machetes from a garden in Gokul area in Bogra.These were recovered Thursday evening.Police had yet to nab anybody till the report was filled.A message signed by Bogra district police media cell official and also Bogra assistant police supper

Padma Bridge to get Tk 8,100cr

DHAKA: The government has proposed an allocation of Tk 8,100 crore for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge with a view to constructing the bridge with the own fund. Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the proposal while placing budget for the 2014-14 fiscal year in the parliament on Thursday

Child budget from 2015-16FY

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the government expects to implement a separate child budget on pilot basis from FY 2015-16. “There are demands being raised from various quarters for separate child budget. Some concrete recommendations are there as well to make it

Income-expenditure challenging: CPD

DHAKA: Distinguished Fellow of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday said it is main challenge to make a balance between national income and expenditure in the budget for the fiscal year 2014-15.  The economist came up with the observation in an

Products prices to go up

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed to increase taxes on certain daily necessary things for which price those products will increase. The products include fuel, imported mobile phone sets, tyre-tubes, luxurious vehicles, hybrid vehicles, gold, and energy saving tube lights,

JS session adjourned till Sunday

FROM SANGSHAD: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury adjourned the budget session till Sunday afternoon. The first budget of Tk 250,506 crore for the fiscal year 2014-15 of the incumbent government was proposed fixing the target of attaining a higher GDP growth of 7.3 percent. Finance

PM leaves for China Friday

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for China on Friday on a six-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. A VVIP flight of Bangladesh Biman carrying Hasina will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of the city at 7.30am on

Train kills 2 schoolgirls in Jessore

JESSORE: Two schoolgirls were killed and three other injured as a train knocked the auto-rickshaw carrying them in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Mahua, 13, a class-VIII student, Habiba, 12, a class-VII student of Burubagan Madimik Pilot

Dhk-Ctg-Sylhet train links resumes

FENI: The rail communications of Chittagong resumed with Dhaka and Sylhet after 10-hour halt following derailment in Fazilpur upazila of the district on Thursday noon. Railway sources said that five wagons of the container-laden train from veered off the tracks as miscreants pulled off

Obaidul against BRTC bus lease

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the government is taking initiatives to stop leasing the busses of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). The communications minister was talking to journalists after an inter-ministerial meeting at the secretariat in

Cabinet sits for budget approval

DHAKA: The cabinet meeting is underway to approve the draft of 44th Budget of the country at Jatiya Sangsad secretariat on Thursday afternoon. With Prime Minsiter Shiekh Hasina in the cahir, ministers, state ministers, secretaries are attending the meeting started at 1:00pm. BDST: 1325

BGB-BGP flag meeting in Myanmar

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar held a flag meeting in Mongdu of Myanmar on Thursday morning following the tension and repeated exchange of fires along border.  A 23-member BBG delegation led-by BGB Cox’s Bazar sector commander

Couple electrocuted in Naogaon

NAOGAON: A couple was electrocuted in Vandarpur village under Badalgachhi upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hamid, 50, and his wife Ezida Begum, 40, of the village. Badalgachhi Thana Officer-In-Charge Alamgir Lenin told banglanews, “The couple

Dhaka-Khulna highway blocked

FARIDPUR: Locals blocked the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chandibordi bus stand area of Saltha upazila of the district on Thursday demanding trial to the killing of a madrasah teacher. Villagers, poured onto the road at 10:00am of the day, blocked the highway that triggered a halt to the

Hanif Sanket gets environment medal

DHAKA: Popular cultural personality, eminent TV presenter, writer and producer AKM Hanif Sanket got environment medal 2014. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the medal in a programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in city on Thursday morning. To mark the occasion

House rent by cheque!

DHAKA: In the new budget, the government is going to introduce a compulsory new provision of receiving house rent by cheque.  Every house owner must take house rent by cheque but house rent will have to be minimum Tk 25,000.  Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to announce country’s