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DHAKA : Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter today said the government will continue to work to protect the country's waterbodies aiming to conserve fisheries resources. "We will continue to work to protect the waterbodies across the country and contribute...

DHAKA : Senior Secretary of the EC Akhtar Ahmed today said the Election Commission (EC) will announce the action plan or roadmap of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election within this week. Speaking to reporters at the EC office in Agargaon here,...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted rain or thunder showers with temporary gusty wind over the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9 am. “Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur...

DHAKA : Plastic pollution is increasing gradually across the world. Different parts of nature are being damaged every day. Despite various steps, programmes and plans, effective solutions have not yet been implemented to protect the environment. Experts believe that adopting...

DHAKA : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged all to come forward to protecting nature aiming to conserve the country's fisheries resources. "Let's learn to show honour to the nature; let's learn to be kind of nature," he told...

DHAKA : The government has suspended 18 police officers including additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and former chief of Detective Branch (DB) Mohammad Harun ur Rashid as they have been absent from duty without permission from the authorities concerned. The...

COX'S BAZAR : Bangladesh will hold a three-day international stakeholders conference in Cox's Bazar on August 25 before organising a high-level conference on the Rohingya crisis on September 30 in New York on the sidelines of the UN General...

DHAKA : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the killing of seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016. A three-member...

DHAKA : The government has achieved a record-breaking milestone in the domestic Boro procurement programme 2025, which concluded on August 15. The procurement targets were set at 3.50 lakh tonnes of paddy, 14 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice, and 50,000...

DHAKA : Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 1,818 crore project for modernization of the BREB. The project aimed at modernization and capacity enhancement of 33/11 KV existing outdoor substations of Bangladesh Rural Electrification...