The funeral prayer of veteran Islamic scholar and former madrasa principal Nurul Islam was held in Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday, with thousands of people attending to pay their final respects.The funeral was held after Asr prayers at the field of Uttar Nalbila Government Primary School in Kalarmarchhara union of Maheshkhali. The prayer was ...more

Gopalganj Regional Passport Office has come under scrutiny following allegations that a group of officials and employees is running a syndicate that harasses service seekers and demands bribes for passport-related services.Several service recipients have submitted written and verbal complaints to the Gopalganj deputy commissioner, alleging harassment, rude behaviour, irregularities and payment demands at the office.Based ...more

Five residential gas connections were disconnected and five people were fined a total of Tk 3.25 lakh for using household gas connections for commercial cooking at hotels and restaurants in Gazipur.The action was taken on Wednesday during a joint drive by Titas Gas and the district administration in Bhuiyan Para, DUET Chhayataru Road and Shimultoli ...more

A divisional awareness meeting was held in Barishal on Wednesday to raise awareness about protecting mother hilsa and ensuring the sustainable development of the country’s fisheries resources.The meeting was organised by the divisional administration at the Circuit House, where fishermen and stakeholders were urged to comply with the government’s ban on hilsa fishing during the ...more

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo has stressed the need to translate Bangladesh’s climate policies and plans into coordinated programmes, quality projects, appropriate financing and measurable outcomes.He said development decisions made today would shape the country’s climate risks for decades, making it essential for every major investment to consider the climate conditions ...more

Dr Enayet Karim, editor of English daily The Daily Industry and President of the Global Economist Forum, left Dhaka on Wednesday with a six-member delegation to attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.Dr Karim is also the Regional President of the World Council of Indigenous Games (WIG) for ...more

Kishoreganj Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sohana Nasrin has provided humanitarian assistance to newspaper hawkers in the district, distributing 750kg of rice among 25 hawkers.Each recipient received 30kg of rice at a programme held at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Wednesday.Speaking at the event, DC Sohana Nasrin assured the newspaper hawkers of all ...more

A new gas discovery at the Sundalpur-4 appraisal-cum-development well in Noakhali could add around 7 million cubic feet (mmcf) of natural gas to Bangladesh’s national grid each day, according to preliminary estimates.The discovery was made at Bara Charigaon village in Nabipur union of Senbag Upazila. Mohammad Mozammel Haque, project director of the Sundalpur-4 drilling project, ...more

Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud, Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force and Chairman of the Ansar-VDP Development Bank board, conducted a special class for newly recruited senior officers of the bank on Wednesday.The 90-minute session began at 11:30am at the Operations Conference Room of the Ansar and VDP headquarters in Khilgaon, ...more

Southeast Bank PLC. formally launched 7 (Seven) Agent Banking “Shagotom” outlets to facilitate the unbanked people across the country, specially at the rural and semi-urban areas at Satkhira, Jeshore, Faridpur, Manikganj, Brahmanbaria, Tangail and Bogura. Its main objectives is to uphold the trend of financial inclusion and spread banking services at every corner of the ...more