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Chief Adviser suggests fixing minimum voter age at 17
12:54 PM, 27 Dec 2024 FridayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday suggested that the minimum voter age should be stand at 17 years. "To give their (youth) opinion on their own future, I think the voting age for them should be fixed at 17 years," he said...
Weather may remain dry over country
12:40 PM, 27 Dec 2024 FridayBangladesh Meteorological Department, BMD, on Friday forecasted that weather may remain dry over the country for the next 24 hours, beginning from this morning...
3 workers die in Pabna road accident
12:14 PM, 27 Dec 2024 FridayThree workers were killed and several others injured as a goods-laden truck rammed into a three-wheeler, locally known as Nasiman, in Pabna’s Santhia in the early hours of Friday, December 27...
India’s ex-PM Manmohan Singh dies at 92
11:38 AM, 27 Dec 2024 FridayFormer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh died of age-related medical conditions on Thursday, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, where he was admitted, said in a statement. He was 92. "With profound grief, we inform the demise of former Prime Minister of India...
Saad followers asked to refrain from activities at Kakrail mosque
10:04 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday asked the followers of Maulana Saad group to refrain from all types of activities of Tabligh Jamaat including Shabguzaari (night stay) at Kakrail mosque from December 27, 2024...
Haaland penalty saved as Man City held by Everton
09:38 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayErling Haaland had a second-half penalty saved by Jordan Pickford as Manchester City's crisis continued with a laboured Premier League draw against Everton at Etihad Stadium...
RSC accuses fascist sympathisers of secretariat arson
09:16 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe Revolutionary Students' Council, RSC, has accused domestic and foreign "anti-August Uprising" groups, allegedly involved in rehabilitating fascism, of orchestrating the deadly fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat...
Commission to thoroughly reinvestigate BDR carnage: Chairman
09:05 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayMajor General (retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman, the chairman of the newly formed National Independent Investigation Commission to reinvestigate into the February 25 to 26, 2009 mutiny at the then BDR headquarters, Pilkhana, assured of thorough probe into the matter...
Initial probe report on Secretariat fire by Sunday: Rizwana
08:00 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayEnvironment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Chowdhury on Thursday said the investigation committee formed over the fire incident at the Secretariat will submit its primary report by Sunday, December 29. She shared this information in a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy...
BNP voices concern over Secretariat fire
07:42 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayBNP has expressed deep concern over the incident of fire at the Secretariat in the capital in the early hours of today (Thursday)...
Those conspiring against interim govt won't be spared: Asif Mahmud
07:10 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayAdviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan on Thursday said those involved in hatching conspiracies against the interim government to make it a failed one would not get any concession...
Foreigners staying illegally asked to obtain legal docs by Jan 31
06:15 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe government has asked the foreign nationals staying and working illegally in Bangladesh to obtain legal documents by January 31, 2025. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a warning notice in this regard on Thursday, December 26...
Jamaat demands fair, neutral probe into Secretariat fire
05:40 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep concern over the fire at the Secretariat and demanded a fair and neutral investigation into the incident...
Govt to procure 1 cargo LNG, 1,30,000 MTs of fertilizer
04:45 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe government on Thursday approved separate proposals for procuring a cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and 1,30,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of fertilizer to meet the country's growing demand...
RFL okays 23% dividend for shareholders
03:58 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayRangpur Foundry Ltd, RFL, has approved 23% dividend for shareholders for the year 2023-24 at the 44th Annual General Meeting, AGM, of the company held virtually on Thursday, December 26...
AMCL (PRAN) approves 32% dividend
03:50 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayAgricultural Marketing Company Ltd (AMCL PRAN) has approved 32% dividend for its shareholders for the year 2023-24 at the 39th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company held at digital platform on Thursday, December 26...
4 die as truck rams auto-rickshaw in M’singh
03:42 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayFour people were killed and two others injured after a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda on Thursday morning, December 26...
7-member committee formed to probe Secretariat fire
02:32 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayThe government has formed a seven-member committee to investigate the fire incident at Secretariat Building No. 7. Mohammad Khaled Rahim, Additional Secretary of the District and Field Administration Wing of the Cabinet Division, has been appointed as the committee's convener.
Devastating fire destroys 4 floors of Secretariat building no 7
01:33 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayA devastating fire that broke out at Building No. 7 of the Secretariat destroyed everything on four floors—from the 6th to the 9th floor. During an on-site visit, it was observed that nothing remains intact on these floors, which have been reduced to ashes.
Devastating fire destroys 4 floors of Secretariat building no 7
01:33 PM, 26 Dec 2024 ThursdayA devastating fire that broke out at Building No. 7 of the Secretariat early Thursday destroyed everything on four floors—from the 6th to the 9th floor. During an on-site visit, it was observed that nothing remains intact on these floors, which have been reduced to ashes.