Stop tree, hill cutting, filling water bodies: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon all concerned to stop the indiscriminate felling of trees, filling water bodies and cutting hills to protect the country’s biodiversity and environment.
Farmers to avail fresh loans up to Tk 2.50 lakh without CIB report
Farmers will not now require submitting credit information bureau report and inquiry to get fresh farm loans up to Tk 2.50 lakh, Bangladesh Bank said on Sunday.
Battered roads dog Ctg dwellers
Spells of rain and intrusion of tidal water since June this year have left almost all the Chittagong city roads in a bad shape, causing immense sufferings to the city dwellers.
Rangpur sugar mill farmland: Over 1,000 Santal families left in trap
More than 1,000 Santal families are left in a trap as local ruling Awami League activists, who have reportedly brought them from different districts promising them ‘restoration of their ownership’ on the lands of Shahebganj-Bagda farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gaibandha, have withdrawn support for them.
Floods engulf central, southern districts
Severe flooding engulfed new areas inundating the central and southern districts rendering thousands of people marooned.
AL leader killed in Natore
A local Awami League leader was bullet-injured and hacked to death by miscreants in Baramhati Bazer area of Lalpur in Natore on Saturday night.
Rampal power plant: National Committee calls sit-in on August 20
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Recourses, Power and Ports on Saturday at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club called on the government to refrain from implementing the coal based Rampal Thermal Power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat.
NBR revenue from telcos falling on SIM tax cut
Indirect-tax revenue like SIM and value-added taxes from the country’s mobile phone companies has been declining since the fiscal year of 2012-2013 mainly because of a gradual reduction of SIM (subscriber identification module) tax over the years, according to the National Board of Revenue.
Big floods likely in Aug
The ongoing floods expanded into one-fourth of the country’s districts, continuing to increase the sufferings of affected people as the water level on the country’s major rivers continued to rise.
Common problems must be addressed jointly: Indian HC
Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla said common problems between Bangladesh and India must be addressed jointly by the two neighbouring nations.
