Parking lots far too short for city traffic
The capital’s traffic congestion has worsened further as the already inadequate parking lots are falling further short for the ever increasing number of motor vehicles, experts have said.
Utilise projects money properly
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all concerned, including diploma engineers, to ensure proper utilisation of the money allocated for development projects.
E-procurement, spending on health care could save huge money: study
Spending 1 per cent of the country’s national budget on smarter policies like e-procurement, digitalisation of land records and healthcare could make Bangladesh Tk 3.7 trillion better off, according to a study.
Political uncertainties, growing militancy hold back FDI
Head of delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon on Thursday mentioned that political uncertainties, growing militancy and unpunished assassinations were the impediments to gaining foreign direct investment in Bangladesh.
Lightning strikes kill 25
At least 25 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in the capital and six other districts on Thursday as westerly low and seasonal low were lying over the country.
Jamaat’s hartal ignored
The countrywide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami was ignored on Thursday as it had hardly any effect the daily normal life.
PM reaffirms Bangladesh’s support to Palestine
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reaffirmed Bangladesh’s support to the people of the brotherly country of Palestine.
SSC results: Rural students left behind again
Less than 50 per cent students from rural schools passed the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations for the third consecutive year ending 2016.
Nizami buried
The executed Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was buried at Santhia in Pabna on Wednesday morning while Jamaat and Shibir activists held ghayebana janaza for Nizami at places including Dhaka amidst some incidents of clashes in Chittagong and Rajshahi.
Quarrel over cricket claims GPA 5 holder’s life
A schoolboy was killed in a quarrel over playing cricket in the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday, hours before his result of GPA 5 in this year’s secondary school certificate examinations was out. The victim was identified as Babul Shikder, 17, son of Mostafa Shikder and resident of Barabagh area of Mirpur.
