India gives Nepal transit to Bangladesh
Landlocked Nepal, with the help of India, has secured transit to Bangladesh by road and rail and also for using Vishakhapatnam port, India to boost trade with Bangladesh.
PM distributes Ekushey Padak
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday handed over Ekushey Padak-2016 to 16 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields.
NBR desks at immigration for income tax evading foreigners
The National Board of Revenue is going to set up income tax desks at immigration check posts to check whether outbound foreign nationals evaded tax during their stay in the country.
BNP to follow ‘one leader, one post’ policy, says Khaleda
Ahead of her party council, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday announced to reorganise it following the ‘one leader, one post’ policy.
Malaysia stalls hiring foreign workers
The fates of several lakh aspirant migrant workers became uncertain as the Malaysian government decided to suspend recruitment of all foreign workers, including those from Bangladesh.
Headlong rush as book frenzy peaks
The month-long Ekueshy book fair reached its peak on Friday, the weekend, as a huge number of booklovers rushed to the book fair that also caused a surge in sales. Visitors waiting in long queues to enter the Ekushey Book Fair premises made yet another hectic day on its 19th day.
Newly fixed increased train fare comes into effect today
The newly fixed increased train fare comes into effect today (Saturday) as critics raised their voice against widespread corruption, misuse of public money and wrong policy that made the state-run railway a losing concern.
All set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation will pay homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past today by placing wreaths at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security.
ZIHAD’S DEATH IN RAILWAY COLONY WELL : HC asks govt to pay compensation
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to pay compensations to the family of minor boy Zihad who died after falling into a 600-foot deep abandoned well at Shahjahanpur railway colony in the capital on December 26, 2014.
Save railway from plunderers: CPD, SPB
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Thursday called on the people to get united to save Bangladesh Railway from the ‘plunderers.’ The CPB and SPB leaders also protested against the newly declared train fare hikes at a rally in front of the National Press Club.
