DNCC launches app for quick, effective service delivery

The Dhaka North City Corporation on Tuesday launched a mobile application called NOGOR for delivering quick and effective civic services.

Monthly remittance inflow hits 5-year low in July

Monthly inward remittance in July registered the lowest amount of $1,005.43 million in last five years as the expatriate Bangladeshis sent home a lower amount of greenback after the Eid festival.

Govt shuts ‘peace schools’

Education ministry has closed all unapproved peace schools across the country for their involvement in controversial activities, said a ministry statement on Tuesday.

Water around Dhaka on rise

Death toll from flood rose to 50 marking continued rise and various water borne and viral diseases continued to spread with slight improvement of flood situation in northern districts while water level in rivers around Dhaka was on the rise on Tuesday.

lood death toll rises to 42

At least 3,145 people so far contracted various diseases which have spread among the flood-affected areas, according to National Health Crisis Management Centre.

Tk 40 lakh bounty for terror attack masterminds Tamim and Zia

Police on Tuesday announced Tk 20 lakh bounty for each of the masterminds of the attacks to Holey Artisan Bakery, Solakia Eid congregation and Kalyanpur incident in Dhaka, Tamim Chowdhury and sacked major of Bangladesh Army Md Ziaul Huq.

HC orders replacing faulty manhole covers in 15 days

The High Court on Tuesday ordered both Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation to replace faulty covers of manholes across the capital in fifteen days.

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.