Nation salutes `71 heroes
The sun of liberation rose over the horizon on March 26, 1971 with the formal proclamation of the independence of Bangladesh when the Bengalis took up arms against the Pakistani occupation military who committed one of the worst genocide in modern history during the nine-month liberation war.
Farm loan disbursement rises by 14.74pc in 8 months
Farm loan disbursement posted a 14.74-per cent growth in eight months of the current financial year of 2015-16 compared with that in the same period of FY15.
WRIT CHALLENGING STATE RELIGION : Hefazat holds demos, threatens tougher
Qaumi madrassah-based organisation Hefazat-e-Islam on Friday held demonstrations in Dhaka and at different districts against the writ challenging the provision of state religion in the constitution.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : Protests continue as no headway in investigation
The police could not make any headway in the investigation into the rape and murder of Victoria College student and theatre activist Sohagi Jahan Tonu inside six days of the recovery of her body from Comilla cantonment area.
Those working silently for nation to be honoured: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said those working silently across the country for the nation will be honoured in the future and her government is working to collect their names.
Nation recalls today horrors of March 25
The nation recalls today the horrors of one of the worst genocides in modern history committed by the Pakistan occupation army against unarmed people of the then East Pakistan on the night of March 25, 1971.
RMG workers demand higher wages
Leaders of the Garments Sramik Front at a rally in the city on Thursday demanded increasing wage of the garment workers immediately.
NBR chairman rules out changing uniform VAT rate of 15pc
The National Board of Revenue chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on Thursday ruled out any possibility of changing the uniform rate of 15 per cent value-added tax under the new VAT act despite the business community has continuously been demanding for lowering the rate to single digit.
Modi, Hasina open 100MW power supply from Tripura
The Bangladesh-India cooperation has advanced another step forward as the prime ministers of both the countries on Wednesday inaugurated supply of 100 MW electricity from Tripura of India to Comilla of Bangladesh and leasing of 10 GBPS internet bandwidth from Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar) to India (Agartala).
Middlemen, mill owners reap locally produced salt’s profits
Middlemen and mill owners reap the profits of locally manufactured salt leaving the poor farmers in the lurch.
