News desk : The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019, fixing the minimum cost for a pilgrim at Tk 3,44,000. This year’s package increases Tk 24,645 from the previous…
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Dhaka for regional energy collaboration
Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury today put emphasis on regional collaboration to attain synergy in the power and energy sectors. The adviser was addressing the ministerial session of the “Petrotech-2019”…
Cabinet okays hajj policy and package
The cabinet today approved the National Hajj and Umrah Policy 2019 and the Hajj Package, 2019. The approval was given in the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Prime Minister’s Office…
Ensuring patients-friendly atmosphere in RMCH stressed
Collective efforts of all authorities concerned including the local government institutions is very important for making the service-delivery activities in Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) patient-friendly. There is no way but…
Lingering Rohingya crisis to create regional instability: FM
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today feared that lingering the Rohingya crisis may encourage radicalism that would create uncertainty and instability in the entire region in future. “If this problem (displacement…
14.20 lakh fishermen get identity card : Khosru
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock M Ashraf Ali Khan Khosru today said the government has distributed identity card among 14.20 lakh out of 16.20 lakh fishermen across the country. “Registration and…
PM asks for making upazila master plan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the LGRD ministry to sketch out a master plan to build up all upazila under a specific development design aimed at protecting cropland and check sporadic…
India to impart training to 1,800 Bangladesh civil servants
India will impart training to 1,800 civil servants of Bangladesh at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), an institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), over the…
Media enjoys golden time in Bangladesh: JS speaker
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said Bangladesh has been enjoying the golden time in terms of free flow of information as the scopes and activities of mass media…
Dhaka, Delhi to develop roadmap for irreversible partnership
Bangladesh and India today decided to develop a forward looking roadmap for bilateral cooperation to make the partnership irreversible as they agreed on the need to expedite safe and sustainable repatriation of…
May brings Brexit tour back to Brussels
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May heads back to meet EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday as she seeks a way to avoid a no deal Brexit in 50 days time. Expectations for…
Modi assures India’s cooperation in resolving Rohingya crisis
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured New Delhi’s cooperation in resolving the longstanding Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. His assurance came when visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen sought India’s…