Special initiative to make youths entrepreneurs, Tk 60,000 crore in stimulus: Governor
Bangladesh Bank Governor Md Mostakur Rahman has said the central bank has taken a special initiative to connect the country’s youths with the mainstream of the economy and develop them as entrepreneurs. At the same time, an initiative has been…
Gold price up Tk 1,691 per bhori, 22-carat now Tk 2,34,621
The price of gold has risen again in the domestic market. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) has raised the price of the best quality, that is 22-carat, gold by Tk 1,691 per bhori (11.664 grams). As a result, the price of one bhori of good…
Relationships, not wealth, are a person’s real riches
Almighty Allah says in the first verse of Surah Anfal, ‘(O Prophet!) People ask you about the spoils of war. Say, the authority (to decide on the matter) of the spoils of war belongs to Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah and set right the…
Bodies of husband, wife and infant daughter recovered from house in Manikganj
Police have recovered the bodies of three members of the same family from inside a house in Manikganj Sadar upazila. It has been learnt that expatriate Ikram Hossain killed his wife and one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and then took his own life by…
Families of newborns get saplings as gifts in Kalkini
The upazila administration in Kalkini of Madaripur has taken an exceptional initiative by handing over tree saplings to the families of newborns. Keeping in front the slogan ‘Today’s child is the life of tomorrow, a sapling is new life for…
‘Keep our own yard clean’: Cleaning Day in DSCC ward no. 50
A ‘Cleaning Day’ programme has been observed in ward no. 50 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) with the theme ‘Let us keep our own yard clean, build a clean city’. The event was organised on Saturday (19 September) to involve…
Over 200 checkposts in capital after crude bomb blasts and bus arson
Law enforcers have beefed up security after incidents of crude bomb explosions and buses being set on fire in different areas of the capital from noon to midnight on Friday (18 September). More than two hundred checkposts have been set up on important…
Retired DU zoology professor Dr Noorjahan Sarker passes away
Dr Noorjahan Sarker, a retired professor of the Department of Zoology at Dhaka University, is no more. She passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital at 10:30am on Thursday (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un). She was 78…
Admission tests at 20 GST cluster universities begin 19 March
The dates of the admission tests for the universities under the General, Science and Technology (GST) cluster for the 2026-27 academic year have been announced. This time, admission tests will be held at 20 universities in the cluster. However, two to…
BGB drive on Kushtia border recovers Indian drugs worth Tk 12 lakh
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered a huge quantity of Indian drugs in a drive in the border area of Kushtia. As part of the ongoing drives and surveillance to stop drug smuggling on the border, Kushtia Battalion (47 BGB) conducted a special…