State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) information and findings have been playing a significant role in the national progress as well as development, reports BSS. “The trend of the GSB information and its findings…

Khulna: Speakers at a workshop yesterday said the country’s over 4,500 Union Digital Centers (UDCs) have created an opportunity to accelerate the flow of grassroots information and expand outsourcing and e-commerce in villages, reports UNB. Each UDC could become a mini Business Process Outsourcing…

The World Bank (WB) has approved a loan of USD 213 million for two projects—one to improve weather and climate information services, and the other to strengthen college education—in Bangladesh. The loan was approved on June 3, a WB statement said yesterday. A loan of USD 113 million for…

Hajj pilgrims will have to register their names by tomorrow as the pre-registration time will not be extended further, reports BSS. In terms of moon sighting, Hajj will be performed on September 10 this year, a release of Religious Affairs Ministry said here today requesting all hajj pilgrims to register…

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed July 18 for framing charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 BNP-Jamaat men in a case filed over an arson attack on a bus at Jatrabari in the city last year, reports UNB. Metropolitan Session’s Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah set the date and transferred the…

Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Turkey Allama Siddiki is now in the country for consultation with regard to Dhaka-Ankara relations following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks on the execution of war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami on May 11. “As…

A Comilla court yesterday ordered the medical board of Comilla Medical College Hospital to immediately submit the second report on the DNA samples of Sohagi Jahan Tonu before the court. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Joynab Begum gave the ordered following a prayer made by the Criminal Investigation…