The government has allocated Taka 792.32 crore for implementing 52 development projects under the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Livestock Services for the current fiscal year (2016-17), reports BSS. Of the allocation, the government will provide Taka 672.03 crore and Taka 120.29 crore…

A 12-member Chinese delegation yesterday visited the di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant of Di-Ammonium Phosphate Fertiliser Company Ltd (DAPFCL) where an ammonia tank exploded last week, causing at least 50 people to fall sick inhaling toxic gas, reports UNB from Chittagong. The team from China Complant,…

Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence Brigadier General Ali Ahmed Khan yesterday said that erroneous management and lack of maintenance were the prime reasons behind the explosion of gas tank at Dia Ammonia Phosphate (DAP) Fertilizer Company Limited in Anwara upazila upazila…

The Padma River channel at a bend on Louhajang was re-opened to heavy duty RO RO ferries, resuming their services after 3 pm yesterday carrying trucks and buses six days after the ferries became unable to negotiate the channel due to siltation causing shallow draft on the river. Sources at the BIWTC,…

A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Moshan Bazar of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia yesterday. The deceased was identified as Mukul Munshi, 45, son of Yusuf Munshi, a resident of Paschim Bahirchar Barmile village of Bheramara upazila.…

Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday alleged that the recent militant attacks at a restaurant in the city’s Gulshan area and the Sholakia Eid grounds were a part of a “London conspiracy”. “During the militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery…