The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a project for recovering Buriganga River to keep the water flow running around the capital city.
Under the project, new Dhaleswari-Pungli-Bongshai-Turag-Buriganga System would be re-excavated involving Taka 1125.59 crore.
The approval came at the 32
nd meeting of the ECNEC in the fiscal held at the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports BSS.
Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal, after the meeting, briefed the newsmen about the
Christian leaders including a Catholic bishop have criticized and cast doubt over the effectiveness of an ongoing anti-militancy drive that has seen thousands of arrests in Bangladesh over the past three days.
Police arrested more than 8,500 suspected terrorists in the weeklong crackdown that began June 11.
Instead of mass arrests, the government needs to prevent attacks on minority communities,
says Bishop Gervas Rozario
More than 2,000 leaders and activists from the main opposition Bangladesh National...
US embassy in Dhaka today shared tips on applying for U.S. visas and avoiding fraud as it stressed the importance on providing high standard of customer service to visa applicants.
Consul General of the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka Elizabeth Gourlay through a video presentation
shared the tips on U.S visa application in an effort to educate Bangladeshis about visa fraud and scams at the embassy premises in the city, said a US embassy press release.
“Each year, thousands of Bangladeshis successfully apply for a U.S. visa. ...
President Abdul Hamid today urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to be more active to make the government more responsible, reports BSS.
He said this when an eight-member delegation of NHRC, led by its chairman Prof Dr Mizanur
Rahman, submitted the annual report-2015 of the commission to him at Bangabhaban here, President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told BSS.
President Hamid observed that the commission can play an important role in ensuring transparency and accountability of the activities of the governmen...
Inauguration session.
Honorable Director Mr. Ali Azim Khan, Honorable Director Mrs. Rehana Ashequr Rahman attended the ceremony as Special Guest. Senior Executives of the Bank, Local Elites and Business Personalities al...
