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Over Tk 4.80 crore toll was collected from 44,033 vehicles on the Padma Bridge on Friday, the weekend holiday just before public holiday of the Eid-ul-Azha. Senior Secretary of Bridges Division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Md Monjur Hossain said while inspecting Padma Bridge’s Mawa end of Louhajang upazila on Sunday. The homebound people are going to ...

Five Narayanganj District Police personnel have been suspended on charge of realizing extortion from cattle-laden vehicles. AIG Inamul Huq Sagar of the Police Headquarters said it on Saturday (June 15). After broadcasting a news on a private television channel about realizing extortion by police personnel from sacrificial animals ladedn vehicles on Thursday (June 13), Narayanganj District Police Super Golam Mostofa ...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister and Awami League presidium member Abdur Rahman on Thursday said surpassing China Bangladesh has attained the second position in fresh water fish production in the world. The minister came up with the information according a report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations titled “The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024” ...

Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, the electric vehicle-maker said on Thursday, a big thumbs-up to his leadership and an incentive to keep his focus on his biggest source of wealth. The approval underscores the support that Musk enjoys from Tesla’s retail investor base, many of whom are vocal fans of the mercurial billionaire. The proposal ...

Customers stood in long queues before bank counters for cash withdrawals on Thursday, the last working day before the start of Eid-ul-Azha holiday. Bank officials said that transactions saw a 30 percent increase by on Thursday from business on regular working days. Eid-ul-Azha, biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated on Monday. There has been a rush of customers ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been operating additional flights to its domestic destinations across the country on the occasion of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha. Biman has decided to operate 29 additional flights, 20 before Eid that started from June 7 and continue till June 16. On the other hand, Biman scheduled nine additional flights after Eid from June 20 to June ...

The import-export activities through Sonamasjid Land Port will remain closed for eight days on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Azha. However, the immigration department will be normal and the travelers carrying passports will be able to travel as usual. Sonamasjid Importer-Exporter Group President Kazi Md. Shahabuddin confirmed it. He said the import and export activities through the port will remain shut from ...

Sales of sacrificial animals at 22 cattle markets including two permanent haats in the capital will start tomorrow, five days before the second largest religious festival of the Muslim community, said officials concerned. According to the two city corporations, 9 temporary haats have been set up apart from Gabtali permanent haat in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area and 11 ...

The UK economy failed to grow in April after particularly wet weather put off shoppers and slowed down construction. The official data is what most economists had expected and comes after the fastest growth in two years from January to March, ending the recession from the final half of last year. The economy is a key battleground in the run-up ...

Bangladesh Railway has planned to add an extra 162 passenger coaches to trains for the increased number of passengers during the Eid tips. Meanwhile, tickets for these carriages will be available online 12 hours before train departure. According to Bangladesh Railway, there will be 60 broad-gauge and 102 meter-gauge coaches among the additional coaches. In line with the decision of ...