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ECNEC approves Tk 319 cr project to develop Dhaka North traffic infrastructure

  The government has approved a Tk319-crore project to ensure and improve road safety by developing a traffic infrastructure in areas under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Under the project, escalators will be installed at foot-overbridges in 16 places in Dhaka North, with each escalator costing Tk1.18 crore. The DNCC will comple...

MODMR built 199 rural bridges in Mymensingh

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has completed the construction works of 199 rural bridges and culverts in Mymensingh district. District Relief and Rehabilitation Office source said (DRRO) the bridges and culverts were constructed at a cost of over TK 46 crore with a view to developing rural communication networks in 13 upazilas o...

Bangladeshi citizen awarded for showing civic responsibility in Qatar

A Bangladeshi national in Qatar was admired by the authorities concerned of Qatar for displaying his civic responsibility and humanitarian gesture. Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar Md Jashim Uddin appreciated the exemplary good deed of Mohammad Yasin by handing over a crest to him this morning at the Embassy of Bangladesh. M...

Cabinet approves Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2020

The cabinet has approved the draft of the “Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2020,” to replace the ordinance promulgated by the President a few days ago, keeping the provision of death penalty for rape. “The draft of the ‘Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Act, 2020’, which...

Ensuring food security is our top priority: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asserted that not a single person in the country will remain hungry as her government has attached top-most priority to increasing food production to ensure food security for all. “Our country is very small in terms of its land size while our current population is 165 million or around 17 crore. The most i...