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Md.Shahin Sagor, Rajshahi: Indian Visa Application Centers have seen huge crowd for shopping, health check-up, medical and tourist visa seekers. As Darshana, Sona Masjid and Gede land ports have opened for passengers, visa center officials have to cope with an additional pressure of processing huge number of applications.Talking to the…

Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Tk 603.76 crore was earned from Padma Bridge as toll in the last nine months.He gave the information during the question-answer session in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday. The House began with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.In a…

Staff Correspondent: The government has taken a special programme to protect the biodiversity of the Halda River, said Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday.“An action plan will be prepared to implement this programme and once it is implemented, it can be possible to protect biodiversity of…

500 workers become joblessFertilizer, fuel supply cut off S A Khan, Sirajgong: Due to the lack of water at around 10 points of the Baghabari waterway as per the demand, the cargo ship with full load of chemical fertilizers has not arrived at the Baghabari seaport for the last 3…

Industry Desk: A special train will experimentally run on the Padma Bridge today. The train will travel from Bhanga to Mawa end of the bridge.The Padma bridge, spanning over 6.15 km, has now been fully equipped with a railway line after completing two rounds of welding work. Furthermore, the lining…

Industry Desk: The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has welcomed the government of Bangladesh for sending a note verbale to New Delhi seeking to know about their plan to construct two new canals to divert water of the Teesta River.Simultaneously the government should implement the Teesta Master Plan because efforts for…

Mahfuz Emran: The people of Kolghensha Coastal Upazila Koira of Sundarbans have started to overcome the wounds of terrible natural disasters like Sidor and Aila. They are growing golden crops in salty land. Thousands of coastal people are becoming self-sufficient by cultivating sweet potatoes, watermelons and sunflowers across the horizon…

Will change country’s economy Mahfuja Mukul: The only hill island upazila of the country, Maheshkhali Matarbari, is going on a huge campaign. Along with the power plant, the under construction of a deep-sea port is progressing in this union, which is famous for salt cultivation near the Bay of Bengal.…

The project estimates 3-time high budget Md Rabiul Haque: Anomalous cost estimates have been found in a project to protect the banks of the Jamuna River. A huge amount of money has been charged for the consultant fee of the project, which is considered unnecessary by the stakeholders. At the…

Staff Correspondent: Surplus gas from Bhola fields is likely to be shipped to factories in Dhaka, Gazipur and Mymensingh’s Bhaluka by early June this year in compressed natural gas (CNG) form as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has nodded a proposal regarding this matter, said Petrobangla Chairman Zanendra Nath Sarker.“The…