March 22, 2009 – Bangladesh To Privatize Three More Land Ports This Year – All Head News
Siddique Islam – AHN Correspondent, Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – Bangladesh government plans to privatize three more land ports this year under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) arrangement for a period of 25 years to help boost cross border trade, officials said Sunday. The land ports that will be handed over to private operators in the second phase are […]
March 17, 2009 – Fire service stations to be set up in each thana – The New Nation
Responding to a question of Md Nurul Islam Sujon from Panchagarh-2, Sahara said her ministry along with the foreign ministry and the expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry with cooperation from Bangladesh mission in Delhi were working relentlessly to get back those smuggled children, men and women who remained detained in prisons in India.
March 15, 2009 – Load shedding hampering boro cultivation in Panchagarh – The New Nation
UNB, Panchagarh – Farmers of the district may not achieve the production target of boro this season due to frequent load shedding and erratic power supply. Many farmers could not transplant boro seedlings on their land as they failed to irrigate their land due to acute power crisis. They said many of their cultivated lands […]
March 13, 2009 – Strawberry eyes Tk 10cr a year – The Daily Star
Strawberry growers and traders in Bangladesh are expecting Tk 10 crore in annual turnover, as they go into its first-ever commercial cultivation this year. Rajshahi University teacher Dr Manzur Hossain, who developed the fruit nearly a decade ago, expects nearly 25 tonnes of output from about 8.5 acres of land in 45 districts until April. […]
March 09, 2009 – Woman killed in Boda – Jaijaidin
March 07, 2009 – BSF kills 1 in Tetulia – Daily Star
One Bangladeshi cattle trader was killed when Indian Security Force (BSF) opened fire on a group of traders at Kirtanpara under Tetulia upazila in Panchagarh early yesterday. The deceased was Shamu, 40, son of late Tamizuddin of Joyganj under Tetulia upazila of the district. Around 1:00am BSF personnel of Madanbari camp shot at least six […]
March 07, 2009 – Bangladeshi killed by BSF – The New Nation
Border Security Force (BSF) of India shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Kirtanpara border under Bhutipukuri border under Tetulia upazila in the district in the early hours of Friday. The victim was identified as Shamu, 40, son of late Tamizuddin of Joyganjoth village under Tetulia upazila. BDR sources said BSF personnel of Modanbari camp […]
March 07, 2009 – Lawyers abandoned the court – Prothom Alo
March 07, 2009 – Railway development – Railway Gazette
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has asked the Ministry of Planning to study conversion of BR’s Dinajpur – Panchagarh line to dual gauge, facilitating direct services from Dhaka to the northwest of the country. The National Economic Council has already approved a Tk2·5bn upgrading programme for the metre-gauge route.
February 28, 2009 – Prothom Alo
