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Sher-e-Bangla Medical College opens tomorrow
Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, the largest public institution in heath sector of southern region, will open tomorrow after 50 days following lynching a plumber on the campus ...
Anti-corruption drive to be continued even after JS election: ACC Chairman
Our Correspondent, Barisal Lt.Gn. Hassan Mashud Chowdhury, chairman of anti-corruption commission vowed to continue anti-corruption drives even after JS election and said ACC would never be indifferent about ...
Call to save nation from foreign culture
Our Correspondent, Barisal Rashed Khan Menon, President of Workers Party of Bangladesh called to save the country from poverty and also from aggression of foreign cultural forces.
Coastal district headquarters inundated
Coastal district headquarters of Patuakhali and Barguna were inundated by tidal waves and rainfall caused by a well-marked low which, headed for a northerly direction, made a landfall after crossing the ...
DHAKA: The well-marked low formed over the north-west Bay off Bangladesh-West Bengal coast moved northwards inland and lay over the southwestern parts of Bangladesh encompassing Barisal, Patuakhali, Madaripur ...
Nine injured in Bangladesh ferry collision
Nine people were injured when two ferries collided in southern Bangladesh on Tuesday, police said.
'A few clauses of Right to Information Act need change'
Speakers at a discussion in Barisal yesterday said a few flawed clauses are to be changed if Right to Information Act is to ensure people's right to know and good governance.
BIWTC arranges special steamer services for homebound passengers
BSS, Barisal Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation has arranged 11-day special steamer services in addition to normal services on Dhaka-Barisal-Khulna routes for the homebound passengers on the occasion ...
Barisal River Port on verge of closure due to poor navigability
Our Correspondent, Barisal The Barisal river port, the second largest in the country, is on the verge of closure as the Kirtonkhola River is rapidly loosing navigability.
Transport fair increased, tickets exhausted : Sufferings of home...
Transport fair increased, tickets exhausted : Sufferings of home bound passengers exceed all limits in Barisal Our Correspondent, Barisal Sufferings of home bound passengers to observe Eid festival with the ...
Academic life hit as institutions closed
DHAKA: The academic life of several thousand students in two public universities, four medical colleges, and a polytechnic institution gets seriously hampered because of the closure of the institutions.
Fake manpower recruitment agent held in Barisal
Our Correspondent, Barisal Police arrested one ALhaj Mawlana Muhammad Maksudur Rahman, alias Saiful, a fake manpower recruiting agent from Banaripara bus stand of Barisal district on Saturday night.
Discussion meet on significance of Ramzan held in Gopalganj
Our Correspondent, Gopalganj A discussion meeting on significance and education of the holy Ramzan and Iftar party were held at Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Gopalganj branch hallroom, organised by Islami Bank ...
316 taxpayers get national honour
UNB, Dhaka Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam suggested banking on income tax as the main source of internal resources as the share of import duty is going down by the day due the globalization and ...
PATUAKHALI: The real estate company Sagor Neer Housing Society Limited has allegedly grabbed two acres of government land at Kuakata tourist centre in Patuakhali.
Durga Puja to be observed in 412 mandops in Barisal district
Our Correspondent, Barisal A five-day celebration of Sharodiya Durga Utsob, the main religious festival of the Bengali Hindu Community, would be started in festive mood from October 6, 2008 in 412 Puja Mandops ...
Ferry services suspended in Meghna
BARISAL: Road communications in the southern region and Chittagong have been disrupted after the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation announced suspension of ferry services on the Bhola-Lakshmipur ...
Regional Cuisines of Bangladesh---A Food Lover's Journal -Part II
Inspired by my friend Deepika's interest in regional Bengali foods my quest for local cuisines continued even when I had moved out of Dhaka on government assignments to other places.
RAB-8 celebrates 3rd founding anniversary
BSS, Barisal Barisal region was then a horror area as the outlawed 'sharbahara party' members and terrorists kept people virtually hostage under their strong network and acts.
10 posts of gauge readers vacant at Barisal WDB
When most of the rivers at the down streams of the country are flowing over the danger level, the level of river beds are not monitored regularly due to lack of manpower and technology.