Ustad Alauddin Khan鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 52nd anniversary of the death of Padmabibhushan award-winning musician and 鈥楽arod鈥� expert Ustad Alauddin Khan...
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Water level in River Padma remains stable: FFWC
Water level of Ganges-Padma rivers was stable, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said on Tuesday, a day after India opened 109 gates of Farakka Barrage to release excess water from the River Ganga, causing concern over possible flooding in Bangladesh...
Probe initiated against ex-Padma bank chair Nafeez Sarafat for graft charges
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday started an inquiry against Padma Bank former chairman Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat over embezzlement of around Tk 800 crore from the bank and share market...
Low-lying areas in Faridpur inundated as Padma swells
The low-lying areas of nine unions of four upazilas in Faridpur have been inundated due to the swelling of the River Padma, causing woes to local people...
Bangladesh gets respect in world for Padma Bridge: PM
Describing the Padma Bridge as a symbol of pride, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that the international community now showed due respect to...
Govt to form Padma Bridge operation, maintenance company
The government on Monday decided to establish a company to look after the operation and maintenance of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge across...
Padma Bridge project ends finally after 17 years
The much-talked about Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project came to an end on Sunday after almost 17 years it was taken to build a bridge on the River Padma...
PM receives Tk 315cr as Padma Bridge loan repayments
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday received some Tk 315 crore as the 7th and the 8th installments of loan repayment, which was taken for the construction of Padma Bridge....
So far 1.27 crore vehicles cross Padma Bridge: Obaidul
A total of 1.27 crore vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge after its inauguration two years ago, said the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday...
Three children, including two brothers, drown in Padma
Three children, including two brothers, drowned while bathing in the Padma River at Bhaduria Dangi under Chartarapur union in Pabna Sadar upazila on Monday...
Locals rush to catch Russell鈥檚 vipers as Faridpur AL leader announces bounty
Following the announcement of a Tk 50,000 bounty for catching a Russell鈥檚 viper alive, residents along the Padma riverbank in Faridpur have become desperate to capture the snakes....
Tk 4.82cr tolls collected from Padma Bridge in 24hrs
A total of Tk 4.82 crore was collected from 44,033 vehicles that crossed the Padma Bridge on Friday amid the travels of holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha....
Long tailback over Padma Bridge as homegoers鈥� rush begins
A three-kilometre tailback has been created in front of the toll plaza of Padma Bridge, as the homebound rush began to pick up on Friday....
Body of teenage boy recovered from Padma River
The body of a 15-year-old boy, who went missing while bathing in the Padma River on Thursday, was recovered from it at a location under Daulatpur upazila in Kushita Friday morning....
Body of missing SSC examinee recovered from Padma River
The body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered from the Padma River, three days after he went missing while bathing in the river in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj....
Evaluating large-scale projects
QUITE a number of studies on the various aspects of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge are in circulation. Metaphorically, this bridge has been dubbed a dream bridge that has given a new lease of life to 30 million people in the southern belt of Bangladesh...
Padma Bridge generates Tk 1500cr in toll revenue since opening
Padma Bridge has significantly boosted government revenue, collecting a staggering Tk 1,500 crore in tolls from the vehicles that have crossed the bridge.....
Three juveniles drown in Padma
Three juveniles drowned in the Padma River in Rajshahi while taking bath on Tuesday....
Two drown in Padma River
Two people, including a school student, drowned in the Padma River in Rajshahi while taking a bath on Sunday...
Two drown in river Padma聽
Two people, including a school student, drowned in the Padma River in Rajshahi while taking a bath on Sunday....
Two dead, another missing while taking bath in Padma
The divers of Fire Service and Civil Defence recovered the bodies of two people, among three ones, from a stream of the Padma Friday evening, hours after the had gone missing in the river while taking a bath in the stream鈥檚 Dighipara area under Tongibari upazila in Munshiganj....
Microbus driver killed as hit by motorcycle on Padman Bridge
A microbus driver was killed as he was hit by a motorcycle on Padma Bridge in Munshiganj Friday morning....
Dying rivers in independent Bangladesh
DURING the liberation war, people of this land chanted, 鈥榌The River] Padma, Meghna, Jamuna is our destiny (Padma, Meghna, Jamnuna, tomar amar thikana鈥�). Bangladesh 鈥� the birth of the nation...