Drizzle disrupts life
Inclement weather to hamper winter crops
Continuous drizzling and cold wind intensified winter chill on Friday and kept most people indoors, disrupting normal life, businesses and livelihoods. Sky over the capital Dhaka and most parts of the country remained cloudy for the second straight day Friday...[ + ]
Govt warns students against dubious
foreign univ agents
A significant number of agents of little-heard-of foreign universities and colleges are out to rope in Bangladeshi students without approval of the authorities concerned, according to the education ministry findings. The education ministry for the first time has advised parents and students to be cautious about their selection of universities and colleges...[ + ]
Bad weather ends
Bishwa Ijtema
The three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after Hajj which began Friday morning by the River Turag, was called to an early end at night with the saying of akheri munajat because of inclement weather that left three devotees killed. The akheri munajat (final prayer) was scheduled to be said Sunday morning, but sufferings of the devotees because of the weather compelled the organisers to conclude the congregation...[ + ]
Home loans under
BB scheme yet
to gain pace
Only Tk 8.74cr disbursed in 6 months
Disbursement of low-cost loans offered under a special central bank home finance scheme has so far been much lower than expected due to slow progress in signing agreements between Bangladesh Bank and financial institutions, banking sources said...[ + ]
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