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Government working to develop new rice varieties to tackle climate change challenges: Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister National

Government working to develop new rice varieties to tackle climate change challenges: Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister

Fisheries and Livestock and Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid has said that the government is prioritising research-based agricultural development to develop new rice varieties to address the risk of declining agricultural production due to climate change. He said that BRRI Dhan-118 will be released for the haor region next season. This cold-tolerant rice variety will create scope for early planting and early harvesting. As a result, farmers will be able to bring the crop home before sudden floods, and losses will significantly reduce.

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Now is the time to build the nation, unnecessary instability will not be tolerated: Information Minister National

Now is the time to build the nation, unnecessary instability will not be tolerated: Information Minister

Urging everyone to engage in the work of state reconstruction and development, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan said that there is no room for unnecessary instability or crisis creation at this time of nation-building. While the government wishes to resolve all problems through dialogue, if anyone deliberately attempts to destabilize the situation, strict action will be taken in the national interest.

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Prime Minister meets top industrialists, emphasizes investment and business climate improvement National

Prime Minister meets top industrialists, emphasizes investment and business climate improvement

Prime Minister Tariq Rahman held a high-level meeting with the country's top businessmen and industrialists. During the nearly three-and-a-half-hour meeting, detailed discussions were held on various key economic issues, including improving the investment climate, challenges in the industrial sector, the energy crisis, tax policy, export growth, and attracting foreign investment.

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GPS mandatory on public transport from today; no registration or fitness without it National

GPS mandatory on public transport from today; no registration or fitness without it

To strengthen discipline and monitoring in the country's road transport system, the government has made it mandatory from today (Saturday, August 1) to install and keep functional Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in all public transport. According to the new directive, no public transport will be given new registration or fitness certificate, nor will it be renewed, without GPS.

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38 BNP leaders and activists killed in six months; most incidents linked to dominance and grab-trade Politics

38 BNP leaders and activists killed in six months; most incidents linked to dominance and grab-trade

In the past six months of the current year, at least 38 leaders and activists of the BNP and its affiliated organizations have been killed in separate incidents across the country. According to the primary investigations by law enforcement agencies, the majority of these murders have been attributed to possible causes such as political dominance, internal feuds, old enmities, extortion, land and business grabbing, and illicit economic interests.

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'If any Jamaat worker is found, hands and legs will be broken' comment goes viral Politics
Controversy over BNP leader's remark •

'If any Jamaat worker is found, hands and legs will be broken' comment goes viral

A statement made by Asaduzzaman Mintu, General Secretary of Manirampur Upazila BNP in Jashore, has sparked widespread debate on social media. In a speech centered around the recruitment test for 'Family Card data collectors,' he warned that if any worker of Jamaat-e-Islami was found at the examination center, "their hands and legs would be broken."

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No scope for division in the name of religion; equal rights of all citizens will be ensured: Mirza Fakhrul National

No scope for division in the name of religion; equal rights of all citizens will be ensured: Mirza Fakhrul

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said there is no scope for creating divisions in the name of religion in the country. He said Bangladesh is a country of equal rights and dignity for people of all religions, including Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians. Any attempt to create discord and instability in society using religion will be dealt with strictly.

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