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Lalkhan Bazar-Muradpur Flyover to close Wednesday for Eid-e-Miladunnabi procession

Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- The Lalkhan Bazar-Muradpur Flyover in Chattogram will be closed to all traffic during the Jashne Julus, a religious procession marking Eid-e-Miladunnabi, on Wednesday. The Chat... Read More


No gas in parts of Keraniganj for 8 hours for repair

Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- Titas Gas will suspend gas supply for eight hours in several areas of Keraniganj to replace a leaking valve at the Pangaon valve station. In a notice, Titas Gas Transmission an... Read More


Concert cancellations may involve security concerns, not government policy: minister

Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- Information Minister Andaleeve Rahman has ruled out any government reluctance to back cultural events, insisting that security concerns, not policy, lie behind recent concert ca... Read More


Heads of the three Armed Forces pay courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- The chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force have paid courtesy calls on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Army chief General Waker Uz Zaman, Navy chief Admiral Kho... Read More


Court fines Jaffna restaurant Rs. 950,000 for overcharging on bottled water

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- A popular vegetarian restaurant in the Nallur area of Jaffna has been fined Rs. 950,000 for selling bottled drinking water at an excessive price. Based on the information receiv... Read More


New service category for medical, dental specialists

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to appoint an official committee to draft a Service Minute to establish a dedicated service category named the "Specialist Medica... Read More


Retd. Air Vice Marshal Fernando appointed DMT Chief

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Cabinet has approved the appointment of Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Thushara Indunil Fernando as the Commissioner General of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT). Fernando wil... Read More


Cabinet nod to install 300,000 smart meters across Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for a project to install 300,000 smart meters equipped with a Time-of-Use (TOU) billing system, marking a key step in modernizing Sr... Read More


10+ years in media? Applications open for journalist housing units

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Ministry of Health and Mass Media has called for applications from journalists for the "Homagama Journalists' Housing Scheme," introduced for media professionals working in p... Read More


Cabinet approves Rs. 104.9 bn central expressway road project

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Cabinet has approved a proposal to develop connecting roads linking Sections I, III and IV of the Central Expressway with the existing road network in the Western, Central an... Read More