Padma

Jibon Bima seeks Ministry's help to recover Tk 126.95cr from Padma Bank

Bangladesh Jibon Bima Corporation has reached out to the Ministry of Finance, requesting assistance in recovering Tk 126.95 crore tied ...

Four missing in boat capsize in Padma found dead

Our Correspondent

RAJSHAHI, Sept 5: The bodies of four people, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River near ...

Boat capsizes in Padma; 4 bodies recovered after 48 hours

Rajshahi City Correspondent

The bodies of four people, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River near Char Majardia at ...

4 missing as boat capsizes in Padma

Observer Online Report

Four people went missing as a boat capsized in the Padma river under Paba upazila in Rajshahi district on Sunday ...

Water level of Padma river stable

Observer Online Desk

Water level of Ganges-Padma river is stable, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said on Tuesday, a day after ...

Bank accounts of Padma Bank Chair Nafeez Sarafat frozen

Business Correspondent

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Sunday asked banks to freeze the accounts of Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, his wife ...

Youth drowns in Padma

Our Correspondent

DAULATPUR, KUSHTIA, Aug 21: A young man drowned as a boat capsized in the Padma River in Daulatpur Upazila of ...

Hannan collecting egg, fry from Padma for 37 yrs

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Aug 20: This is the last month of Bharda for collection of continuing egg and fry of different fishes ...

Lawyer who threw eggs at Anisul, Salman dies in accident on Padma Bridge

Lawyer Injamul Haque Seemon, who threw eggs at Anisul Huq and Salman F Rahman in court, died in a motorcycle ...

2 killed near Padma Bridge road accident

Observer Correspondent

A pick-up driver and his assistant were killed after a pick-up hit by an unidentified vehicle at Louhajang upazila in ...

Fish breeding hampered in Padma River

Our Correspondent

RAJSHAHI, July 30: Fish breeding has become under threat due to damaging breeding grounds by China Duari, Nylon and Current ...

Padma erosion makes 6,000 homeless at Chakrajapur

Our Correspondent

RAJSHAHI, July 24: About 6,000 people of 1,200 families of Chakrajapur Union in Bagha Upazila of the district have been ...

Low-lying areas in Faridpur district flooded as Padma swells

Observer Online Desk

The low-lying areas of nine unions of four upazilas in Faridpur have been inundated due to the swelling of the ...

Padma flows near danger level in Rajbari

Upazila Representative

The water of the Padma river is flowing almost the danger level in Rajbari's Goalanda upazila on Tuesday.In the last ...

Groundnut farming turns profitable in Padma chars

Our Correspondent

DAULATPUR, KUSHTIA, July 7: Growers are getting profits from groundnut cultivation in fallow chars in Daulatpur Upazila of the district.Despite ...

BD gets respect in world for Padma Bridge: PM

MUNSHIGANJ, July 5: Describing the Padma Bridge as a symbol of pride, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the ...

Padma Bridge is outcome of Sheikh Hasina's commitment: Quader

Observer Online Desk

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said today's Padma Bridge is the "golden crop" of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ...

Bangladesh gets respect in world for Padma Bridge: PM

Observer Online Desk

Describing the Padma Bridge as a symbol of pride, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the international community now shows ...

Padma Bridge's closing ceremony Friday, Tk 5cr allocated to meet expenses

Observer Online Report

The long-awaited Padma Bridge project has already been completed. On this occasion, the closing ceremony will be held at the ...

New company to be formed to operate, manage Padma Bridge

Cabinet clears draft

Staff Correspondent

New company to be formed to operate, manage Padma Bridge

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the Padma Bridge Operation and Maintenance Company PLC with a capital of ...

Padma Bank is strict in debt recovery; another defaulter arrested

Business Desk

Padma Bank PLC has taken a strict stand against those who have defaulted by taking loans from the bank. The ...

Govt to set up company for Padma Bridge maintenance

Observer Online Report

The government has taken a decision to establish a separate company will be established to manage the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. ...

Another Padma Bridge possible with 2pc of black, laundered money

EquityBD, a think tank, on Saturday said that another Padma Bridge can be financed if black money and capital flight ...

Padma Bridge project ends, final cost stands at Tk 31,000 crore

Observer Online Report

The Padma Bridge Project was formally ended on Sunday (June 30), around 15 years after it was taken in August ...

Padma Bridge river training budget up 13pc

The river training in the Padma Bridge project will cost Tk 2.49 billion more than project officials estimated, forcing the ...

PM receives over Tk 314cr Padma Bridge loan installments

Observer Online Desk

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday received over Taka 314 crore as the 7th and 8th installments of loan repayment ...

Over Tk 1,648cr earned from Padma Bridge in two years: Quader

Observer Online Report

More than Tk 1,648 crore in tolls have been earned from the Padma Bridge in two years, Road Transport and ...

Two siblings, another drown in Padma River

Ovserver Correspondent

Three teenagers, including two brothers, drowned while bathing in the Padma River at Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Monday ...

Tk 29cr toll collected from Padma Bridge in nine days

Observer online report

The government has earned about Tk 29,31,71,350 in revenue from Padma Bridge in the last nine days -- June 10 ...

Over Tk 4.80cr toll collected on Padma Bridge

Observer online report

Over Tk 4.80 crore toll was collected from 44,033 vehicles on the Padma Bridge on Friday, the weekend holiday just ...