Padma

Padma Oil Company, renamed as Padma Oil Plc

Staff Correspondent

CHATTOGRAM, JAN 12: The shareholders of the Padma Oil Company Limited approved a special resolution to change the name of ...

Court orders seizure of properties linked to ex-Padma Bank chair

Staff Correspondent

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to attach 22 flats belonging to former Padma Bank chairman ...

Court orders to crock properties of ex-Padma Bank chairman, family

Observer Online Report

A court in Dhaka has ordered the authorities concerned to crock the properties of former Padma Bank Ltd chairman Chowdhury ...

Four fined for illegally fishing in Padma

Our Correspondent

DAULATPUR, KUSHTIA, Jan 6: A mobile court in Daulatpur Upazila of the district on Sunday fined four fishermen Tk 20,000 ...

BD hits milestone launching Padma Bridge Rail Link Project

Business Correspondent

Bangladesh's largest railway project, the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP), officially opened to traffic on Tuesday (December 24), marking ...

Padma Bridge, BB Novo Theater corruption cases against Hasina, others to be reinvestigated

Staff Correspondent

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday decided to reinvestigate the Padma Bridge corruption and conspiracy case and the Bangabandhu Novo ...

Khulna-Dhaka train service via Padma Bridge kicks off

Staff Correspondent

The long-awaited Khulna-Dhaka train service via the Padma Bridge began on Tuesday.Jahanabad Express left Khulna Railway Station at 6 am ...

Exim Bank steps back from merging with Padma Bank

Business Correspondent

The Export Import Bank of Bangladesh PLC (EXIM Bank) has decided not to merge with Padma Bank PLC. This decision ...

Khulna-Dhaka train services via Padma Bridge begin officially

Observer Online Report

The long-awaited dream of Khulna residents was fulfilled on Tuesday through the launching of Khulna-Dhaka train services via the Padma ...

Passenger rail services via Padma Bridge begins Tuesday

Observer Online Report

Two new passenger train services will be launched from Dhaka to Khulna and Benapole via Kashiani Junction through Padma Bridge ...

Dhaka-Khulna new train services via Padma Bridge to launch on Dec 24

Observer Online Desk

Two new passenger train services from Dhaka to Khulna and Benapole via Kashiani Junction through Padma Bridge will be launched ...

'Ei Padma Ei Meghna' lyricist, composer Abu Zafar passes away

Observer Online Desk

Lyricist, composer, and renowned Islamic thinker Abu Zafar, creator of numerous timeless songs such as 'Ei Padma Ei Meghna', ‘Tomra ...

Farmers get success in onion farming on Padma riverbed at Lalpur

SM Sedrul Huda David

NATORE, Dec 3: This is first time that the farmers of the Padma River belt of Lalpur Upazila of the ...

Railway staff strike halts Padma Bridge rail link inauguration

Plans to inaugurate the Padma Bridge rail link project at the previously- announced date have been derailed due to a ...

Shipping disruption on Padma-Jamuna River due to navigability crisis

Sirajul Islam/Shakib Ahmed

Shipping operations across various regions of Bangladesh are facing significant disruptions due to navigability crisis in the Padma and Jamuna ...

Trial train reaches Khulna via Padma Bridge

Observer Correspondent

The last trial train has reached Khulna through the Padma Bridge. This is the third trial of the trial train ...

Padma Bridge-Shariatpur road not completed in 4 yrs

Abul Bashar

SHARIATPUR, Nov 23: The construction work of the 27 kilometre long two-lane connection road from Padma Bridge to Shariatpur Sadar ...

Dhaka-Benapole train service via Padma Bridge to begin December 2

Observer Online Report

Train services on the Dhaka-Jashore-Khulna-Benapole route via the Padma Bridge will begin on December 2. Padma Rail Link Project Director Md ...

Missing boy’s body recovered from Padma

RAJBARI, Nov 1: Locals have recovered the body of a boy 39 hours after he went missing in Rajbari following ...

Body of missing student recovered in Padma River

Sirajul Islam/Shakib Ahmed

The body of a madrasah student was recovered from the Padma River of Goalanda upazila in Rajbari district on Friday ...

Body of one, out of two ASIs, missing in Padma recovered

Observer Correspondent

Two assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) of police went missing in the river Padma at Kumarkhali in Kushtia following a attack on ...

2 policemen go missing after jumping into Padma river

Observer Online Report

Two policemen went missing as they jumped into the Padma river during an attack allegedly by some miscreants at Kumarkhali ...

Fishing in Padma continues, ban ignored at Shibchar

Our Correspondent

SHIBCHAR, MADARIPUR, Oct 25: Fishermen are carrying out fishing in the Padma River in Shibchar Upazila of the district, ignoring ...

2 friends killed in Padma Bridge Expressway road crash

Observer Online Report

Two friends were killed and another was injured after a motorcycle hit a road side passenger shield on the Dhaka-Bhanga ...

Hilsa ban: five arrested from Padma

Our Correspondent

MADARIPUR, Oct 17: Shibchar Upazila fisheries officer and Naval Police arrested five fishers in a night-long joint drive in Shibchar ...

Bank merger halt leaves Padma Bank in deep waters

The merger process initiated seven months ago to rescue struggling banks as part of financial sector reforms has become uncertain ...

Unidentified man's body recovered fron Padma river

Md Saiful Islam/Shakib Ahmed

River police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Padma River at Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Saturday evening.The ...

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 ...