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Next general election will be held at any cost: PM
UNB : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina n Saturday categorically said that the election will be held at any cost and people will exercise their voting rights freely defying moves of BNP to foil the...
Commentary: Free people must be free to elect their govt in a free election
Editorial Desk : It should now be abundantly clear that free election in the Bangladesh context does not mean free election as mandated by the parliamentary system of democracy. The government accepts the 1972...
Potatoes, eggs, onions not sold at govt fixed prices: Consumers’ woes mount as prices of essentials keep soaring
Noman Mosharef : People of the country couldn’t anymore bear the brunt of excessive hiking of almost all daily essentials prices in the market as they have been failing to maintain a very modest...
Vegetable prices go up in Dhaka citing short supply after rain damaged fields
UNB, Dhaka : The vegetable price skyrocketed in the kitchen markets of the capital city Dhaka after the late autumn rain across the country damaged fields. Prices of most of the vegetable increased by...
LGED official killed, 4 injured in Cox’s Bazar road accident
UNB, Cox’s Bazar : A Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) official was killed and four others sustained injuries in a road accident at Hijlia station of Rajapalang union of the Ukhiya upazila on Wednesday....
Palestinians rush to buy food and struggle under strikes as Israel readies possible ground operation
AP, JERUSALEM : Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched...
RMG exports to EU up 11.47% in July-September of FY 2022-23
UNB, Dhaka : As per the latest statistics of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), readymade garment export to the European Union reached US$ 5.51 billion during July-September of FY 2023-24, 11.47% up compared to...
Bangabandhu biopic: PM Hasina watches premiere show Thursday, release on Friday
UNB, Dhaka : ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, the much-anticipated biopic of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, premiered on Thursday. The film is all set to have the nationwide theatrical...
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks hit 1,078: health ministry
XINHUA, GAZA : The death toll and injuries of the Palestinians from Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip and West Bank hit 1,078 and 5,314 respectively, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry. Among the...