Govt mulls to import onions within two days if prices remain high
Staff Reporter :The surge in onion prices is causing difficulties for ordinary people as the essential cooking ingredient becomes unaffordable, while other daily necessities show...
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PM’s intervention sought to protect mosque’s land
Staff Reporter :The residents of the city’s Mohammadpur area have sought the Prime Minister’s intervention to protect the land of the 63-year-old historic Baitus Salam...
Widespread corruption cripples building construction of Shipping Department
Staff Reporter :Widespread corruptions and irregularities have crippled 11 storied building construction work of the Department of Shipping (DoS) in the capital’s Agargaon area. This...
800,000 people affected by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar: UN
AFP :At least 800,000 people in Myanmar need emergency food aid and other assistance after Cyclone Mocha slammed into the conflict-torn country earlier this week,...
Iran executes three men linked to Mahsa Amini protests
AFP :Iranian authorities on Friday executed three men convicted of violence against the Islamic republic’s security forces during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death in...
HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation
Staff Reporter :Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the donor governments and the United Nation experts to halt any Rohingya repatriation until conditions are in...
Dhaka has six times more vehicles than its capacity
News Desk :Dhaka has six times more vehicles than its capacity, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq said.“Extreme environmental pollution is occurring in...
45th BCS preliminary test held
News Desk : The preliminary exam of 45th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) was held on Friday at 235 centers in eight divisional cities – Dhaka,...
Life-term convict arrested for killing his uncle
UNB :A convict who was awarded life-term jail sentence some 34 years ago for killing his uncle in the port city of Chattogram has been...
One billion threatened by cholera: UN
AFP :A billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera, the United Nations warned Friday, and though the outbreaks could be stopped, the...
Big investment target set for next fiscal year
Al Amin :The government has set a big investment target of 33.8 per cent of GDP in the next fiscal year (2023-24) amid the slowed...
‘Energy prices to be aligned with int’l market’
Staff Reporter :Energy prices will soon be aligned with the international market, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Thursday....