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Customs suspects duty leaks thru luggage loads

Customs intelligence suspects duty dodging through smuggling and overstuffing of luggage by passengers of the Maitree express train owing to inadequate logistics and customs-security measures. It has proposed that the revenue board strengthen security measures in luggage transportation on the cross-border train on the Dhaka-Kolkata route. "Luggage should be transported...

China beats India to be BD\'s top energy partner

As Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Bangladesh recently, he announced a slew of agreements, among them investments in two coal-fired power plants in Bangladesh, according to http://scroll.in These are the 1,320 megawatt (MW) thermal power plant in Payra located in the southern district of Patuakhali, and the 1,320 MW thermal...

Storm stalks Myanmar, Bangladesh

A developing tropical depression in the northern Bay of Bengal is expected to bring flooding rain to Myanmar and Bangladesh in the coming days, reports aljazeera.com Sunday. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the depression would track northeastwards towards Myanmar on the day before curving northwestwards towards Bangladesh. Torrential rain...

JSC, JDC exams to begin Nov 01

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Sunday the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations of this year will begin on November 01, reports UNB. "The JSC and JDC examinations will started from November 01 and end on November 17," the minister said while addressing a...

Taiwan beekeepers battle to cash in on pure honey buzz

ILAN, Taiwan, Oct 23 (AFP): Under a shady starfruit tree Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market of health-conscious consumers. Jiang's family has been keeping bees for 80 years and he now manages 500 hives in the northwest county of Hsinchu....

Young girl kills self

A young girl has reportedly committed suicide in the capital's Jurain area early Sunday. Family sources said the girl killed herself as her mother rebuked her for talking on cell phone in the wee hours on the day. Pinky Akter, the 18-year old girl, was living with her parents Osman...