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WB agrees to lend $400m for bankrolling project

A latest World Bank financing worth US$400 million is expected for strengthening financial-safety net and crisis preparedness in Bangladesh, officials said about the funding that specially focuses tidying up the banking sector.The money will go for bankrolling the Financial Sector Support Project (FSSP) -II. Total tenure of the project will...

Americans vote: Who will win-Trump or Harris?

Election Day voting was underway till the filing of the report on Tuesday at 10pm after an extraordinary -- and for many unnerving -- US presidential race, report agencies. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks.Whoever wins the US presidency...

Building multibillion-dollar Bay Terminal takes new nudge

Building the planned multibillion-dollar Bay Terminal in Chattagram takes new nudge in the changed political context as government authorities are set to evaluate progress and set new course of action. Officials have said the ministry of shipping will sit with all parties concerned next week for the stocktaking and deciding...

Rising seed demand makes potato pricier

Both consumers and farmers have fallen in difficulties amid a surge in potato prices further.The potato price has further increased to Tk 70-75 from Tk 60-65 a kg, battering consumers.Habibur Rahman Molla, a potato and spice trader at Rayerbazar-Beribadh in the capital, told the FE that potato prices went up...

Eight 'Aynaghor' detention centres detected

The inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents of enforced disappearances during the Awami League regime eight secret detention centers where detained people were reportedly tortured over the years, reports UNB."Eight secret detention centers more horrific than "Aynaghor" have been detected," Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury, head of the Commission, said at...

Dengue claims six more lives -

Six more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 326 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1,370 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Of...