Yawning gap between mill-gate and retail medicine prices
Factory-gate prices of essential drugs in Bangladesh remained stable for long, though inflated by many accounts, while end-consumers face steep increases at pharmacy counters as regulators look on. This growing gap between manufacturing-gate prices and market realities has raised serious concerns about the accuracy of the data generated in the...
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Apparel factories reopen as security tightened
The labour situation in the ready-made garment sector of the country improved on Saturday with security enhanced in many factories.However, some 50 factories kept operations suspended as workers left after joining their workplaces.All garment factories, including those which were closed for the last couple of days amid labour unrest, opened,...
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12 burnt in gas tanker blast at Ctg shipbreaking yard
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 07: At least 12 workers sustained critical burn injuries following a gas tank explosion at the green ship-breaking yard of SN Corporation in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning.The injured were taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH). The injured were identified as Mohammad Ahmad Ullah, Mohammad...
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Cash withdrawal limit lifted
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) announced on Saturday that the restriction on cash withdrawals from banks would be lifted starting today (Sunday).In a directive issued to banks on the day, the central bank stated that the previous cash withdrawal limit of Tk 500,000 per account would no longer apply. In the...
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General Moeen U Ahmed opens up about BDR mutiny
Former Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has opened up for the first time about the BDR mutiny that took place in less than two months after Awami League took office 15 years ago, at the headquarters of the border security force in Peelkhana of the capital.In a video posted...
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