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Big pharma cos rely on foreign professionals

Despite having the lion's share of the domestic market, local pharmaceutical industry lags behind reproducing products, a leading industrialist has warned."While India is quite ahead in terms of reverse engineering, we have not been able to do anything on that front," said Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of the Beximco...

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A child being fed a Vitamin A Plus capsule at Shantibag in the city on Saturday as part of the Vitamin A

A child being fed a Vitamin A Plus capsule at Shantibag in the city on Saturday as part of the Vitamin A Plus campaign across the country on the day — FE photo

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Bangladesh set to begin kidney transplant from brain-dead

Bangladesh is set to begin kidney transplant from the brain-dead to partially mitigate huge demand of kidney transplant aspirant patients, reports BSS.The move came as the government last year amended the organ donation law allowing collection of organs from the brain-dead with the consent from the relatives which is still...

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Govt to install power grid in northern region

The government is going to install a 400-koilovolt (KV) high-voltage power transmission line in the country's northern region in order to import electricity from India, Nepal and Bhutan, officials said on Saturday.They said the proposed 260-kilometre-long power grid from Barapukuria to Kaliakoir through Bagura will be the first one in...

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961 export-oriented RMG units come under digital mapping

A total of 961 export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) factories located in Dhaka district have been brought under the digital mapping system to have better ideas about the industry based on credible data.Under the public database system, the authorities map factory names, GPS location, postal address, number of workers, products, export...

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BD ranks 121st economically freest country

Bangladesh has become 121st economically freest country in the world with a score of 55.6, according to the economic freedom index of Heritage Foundation.The country's overall score has risen by 0.5 points, with higher scores on factors like property rights and government integrity countering declines in investment freedom and fiscal...

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Three women die taking liquor

MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 09: Three women, including two siblings, died after taking excessive liquor at Hosendi in Gazaria upazila on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Chameli, wife of Mantu, her sister Chaina and their aunt Josna, of Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha upazila. — UNB

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Three new books on N-energy

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) and Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom have jointly published three Bangla books on nuclear energy at the Ekushey Book Fair 2019. The 'Atomic Horizon' and 'Various Professions in the Nuclear Industry' were translated from Russian, while a comic book - 'Unexpected Adventure of Onu'...

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Pak growth rate cut to 5.2pc

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Pakistan has revised its economic growth figures for the last financial year to 5.2 per cent from a previously reported figure of 5.8 per cent, after a sharp cut in the figure for large-scale manufacturing, the statistics office said. — Reuters

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