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Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘over 90pc effective’

Pfizer Inc PFE.N said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90 per cent effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world's economy and upended daily life, reports Reuters.Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE BNTX.O...

A boost for real estate

The government has halved the tax for transferring immovable property by the companies located in city corporation areas of Dhaka and Chattogram.The property transfer tax has been cut to 1.0 per cent from 2.0 per cent by issuing a gazette notification. The reduced tax rate will come into effect from...

Edible oil prices skyrocket

The prices of edible oils have witnessed yet another hike during the current week across the country, as a litre of bottled soybean oil is now being sold at Tk 115-120 at the retail level.Both loose and branded edible oils witnessed Tk 5.0-7.0 a litre hike, multiplying the woes of...

25 more die, 1,683 test positive

The Covid-19 infection rate in the country has been registering an uptrend again for the last couple of days with the authorities detecting 1,683 new cases on Monday.The rate of Covid-19 infection increased to 11.99 per cent on the day, while it was 11.55 per cent and 11.19 per cent...

Suspended SI Akbar held

SYLHET, Nov 9 (UNB): Akbar Hossain, suspended sub-inspector of Bandarbazar Police Station who remained fugitive after the death of Raihan Ahmed in police custody, was arrested from Dona bordering area in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on Monday.Lieutenant Colonel Rafiqul Islam, commanding officer of BGB-19, said local people of Shilcha in...

Cabinet nod for automatic land mutation

In a bid to reduce the sufferings of people, the government has approved a proposal to have the mutation of a land done automatically right after its registration, reports UNB.The Cabinet on Monday cleared the proposal in this regard to ease the mutation process by removing complexities and thus reduce...