Bangladesh secures 76th position out of 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI)-2021 with a 19.1-point score.With a notch slip from the previous year's rank, the country is still the second best performer in South Asia next to Sri Lanka (65th).According to the index, Bangladesh is way ahead of...
Read moreBangladesh's per-capita foreign debt ballooned to USD460 or Tk 39,000 in the fiscal year 2021, up by over $67 from the figure a year before, according to central bank statistics. Such a buck in external debt derives from a rise in the total external debts of the country in the...
Read moreMAGURA, Oct 15 (UNB): At least four people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday in a clash between supporters of two rival candidates in the upcoming Union Parishad election at Jagodal village in Magura Sadar upazila.The dead were identified as member candidate Sabur Molla (50), his brother Kabir...
Read moreOnion price eases somewhat following duty cuts though prices of most other essentials remained high in markets, worsening woes of the limited-income group of people.Observers say piecemeal market interventions made little impact so far on general price rises. Onion and sugar prices bucked up abnormally and the government just cut...
Read moreRaising the first brigade of Dhaka metro operators now resumes, after a long lapse for corona invasion, with their training from abroad to run the first MRT-line train. Officials say the move to develop the first team to operate and maintain the first mass rapid transit (MRT) line of metro...
Read moreThe government has decided to start administering Covid-19 vaccine doses to schoolchildren in Dhaka metropolitan city late this month, official sources said.As part of the plan, Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Ministry of Education has already asked authorities of all schools to share information, including the actual number...
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