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DNC to start drive against drug dealers

Use of contraband drugs continues to grow in the country, and the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has recently identified some 3,500 drug dealers alone in Dhaka division.Based on the updated list, the state-run entity will start netting down the dealers soon in a bid to curb the trade of...

Talks on Japan trade pact get fresh push

Bangladesh moves to hold talks with Japan on the spadework for striking a much-envisaged free-trade agreement (FTA) or a preferential-trade agreement (PTA) with the developed Asian nation. Officials said the initial discussion would take place later this month on a joint feasibility study on the planned trade pact with Japan,...

UN chief lauds development miracle of BD

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (UNB): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highly praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the development in Bangladesh, calling it a 'miracle'. "The UN chief commended Bangladesh for its development in different sectors and humanity….he thanked the Prime Minister for achieving a development of miracle," said Foreign...

Covid-19 takes 31 more lives

Bangladesh reported 31 deaths from Covid-19 and 1,213 new cases in the past 24 hours until 8:00 am on Friday.With the latest daily counts, the total fatalities reached 27,368 since the detection of the virus here in March 2020, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).A total of...

Stimulus: boon to midsize units, bane for minors

Loan disbursement from the stimulus package dedicated to cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises was far below the mark, but, yet, midsize ones made the most out of it for their closer kinship with the formal banking channel. Businesses minors in the beneficiary group were just lookers-on. Such a picture...

PM for eliminating vaccine divide

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for eliminating "vaccines divides" between the rich and the poor as she placed a six-point proposal during a high-level talk at the United Nations (UN) in New York, reports BSS."Firstly, the most urgent call of the hour is to eliminate "vaccines divides" between the...

Workers operating machines to produce ice-cream cones

Workers operating machines to produce ice-cream cones at a factory at West Dholaipar in the city on Friday as the demand for the food item has gone up with the reopening of schools after the easing of Covid-induced curbs — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam