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27.93pc of people live below poverty line: Survey

Poverty in Bangladesh has risen alarmingly, with more than one in four citizens now living below the poverty line and inequality reaching its steepest level in decades, according to a national survey released by the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) on Monday.The findings were presented at a dissemination event...

Yunus launches 7-pt dos to resolve Rohingya crisis

Launching a 7-point proposal at an international conference for immediate safe repatriation of Rohingyas, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government Dr Muhammad Yunus also made an appeal for global action to stop their persecution in Myanmar.Turning to governance transition on the domestic front, the head of post-uprising government told his...

5 journalists among 20 killed

GAZA, Aug 25 (BBC): At least 20 people, including five journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.A Reuters cameraman, an Associated Press (AP) journalist, and an Al Jazeera photographer were among them. It...

Govt intervention sought to resume operation

A dozen private petrochemical and refinery plants have sought the interim government's intervention to resume operation and produce refined petroleum products to meet the country's growing needs.They were allegedly forced to shut down in July 2020 following "unfair" interference from the then government high-ups."We were bound to shut our plants...

Port tariff hike put off on user protest

A steep 40-percent hike in tariffs on goods and vessels at Chittagong seaport stands postponed as a decisive meeting held Monday at the shipping ministry ended sans decision on user objections, sources said.The ministry of shipping few days back received approval from the finance ministry for raising the tariffs on...

NCC sitting delayed by political parties' slow response on draft

The sitting of the National Consensus Commission (NCC) with the political parties for a final July Charter is being delayed due to slow response from the parties on the draft.The commission had extended the date for submitting feedback on the draft national charter for two days until August 22. Despite...