Prices of vegetables and lentils witnessed remarkable hike last week as tomato hit maximum Tk240 a kg on Friday.Tomato witnessed almost 70 per cent hike in a week also at the wholesale, Monohor Das, a vendor at Rayerbazar Khelarmath area in the city, said.Tomato was retailing at Tk220-240 a kg,...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Railway (BR) authority started selling advance tickets on Friday ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, to be observed on July 10. Tickets for journey on July 5 were sold on the first day (Friday) of selling advance tickets. BR sources said advance tickets for the Eid-ul-Azha are now being...
Read moreLike Covid-19 infections, the number of fatalities from the virus also shows an uptrend, triggering concern among the healthcare experts.Bangladesh witnessed a fresh spike in coronavirus infections from early last month (June) but the death figure was zero for more than three weeks. The country of nearly 170 million population...
Read moreWASHINGTON, July 1 (AFP): A key US inflation measure showed price increases held steady in the 12 months ended in May, while consumer spending growth slowed sharply, a good sign in the battle against soaring prices.Any sign of moderation will be a boon to President Joe Biden whose approval ratings...
Read moreSri Lanka's state-owned Jaya Container Terminal at Colombo Port has offered priority berthing facilities to Bangladeshi feeder vessels, reports UNB.Chairman of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Prasantha Jayamanna has recently announced it at a discussion in Colombo, according to a message received here on Friday.He briefed Bangladesh about the present...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, July 1 (BSS): Chattogram Port has made a new record by handling over 3.2 million (32 lakh) TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers during the fiscal year 2021-22.According to the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) data, a total of 32,55,358 TEUs of containers were handled through the country's prime seaport...
Read moreKHARTOUM, July 1 (AFP) : Sudanese protesters rallied again Friday and security forces fired tear gas at them, a day after a mass demonstration drawing tens of thousands was met with the deadliest violence so far this year.Hundreds of activists massed near the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, after...
Read moreIndia on Friday imposed a ban on single-use plastics on items ranging from straws to cigarette packets to combat worsening pollution in country whose streets are strewn with waste, reports Reuters.Announcing the ban, the government dismissed the demands of food, beverage and consumer goods companies to hold off the restriction...
Read moreMOSCOW, July 1, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Russia on Friday threatened to close its embassy in Bulgaria and shut down the EU country's mission in Moscow as tensions rage over Moscow's offensive in Ukraine and espionage concerns.This week Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said his country would expel 70 Russian diplomatic...
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