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General Waker-Uz-Zaman pays a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman pays a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday —PID

Malaysian PM due in city Oct 4

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh on October 4.The visit is aimed at taking forward the relations between the two countries to next level by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening the ties in diverse areas, reports UNB.He will be visiting...

Systems equipment to arrive at plant site soon

The equipment for radiation monitoring systems of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) will arrive at the plant site soon. The equipment for automated process control systems (APCS) for unit-1 and unit-2 of the plant have been shipped from Russia, said a statement issued by Rosatom's PR agency in Bangladesh. Specialized...

Want Bangladesh 2.0, don't want to go back to the old style

Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, says that now is the greatest opportunity that Bangladesh has ever had for change and that a new society has to be built.Referring to the challenge of taking the reins of the government after the fall of Sheikh Hasina and the...

High manufacturing capacity, low labour costs raise BD's footprint

Multiple factors like capacity in garment manufacturing with specialisation in bulk orders of basic items, low labour and input costs, duty-free access to destinations outside the USA contribute to Bangladesh's cost competitiveness globally.The US International Trade Commission (USITC) on Tuesday released a report titled 'Apparel: Export Competitiveness of Certain Foreign...

Iran preparing to launch ballistic missile attack on Israel: US

The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel that could be at least as large as a strike that Tehran staged earlier this year, US officials said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.The United States is actively supporting preparations to defend Israel...

Dengue claims 3 more lives

Dengue fever claimed three more lives while 1,144 were hospitalised during a 24-hour period until Tuesday morning.Taking the daily tallies into account, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 166 and the number of hospitalisations to 32,082 cases this year.Two of the deaths were reported in Dhaka North...

BB server glitch yet to be fixed

A technical glitch in the Bangladesh Bank server has caused disruption in inter-bank transactions, affecting the settlement of all clearing cheques on Monday.As of 5:00 pm Tuesday, the issue had yet to be resolved, leaving a backlog of pending cheque clearances, reports UNB.Bangladesh Bank's Executive Director and spokesperson, Husneara Shikha,...

Journo Shimanta Khokon passes away

Shimanta Khokon, managing committee member of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) and News Editor of NTV, died at his residence in city's Chamelibagh area Tuesday, reports BSS.He was 51.Shimanta Khokon was sick for long.He is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.He will be buried at his village graveyard in...

Committee formed by BPC for fire at Banglar Jyoti

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 01: The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has formed a committee to investigate the cause of the fire of an oil tanker named 'Banglar Jyoti' near Dolphin Jetty No. 7 of the Chittagong sea port at Patenga area in the port city Chattogram. The committee is formed today (Tuesday)...

Six of family burned to death in Sunamganj fire

SUNAMGANJ, Oct 01 (UNB): Six members of a family including four children were burnt to death as a house of an Ashrayan project caught fire in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday.The victims were identified as day labourer Emarul Mia, 55, his wife Poly Akter 45, and their children-Polash,...