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BD jumps 25 notches in gender gap index

Bangladesh has ranked 47th in the Global Gender Gap report 2017, jumping 25 notches from its previous position and topping the list of South Asian countries.Bangladesh scored 0.719 (with complete parity at 1) in the gender parity index and ranked the highest among the south Asian nations. The Maldives (0.669)...

Visitors throng Dhaka Income Tax Fair

The Income Tax Fair 2017 in the capital drew a huge number of visitors on Friday, the third day of the weeklong event, as it was a public holiday.Most of the people visiting the fair on the day were service-holders and businessmen, who could not come on other working days....

UNHCR presses for security in Rakhine to repatriate Rohingyas

The Commissioner of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi laid emphasis on ensuring security, establishing human rights and rule of law for repatriation of the displaced Rohingya people in Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports BSS. "Security and the establishment of human rights and the rule of...

Administrative steps likely to tame soaring onion price

The government is likely to ask the deputy commissioners (DCs) for taking necessary steps to keep the onion price stable and ensure its supply considering the interests of consumers, officials said.Besides, it will ask them to monitor onion price and ensure its supply at all times as its price shows...

Donald Trump on longest presidential Asia trip

WASHINGTON, Nov 03 (Reuters): Beset by challenges at home, President Donald Trump on Friday embarks on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century, looking for help to pressure North Korea to stand down from a nuclear crisis.Trump's tour of Japan, South Korea,...

Two arrests over Badda double murder

The police made two arrests in the Badda double murder case while a Dhaka court granted remand for two over another double murder at Kakrail, report agencies.Police arrested a couple from Mohammadnagar area of Khulna city early Friday in connection with the killing of a man and his daughter in...

Nation observes Jail Killing Day

The nation observed the Jail Killing Day on Friday with due solemnity commemorating the 1975 killing of four national leaders inside the Dhaka Central Jail, reports UNB.On November 3, 1975, the four national leaders and heroes of the country's Liberation War -- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Captain Mansur Ali...

CIID seizes Tk 3.0m gold, cigarettes at Dhaka airport

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials recovered gold bars and contraband cigarettes from two passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Friday morning.A total of 258 grams of gold and 60,000 sticks of cigarettes, worth about Tk 3.0 million, were recovered from the passengers, returning...

Steel rods jutting out of the road

Steel rods jutting out of the road in front of Petrobangla office at Karwan Bazar in the city speaks of the quality of work done. This photo was taken on Friday. — FE photo