Prices of most of rice varieties increased in the city last week despite the ongoing Aman harvesting season reached its peak, augmenting sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners.Prices of seasonal coarse varieties, including Guti Swarna, Swarna-5, BR-11 and hybrids increased by Tk 2.0-3.0 a kg at the retails in...
Read moreThe plot holders at Purbachal are likely to be dawdled for some more years, as the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhya (RAJUK) plans to end the project without developing necessary roads, footpaths, and water and sewerage systems, insiders said.Amid the move, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works (MoH&PW) has raised questions...
Read moreA group of students once again demonstrated in the Rampura Bridge area on Friday to press for their demands. They marched to the Rampura intersection at around 11 am and stayed there for about 40 minutes. It was then they announced their upcoming protest to show "red cards", reports bdnews24.com.The...
Read moreThe government has alerted officials on borders after two people tested positive for the new Covid-19 variant Omicron in India's Karnataka, bdnews24.com.No one will be allowed to cross the border into Bangladesh without a Covid-negative certificate, the Directorate General of Health Services said on Friday.No travellers from India will require...
Read moreSteel manufacturers have requested the government to reduce customs duty and advance income tax (AIT) on the import of raw materials of MS rod (Mild Steel rod), taking into consideration the current abnormal upward price trend of such materials in the international market.They fear that prices of rod may increase...
Read moreThirty-two new dengue patients have been hospitalised in 24 hours until Friday morning, health authorities said, reports UNB.The number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchan-ged at 98 in the current year as no fresh death was reported during the period, according to the Directo-rate General of Health Services...
Read moreThe World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, report agencies.The WHO said it was collecting evidence about the variant of concern (VOC), as countries around the world scramble to stop it from spreading.But despite a growing...
Read morePRETORIA, Dec 3, (TASS) : The Omicron strain of coronavirus causes milder cases for those who have been inoculated against COVID-19.However, those who avoid getting inoculated could end up hospitalized, South Africa's Health Minister Joe Phaahla cautioned on Friday.During a live-stream on the South African Health Ministry's portal, he noted...
Read moreQuantum Foundation, a voluntary blood donors' organisation, on Thursday honoured a total of 300 voluntary blood donors who have donated blood multiple times in their lifetime, reports UNB.Professor Rafiq Ullah Khan, Vice-Chancellor of Sheikh Hasina University, handed over crests and certificates among them at a ceremony at Institution of Diploma...
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