Retail prices of key vegetables remain at least 50 per cent higher during this peak harvesting season comparing to the same period a year back, official data have showed.Traders have, however, blamed "poor production" and "higher transport cost" for such hike in vegetables prices.Disagreeing with the views of traders, the...
Read moreA red carpet was rolled out as the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset arrived in city on a four-day official visit yesterday, the first official visit by any Swiss president to Bangladesh, reports UNB.President Abdul Hamid received his Swiss counterpart as he arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Read morePointing at recent movements by various sections of teachers to have their demands fulfilled, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday it will not be possible to realise any demand by putting pressure on the government, reports UNB."If anyone thinks it's the last year of the government, and we (govt)...
Read moreThe government has suspended auctions of both treasury bills (T-bills) and bonds for the month of February to ensure proper cash management, officials said.Bangladesh Bank (BB) has already communicated the government's decision on suspension of the auctions with the commercial banks."We've conveyed the decision to the banks in line with...
Read moreThe government has proposed a 10 per cent hike in the amount of allowances under social safety net programmes to make it more meaningful.It is also considering introducing allowances for widows in the areas of city corporations, Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon has said."We have already sent a proposal...
Read moreLaw Minister Anisul Huq has dismissed claim that seniority has been superseded in the latest appointment of Chief Justice, which is conspicuous by two exits before and after. "I have great objection about claims that seniority has been breached," he told reporters after inaugurating an European Union (EU)-sponsored rights workshop...
Read moreBNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia embarks on a tour of Sylhet today (Monday) as a special court is set to pronounce its verdict in a graft case against her, reports UNB."Our chairperson will go to Sylhet by road on Monday to offer fateha at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and...
Read moreUndeniable efforts have been made through the years to establish governance, especially in finance and the finesse that should flow naturally. Training and development of auditors, submission of government accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General's Office and encouraging competition in published accounts are just a few. Too often, too...
Read moreThe government has signed a deal with state-run Oman Trading International (OTI) to import around 1.0 million tonnes of LNG annually for the next 15 years.State-run Petrobangla inked the deal on Wednesday, totalling inking of three such deals over the past week to purchase a total of 3.25 million tonnes...
Read moreA RAB member destroys jars of 'filtered' waters, seized during a raid by the law-enforcers on three water-purifying units at Mirpur in the capital on Sunday. — Collected
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