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Veg, spices remain too costly

Prices of most of the vegetables and key spices which soared recently at the city kitchen markets remained at their previous high on Saturday as a result of ongoing floods in the northern districts, traders said.Visiting different city kitchen markets on the day, this correspondent found veg and spices, including...

The Rampura-Banasree main road in the city remains in a deplorable shape as is seen in the photo token Saturday

The Rampura-Banasree main road in the city remains in a deplorable shape as is seen in the photo token Saturday to the woes of passengers — Focus Bangla

Ministries asked to submit plans by Sept 07

The government has asked its ministries/divisions to submit their budget implementation plans within September 07, 2020 with a view to reviewing the trends in revenue receipts and expenditures against the target set in the current fiscal budget, officials said.To this effect, the finance ministry has sent letters to the ministries,...

86pc work on Ctg Ring Road completed

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 05:The construction work of much-hyped Coastal Road known as Ring Road is in progresswith completion of almost 80 percent of construction.The rest work is expected to be completed within next six months. The ring road is likely to open to traffic next year, sources said.The construction work remained...

Debenhams fires all employees of its Dhaka liaison office

The UK-based retail company, Debenhams, has fired all 69 employees of its Dhaka liaison office during the Covid-19 pandemic, without paying their lawful benefits. Debenhams Bangladesh Employees' Union (DBEU), an organisation of former employees of its Bangladesh office, disclosed the information at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity...

Trains running at full capacity, violating health guidelines

Many trains of different routes are being operatedat almost full capacity, violating the health safety guidelines issued due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The staffs of different local station are allegedly helping the passengers without ticket getting into the trains from different stations, filling up the seats which are supposed to remain...

India crosses 4m cases with record surge

The confirmed coronavirus caseload across the world has crossed 26 million on Saturday, according to the latest tally provided by www.worldometers.info.The data shows a total of 26,857,439 people have so far been diagnosed with the virus in 213 countries while the global total death toll from the virus reached 880,069,...

Call for govt to test Johnson baby talc

Experts have urged the government to do the laboratory test of Johnson & Johnson talc-based baby powder for reportedly carrying cancer-causing chemical, asbestos, in it.They also criticised the multinational for employing double standards as the product has already been withdrawn from the markets of the USA and Canada.The withdrawal was...

99pc vultures have become nonexistent: Minister

About 99 per cent of the vultures have become extinct while only 260 vultures are there now in the country, said Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Md Shahab Uddin on Saturday.So, the government is working to increase the number of vultures, he said. The minister was speaking at...