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Visitors choose vanity bags at a stall at the Dhaka

Visitors choose vanity bags at a stall at the Dhaka International Trade Fair on Saturday. — FE photo

Jan 5 poll was not voterless, says PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday the January 5 election of 2014 was not a voter less election like the ones held during Ershad and Khaleda Zia's regimes, reports UNB."In any form, the January 5 election was not a voter less at all...more than 40 per cent voters cast...

$245m more WB fund for safety net programmes

The World Bank will provide additional $245 million for the project to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of major safety net programmes in Bangladesh, reports BSS."To this end, an agreement between the government and the World Bank will be signed on Tuesday at the Economic Relations Division (ERD)," said...

Govt gives guarantee for US$ 1.0b Chinese loan

FE ReportThe government has issued a US$ 1.0 billion worth of state guarantee in favour of Chinese loan for implementing a 1320-mw Payra coal-based power plant project, officials have said.A senior finance ministry official said the fund will be sourced from Exim Bank of China which requires a guarantee from...

Feni mishap kills six

FENI, Jan 6 (UNB): Six people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus overturned at Beker Bazar on Feni-Noakhali regional highway in Daganbhuiyan upazila on Saturday evening.Officer-in-charge of Daganbhuiyan Police Station Abul Kalam Azad said the Noakhali-bound bus of 'Shahi Paribahan' turned turtle on the road around 7...

India probes report on breach of national identity database

India began on Thursday investigating a report that access to its database of the identity details of more than 1.0 billion citizens was being sold for just $8.0 on social media, in what could be one of the giant programme's biggest security breaches, reports Reuters.The Tribune newspaper said it had...

Prepaid gas meter project hits speed bump

Titas Gas Company's target to install some 200,000 prepaid meters in Dhaka city is unlikely to be achieved within the timeframe of December 2018 due to leaks in service lines, faulty connections and consumers' unwillingness, reports UNB.According to official sources, teams of the Titas Gas Company Ltd will see 40...

48,000 babies set to be born in Rohingya camps this year

More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo, reports UNB.Few of these babies will be born in health...

People try to keep themselves warm sitting by a fire i

People try to keep themselves warm sitting by a fire in a village of Kurigram amid bone-chilling cold. Story on Page 1 — bdnews24.com