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Early shoppers flock to malls to avoid Eid rush

Eid-ul-Fitr is still more than three weeks away, but many people went shopping at malls and makeshift shops in the capital on Friday, the first weekend of this Ramadan.Those who want to avoid large crowds before Eid went to malls to shop in a hassle-free environment.Traders at malls told The...

Nahid calls for swift trial of July killings

The National Citizen Party (NCP) - or Jatiya Nagorik Party- has intensified its political stance calling for swift trial of the July massacre, implementation of the July reform charter, and stronger measures to ensure women's safety in public places. During a press conference on Friday, NCP Convener Nahid Islam emphasised...

Support fund afoot to import essentials

The government plans to create an import- support fund with a view to facilitating import of consumer goods and essential commodities to ensure sufficient supplies of such items in the domestic market.To this end, sources said, commerce ministry wrote to the Financial Institutions Divisions and the Bangladesh Bank, seeking their...

UN appeals for urgent funding to prevent cuts

Without urgent new funding, monthly rations must be halved to US$6 per person, down from US$12.50 per person - just as refugees prepare to observe Eid, marking the end of Ramadan, said the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday, reports UNB.The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned...

US pushes India to lower tariffs, buy more defence products for fair new deal

NEW DELHI, Mar 7 (Reuters): India needs to buy more defence products and lower its tariffs on U.S. products for the two countries to be able to sign a "grand" bilateral deal, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told India Today television on Friday.India's import tariffs, among the highest in the...

India for resolving all issues in BD through democratic means

India has laid emphasis on resolving all issues in Bangladesh through democratic means and by holding "inclusive and participatory" elections, reports UNB.At a media briefing in New Delhi on Friday, official spokesperson at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said they support a "stable, peaceful, inclusive and progressive"...

Ctg footpaths turn into hawker markets

CHATTOGRAM, Mar 07: The footpaths of many important roads in the port city are being occupied illegally by hawkers from the first day of the Ramadan.City dwellers said maximum footpaths have been turned into hawker markets during the Eid shopping, causing immense sufferings for commuters.Nearly five feet of maximum roads...

Hasina's old video falsified as her recent meeting with UN team: BanglaFact

An old video of a different incident has been circulated claiming it as a scene of a UN team meeting with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was overthrown in the July uprising, 2024, reports BSS.This information came to light after an investigation by 'BanglaFact', a fact-checking and media research...

Trump considering putting banking sanctions, tariffs on Russia

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is "strongly considering" imposing sanctions, including ones on banking, and tariffs on Russia until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached with Ukraine', reports Reuters.Trump has also paused military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine to pressure Kyiv to accept a...

UN calls for withdrawal cases against journalists, rights defenders

United Nations (UN) rights office has called upon the government for withdrawing the lawsuits lodged against journalists, lawyers, trade unionists, civil society activists and human rights defenders during past Awami League regime, reports BSS."Withdraw all pending criminal cases lodged against journalists, lawyers, trade unionists, civil society activists and other human...

Pakistan asks illegal foreigners, Afghan card holders to leave by Mar 31

ISLAMABAD, March 7 (Reuters): Pakistan's interior ministry on Friday asked all "illegal foreigners" and Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave the country before March 31, warning they would otherwise be deported from April 1. Islamabad has in the past blamed militant attacks and crimes on Afghan citizens, who form the...

'Amra BNP Poribar' meets families of July martyrs, warriors in Rajshahi

"Amra BNP Poribar (We are BNP family)" leaders met the family members of the July-August martyrs and warriors of Chapainawabganj district in a humanitarian programme in Rajshahi district on Friday morning, reports BSS.As per the directive of BNP Acting Chairman and Chief Patron of "Amra BNP Poribar" Tarique Rahman, a...