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Multipurpose cooperatives can help remove poverty fully: PM

Aiming to enable cooperators meet their common economic and social needs and aspirations through jointly-owned enterprises, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday stressed the need for formation of village multipurpose cooperative societies to rid the country of poverty completely, reports BSS.With firm faith in the cooperative movement that has immense potential...

Govt to generate electricity from garbage in city

In two years, the city's increasing demand for electricity could be met by the waste it generates, reports UNB. Yes, a waste-to-energy project has been finalised by the government to generate electricity from the garbage of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas. The project aims at not only producing 42.5...

Refinery project in Ctg put on the back burner

The government's indecisiveness over the mode of selecting contractor is delaying the construction of the proposed 3.0 million tonne capacity refinery in Chattogram. State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, or BPC, could not yet decide on whether the contractor will be selected through the tendering system or negotiations bypassing the tender, said...

Police seize 3 kg gold, 92 mobiles from 5 at HSIA

The members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested five persons with around three kilograms of gold and 92 mobile sets worth Tk 20 million for evading customs taxes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, the armed police members arrested the five passengers who returned...

presidential nominee Joe Biden supporters rally Friday as votes continue to be counted following the 2020

US presidential nominee Joe Biden supporters rally Friday as votes continue to be counted following the 2020 US presidential election, in Philadelphia Story on page 1 — Reuters

JS special session on Mujib Barsha begins today

A special session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 6pm today on the occasion of the Mujib Barsha, reports BSS.President Abdul Hamid called the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per Clause (1) of Article 72 of the Constitution on October 21 last.Though the special...

Daily global cases hit new record

Global coronavirus infections surged by at least 623,260 on Friday, according to Worldometers tally, the second consecutive daily rise of more than 600,000 cases, report agencies.The United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on...

UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedom

The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restrictions and criminalizing so-called "honor killings", reports APThe broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of a country that has sought to bill itself as a...

Myanmar goes to polls today

YANGON, Myanmar (AP): Myanmar holds national and state elections today (Sunday) in which Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will be looking to hold on to power.More than 37 million of Myanmar's 56 million people are eligible to vote. More than 90 parties...