The government has almost achieved its rice procurement target in the Boro season thanks to lucrative price offer that lured millers and farmers. Meanwhile, local smooth supply and higher imports helped public rice stock to reach a seven-year high of 1.34 million tonnes this month, officials said. The Directorate General...
Read moreCommuters continued to suffer for the acute shortage of public transport during the ongoing campaign against delinquent city bus service operators.People were seen Monday waiting at different places in the city for hours to catch bus to go to various destinations.This has been the usual scene for several days as...
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Sept 10: The consumers in the Chattogram region get 300mmcfd of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Monday.Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd (KGDCL) is supplying gas to local industries, gas-based power plants, fertiliser units and domestic consumers.KGDCL officials said the Gas Transmission Co Ltd (GTCL) today increased the LNG supply...
Read moreUnited Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Monday for a new quasi-judicial body to collect evidence with a view to future prosecution of crimes against Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar including murder and torture, reports Reuters.An independent UN team of investigators said in a report last month that there...
Read moreThe Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election at any moment after October 30, Election Commission (EC) secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said on Monday, reports BSS."The polls day countdown will start October 30…election schedule will be announced at any time after then," he told reporters...
Read moreA total of 344 garment factories have faced the music due to their failure to fix the safety flaws identified in their initial inspection, people familiar with the matter said. Some 2200 units were inspected by the western retailers' platforms, including the Alliance."Five factories were suspended in August, which brings...
Read moreIt was definitely a news of great pride and happiness to learn about the development of a technology capable of detecting cancer cells in a human body by physicists at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet. According to reports, the developed device can detect cancer cells in...
Read moreHoly Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country on September 21 as the Muharram moon was not sighted on Monday, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee held at the conference room of the Islamic...
Read moreA Dhaka court has sentenced nine Bismillah Group executives, including Managing Director Khaza Soleiman Anwar Chowdhury and Chairman Nowrin Hasib, to 10 years in prison over a money laundering case, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Md Atabullah announced the verdict on Monday. All nine of the convicts are currently at large.The court has...
Read moreBombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered three new Q400 turboprops by signing a purchase agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, reports bdnews24.com.Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the order is valued at $106 million."We are very pleased that Biman is expanding its Q400...
Read morePolice taking an accused in journalist Suborna Aktar Nodi murder case to jail on Monday after producing him before a Pabna court — Focus Bangla
Read moreBAGERHAT, Sept 10 (UNB): A fishing trawler with 12 fishermen on board capsized near Fairway Buoy of Mongla Port in Bay of Bengal after being hit by a commercial ship on Monday morning, reports UNB.Fishing trawler- Swadhin-3 which came from Patharghata, sank after being hit by a commercial ship, said...
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