Supply chain of nine key essential items under scrutiny
The government has decided to strictly examine every stage of the supply chain of nine key commodities so that consumers can buy the essential items at fair prices from the kitchen market, sources said.The items are rice, edible oil, onion, egg, potato, pulse, sugar, green chili and cauliflower.Different agencies of...
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Govt moves to boost economic ties with ME countries
Bangladesh's interim government is working to improve relations with Middle-Eastern development partners as the ties were in a shambles during the ousted Sheikh Hasina regime, officials said Tuesday.The government has not only improved communications for economic cooperation with Gulf and Middle-Eastern donors but is also going to hold three Joint...
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ICT to deliver 3-4 verdicts by October
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has expressed hope that verdicts in three to four cases filed with the International Crimes Tribunal, or ICT, over crimes against humanity during the July uprising will be delivered by October, reports bdnews24.com.Addressing a press briefing on Tuesday, he provided an update on the tribunal's judicial...
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Endless delay as Chinese contractors halt work
The development of the dedicated bus corridor on Gazipur-Airport route appears to be never-ending, as the project has already witnessed extensions for the seventh time.Just as the project was nearing completion, with only 3 per cent left, two Chinese contractors stopped work for the past eight months claiming price adjustment...
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Pry schoolteacher candidates continue sit-in at Shahbagh
Candidates for the post of assistant teacher in government primary schools continued their sit-in on Tuesday at Shahbagh demanding the reinstatement of canceled recruitment.The protesters, who are currently under the third phase of recruitment, have been demanding the appointment of 6,531 people in Dhaka and Chittagong divisions.They said that the...
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Urgent reforms needed to address urban healthcare challenges: Experts
Governance, financing, and service-delivery challenges in urban healthcare require urgent structural reforms, according to a consensus experts reached at the Urban Health Policy Workshop held in the capital on Tuesday.The multi-stakeholder discussion was organised by Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), partnered by Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum, and supported...
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Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change
Feb 10 (AP): Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations' climate chief calls "among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century" - their plans on how they will cut emissions of heat-trapping gases.Most won't make the deadline. The U.N. says that's...
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Probe report on BB reserve heist on April 17
A Dhaka court on Tuesday set April 17 to submit a probe report in the case lodged over the Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman set the date as the investigation agency Criminal Investigation Department (CID) failed to...
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