The government's aggregate procurement of rice from domestic sources has hit an all-time high of 2.2 million (22 lakh) tonnes in this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, but fails to yield noticeable benefits for farmers and consumers, say insiders. Rather, big millers and their politically powerful allies have benefited most from...
Read moreDhaka University (DU) students taking one of their fellows to hospital on Friday after he fell sick while continuing hunger strike at the altar of Raju Memorial Sculpture on the campus, demanding fresh DUCSU polls — FE Photo
Read moreHusne Ara Parvin, one of the Bangladeshis killed in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, became a target when she tried to save her wheelchair-bound paralysed husband Farid Uddin, according to a relative, reports bdnews24.com.The 42-year old was the daughter of Nuruddin from Jangalhata village in Sylhet's Golapganj while...
Read moreForeign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep shock and condolences over the loss of lives in Friday's shooting incidents at two mosques in New Zealand. In a message sent to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters on Friday, Dr Momen requested the government...
Read moreThe country's aviation sector is set to face a fresh blow from the recent hike in the price of jet fuel, which may ultimately force the airlines to raise airfare to compensate for the hike.The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has increased the fuel price from Tk 67 to Tk 72...
Read moreDemonstrators chanting slogans from a rally, brought out from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital after the Jum'a prayers, protesting the incidents of mosque shooting in New Zealand on Friday that killed at least 49 people — Focus Bangla
Read moreThe country's export earnings from jute goods could be increased to around Tk 250 billion from existing Tk 80 billion annually subject to properly addressing the challenges being faced by the sector, according to sector insiders. Among the jute products, they said, the global demand for only the jute made...
Read moreThe newly-elected leaders of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) and hall unions will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Saturday), reports BSS."The newly-elected DUCSU and hall union leaders will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence here tomorrow afternoon," Prime Minister's Office (PMO) sources...
Read morePARIS/ADDIS ABABA, Mar 15 (Agencies): Investigators in France examined on Friday the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX that crashed in Ethiopia, as a spooked global airline industry waited to see if the cause was similar to a disaster in Indonesia months before. Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed soon...
Read moreTHE HAGUE, Mar 15 (AFP): Dutch police have arrested two men in Amsterdam with suspected links to weapons used in deadly attacks in Paris in 2015 that killed 130 people, prosecutors said Friday."Police arrested two men on Tuesday in Amsterdam in an investigation into the origin of weapons used by...
Read moreBRUSSELS, Mar 15 (Reuters): Alphabet unit Google is likely to be hit with a third EU antitrust fine next week related to its AdSense advertising service, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, with the sanction expected to be much smaller than previous fines. The European Commission in...
Read moreBangladesh Progoti Lekhok Songho, an organisation of progressive writers, brought out a procession from TSC of Dhaka University on Friday on the occasion of its third national congress — Focus Bangla
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