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Onion-potato farmers undergo big losses this season

Onion and potato farmers across the country are facing severe financial losses this season due to a combination of record-low prices at the farm level, disease outbreaks and soaring cold storage costs.Farmers in Pabna and Faridpur, which are major onion-producing regions, have cultivated onions to a great extent this year....

Guterres holds talks with political leaders, Consensus Commission

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday joined a roundtable discussion on reform proposals participated by representatives of political parties, National Consensus Building Commission and other stakeholders, reports UNB.UN Under Secretary General Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh's Law Adviser Dr Asif, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin...

Eid sales begin to gather pace

FE REPORTEid shopping in different city malls has picked up momentum, as only two weeks to go to the biggest religious festival for Muslims.The shopping spree will increase further in the coming days when many job holders will receive their festival bonuses.During visits to several shopping centres by the FE...

Tenders floated to buy 3 spot LNG cargoes in April

FE REPORTBangladesh's state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) intends to buy three spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes by mid-April to meet mounting demand for summer.The RPGCL has already floated tenders for April 01-02, April 12-13 and April 14-15 delivery windows, a senior RPGCL official told The Financial Express...

DWASA's costly project under scrutiny

Despite the government's ongoing austerity measures, Dhaka WASA (DWASA) has proposed undertaking a sumptuous project, as 329.69 million alone is required to hire consultants to build its training centre, insiders reveal on Saturday.Funded through loans from local and foreign sources, the DWASA has also included some unnecessary expenditure, including purchase...

HC set to deliver verdict in Abrar murder case today

The High Court will deliver its verdict on the death references and appeals in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad today (Sunday).The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain fixed the date, reports UNB.Earlier, the hearing on the...

People from the working class scramble over each other to buy TCB products at subsidized rates from an OMS

People from the working class scramble over each other to buy TCB products at subsidized rates from an OMS truck. Many return empty-handed despite waiting for several hours as the supply of the essential items is extremely meagre compared to the number of people. The photo was taken in Dhaka's...