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MNP clientele nosedives

Ismail Hossain The once-hyped-up mobile number portability (MNP) service has lost its demand, and the number of its users has decreased drastically due to lack of regulatory support and awareness. The number of MNP service users has decreased to almost one-tenth - from around 50,000 to 5,000 a month. MNP...

This elderly artist is busy painting a sari at a boutique shop at the New Market in Dhaka. Such

This elderly artist is busy painting a sari at a boutique shop at the New Market in Dhaka. Such hand-painted saris are popular among a particular group of customers. The photo was taken recently — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam

BIMSTEC may meet on mooted issues in Oct

BIMSTEC countries are expected to finalise the much-needed pending issues, including the determination of rules of origin of goods, product-specific rules (PSR) and operational certification procedure in October.To this end, the multilateral regional organisation's secretariat has recently requested Bangladesh to propose a suitable date for holding the 21st Meeting of...

Petrobangla starts drilling in Shahbazpur Gas Field

Petrobangla has begun drilling a development well of Shahbazpur Gas Field in the southern district of Bhola, reports UNB.Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom was appointed as the contractor for drilling the Tagbi-1 well.The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (Bapex), a subsidiary of Petrobangla, appointed Gazprom as a part of...

Depression may bring down heatwave

Bangladesh is set for a respite from the sweltering heat as a depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to bring rain across the country, report agencies.On Friday, a low-pressure system intensified into a deep depression and the resulting squalls triggered a tidal surge around 4 feet above the...

Four tea garden workers killed in Moulvibazar landslide

MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 19 (UNB): Four female tea- garden workers were killed in a landslide at a tea garden in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district on Friday morning amid their ongoing strike demanding an increase in their daily wages.The deceased were identified as Hira Bhumiz, 34, wife of Swapan Bhumiz, Rina...

Sri Lanka's ousted president to return home

COLOMBO, Aug 19 (AFP): Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee his safety, his party announced Friday.Rajapaksa fled the island last month after a huge crowd stormed his house, capping months of white-hot...