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Rice yield hits record high

The country's rice production hit a new record of 36.2 million tonnes in the last fiscal year (FY), 2017-18.According to the official data, the output was 7.1 per cent higher than that of FY '17.It was 34.7 million tonnes (the then record) in FY '15 which declined to 34.68 million...

A vegetable vendor at Karwan Bazar taking a nap in absence of buyers

A vegetable vendor at Karwan Bazar taking a nap in absence of buyers on Monday, as the capital is yet to see its usual hustle and bustle after the Eid-ul-Azha celebrations — FE Photo

BSC gets poor response to bidding from shipping cos

The state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has received lukewarm response to the bidding for making vessels available for operating the joint venture container feeder service between Chattogram and Colombo, officials said.Only one company responded positively as the BSC invited expression of interest (EoI) from oceangoing ship owning, ship handling and...

ACC to quiz eight Petrobangla officials today

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate Pretrobangla's eight officials in connection of mysterious disappearance of a huge stack of coal from Barapukurua Coal Mine today Tuesday), reports UNB.On August 13, some 32 officials of Petrobangla were asked to be present for interrogation at ACC in phases. Earlier, ACC interrogated seven Pretrobangla...

22pc female RMG workers face harassment: Study

FE ReportAbout 22 per cent of the female readymade garment (RMG) workers face physical, psychological and sexual harassment in their factories or on the way to or from the workplaces, according to a study.Some 67 per cent of them do not seek support from violence against women (VAW) prevention committee...

Aggrieved people blockading the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Kalir

Aggrieved people blockading the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Kalir Haat area under the port-city on Monday after Rezaul Karim Rony (inset), a local youth, was smashed by a bus following his squabble with its conductor over fare Story on Page 1 — Focus Bangla