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Pvt, public plants owe Tk 195b to Petrobangla

The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and public sector power plants owe a cumulative amount of Tk195 billion to Petrobangla until mid-November for their consumption of natural gas to generate electricity, officials said on Saturday.The IPPs, mostly run by foreign companies, and the power plants of the Bangladesh Power Development Board...

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BD's denim market share in US surges despite shrinking demand there

Bangladesh's share in the US denim trousers markets has witnessed a significant rise in the last seven years despite a gradual shrinking of the overall denim market there. Locally-made trousers have accounted for around 20.7 per cent of the US market during the January-September period this year which was 14.1...

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Fakhrul leaves for London to meet Tarique Rahman

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir left the country on Saturday for London, UK to meet acting chairman of the party Tarique Rahman. His wife Rahat Ara Begum was accompaning him during the visit. The couple left capital Dhaka by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...

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Cyclonic storm Fengal moves northwestwards over Bay

Maritime ports in Bangladesh have been instructed to keep distant warning signal number two hoisted as Cyclonic Storm Fengal intensifies over the Southwest Bay of Bengal, reports UNB.According to a special bulletin from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), as of 6 am on Saturday, Fengal was positioned approximately 1,650 kilometres...

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Trade bodies slam attack on RMG executive

FE REPORTApparel trade bodies and business leaders on Saturday strongly condemned the attack on Mahmud Jeans deputy managing director (DMD) Rafee Mahmud.Mr Mahmud, also the son of the factory owner, was allegedly beaten up by his workers, who have been demanding their salary arrears, on Thursday evening.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and...

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Three more die of dengue..---

Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 488 this year, reports UNB.The recent fatalities occurred in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).During the period, 675 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever,...

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Cumilla to be made division soon: Asif Mahmud

CUMILLA, Nov 30 (UNB): Cumilla will be declared a division soon, said Local Government and Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan on Saturday."Cumilla demands division due to geographical considerations. So, it will be declared a division soon," he said.The adviser made the comments during a public reception programme...

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Kishoreganj's Pagla Mosque collects Tk 82m donations

KISHOREGANJ, Nov 30 (UNB): The Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj counted a staggering Tk 82 million from its donation boxes on Saturday.Fouzia Khan, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kishoreganj and President of the Pagla Mosque Management Committee, confirmed the collection after the counting process concluded.The funds were retrieved from 11 donation boxes...

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As winter sets in, different fish varieties in bulk have started to hit city kitchen markets.

As winter sets in, different fish varieties in bulk have started to hit city kitchen markets. The Saturday snap shows various types of fish up for sale at an evening market in the capital's Khilgaon area. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

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