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Hilsa, tomato, cucumber get pricier

Prices of almost all essentials, including vegetables, egg and rice, remained unchanged with many of them maintaining the previous high in the capital on Friday. However, the price of hilsa witnessed a slight rise in the city kitchen markets and fish markets despite supply of the delicious fish to the...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shares a light moment

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shares a light moment as she presides over a meeting of the Awami League's Local Government Representative Nomination Board at Ganobhaban on Friday — PID

Imran supporters hold nationwide protests, demand political change

WAZIRABAD, Nov 4 (Reuters): Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan staged nationwide protests on Friday, a day after he survived what his aides said was an assassination attempt, blocking key roads in major cities and sometimes clashing with security forces.Khan's party called for the protests to continue until...

Price of state factories' sugar up by Tk 14

Amid the ongoing sugar crisis, the prices of sugar produced by state-owned factories have been hiked by Tk 14, reports bdnews24.com.The maximum retail price of local sugar has been increased from Tk 85 to Tk 99 per kg 'in accordance with international and domestic market prices', the Bangladesh Sugar and...

Traders want to import 510m eggs from India

A number of traders sought the government's approval to import 510 million pieces of egg from India, sources said, although the domestic production would be enough to meet the country's annual demand.In a recent hearing, local poultry farmers expressed deep concern over the import proposal. It would be suicidal for...

Bangladesh eyes exporting skilled labour to Russia

Bangladesh looks to send its skilled labour to Russia for the shipbuilding industry as the country needs foreign workers in this sector.To this end, Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Russian shipbuilding company recently, said officials."It (Russia) could be an important market...

AWS Outposts rack can now be available at BD data centres

Amazon Web Service (AWS) Outposts rack can now be shipped and installed at data centres and on-premises locations in Bangladesh, according to a press release.The AWS Outposts rack, a part of the AWS Outposts family, is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to...

Buses stay put at the central bus terminal in Barishal

Buses stay put at the central bus terminal in Barishal on Friday. All modes of transportation went off the streets in the city as a two-day transport strike got underway on the day - ahead of today's (Saturday) divisional rally called by opposition BNP — Focus Bangla

Record 4941 workers to go to Korea this year

Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (BOESL) is going to set a record by sending 4,941 workers to South Korea by this year through the Employment Permit System (EPS), reports BSS.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Korean government suspended admitting foreign EPS workers from March 2020 to November 2021....

Basic spirit of 72-Constitution was hacked thru illegal amendments: Speaker

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Friday said the basic spirit and philosophy of the 1972-Constitution were hacked through its illegal amendments.Later, through the 15th amendment, much of the spirit of the 1972-Constitution has been restored, the Speaker viewed.In the progress of overall development and prosperity of the...

Faridpur-2 by-polls today

By-polls to Faridupur-2 constituency will be held tomorrow as nonstop voting will be held between 8am and 4pm with electronic voting machines (EVMs), reports BSS.Faridpur-2 constituency, which encompasses Nagarkanda, Saltha and Sadarpur upazilas, fell vacant following the death of deputy leader of Parliament and Awami League presidium member Syeda Sajeda...

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia launches first electric vehicle company

RIYADH, Nov 4 (AFP): Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday the launch of its first brand of electric vehicles, part of a broader push to diversify the economy of the world's biggest oil exporter.The company, known as Ceer, "will contribute to Saudi Arabia's efforts towards carbon emissions reduction and driving sustainability...