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Egg, chicken, veg get pricier despite price fixing

Eggs, chicken and vegetables have become pricier further in a week though the government has recently fixed maximum retailed prices of the first two daily necessary items.Meanwhile, rice, fish, beef and onion prices remained static maintaining previous highs.The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) and the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM)...

Metro rail Friday service kicks off

Dhaka's Metro rail has started its seven-day-a-week service, with launching its first Friday operation yesterday (Friday), almost two years after its journey started.On the very first Friday, most of the trains were seen packed with commuters who expressed their satisfaction over the new schedule as it would help further ease...

39m may die from antibiotic-resistant infections by 2050, says study

More than 39 million people are likely to die from antibiotic-resistant infections by 2050, according to an in-depth global analysis of antimicrobial resistance published recently in The Lancet.The research has found that more than one million people died from drug-resistant infections each year between 1990 and 2021, and this could...

BDBL won't merge with Sonali Bank

Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL) PLC is unwilling to merge with the state-run Sonali Bank PLC with an eye to bring back confidence in customers, sources said.The BDBL has sought one-year exemption from maintaining the stipulated statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) in line with the existing Banking Companies Act 1991.Then BDBL Managing...

World leaders to gather at UN as crises grow and conflicts rage

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 20 (AFP): World leaders will descend on the United Nation's New York HQ from Sunday for the organization's annual signature gathering against an explosive backdrop of raging wars, growing populism and diplomatic deadlock.The war in Gaza, soaring Middle East tensions, famine conditions in Sudan's civil...

154 more stranded Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya

A total of 154 more undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated to the country from Libya on Friday, reports BSS.The repatriation was conducted under a coordinated effort by the foreign ministry, Bangladesh mission in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a foreign ministry's press release said.The returnees arrived at...

Govt plans to reform more sectors: Nahid

LAXMIPUR, Sept 20 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Advisor of the Interim government M Nahid Islam on Friday said the government has a plan to bring more sectors, including education and mass media, under reform programme."As part of the 'state reform programme', six committees have been formed and meeting of those...

Ex-secretary of Ctg Education Board found guilty of son's HSC result tampering

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 20: At last, the news on result tampering that was published on December 29 in 2023 in The Financial Express has proved true after investigation.Professor Narayan Chandra Nath, former secretary of the Chattogram Education Board and incumbent Director of Secondary and Higher Education in Chattogram, is set to...