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Railway fails to earn and run

Some Tk 896.21 billion has been invested for railway development over the past decade since a separate ministry for the sector was established in 2012 yet Bangladesh Railways (BR) fails to earn and run on its own largely for what experts say shady spending of funds. The BR under the...

BBS grappling with financial data collection from biggies

As the Economic Census is going on across the country, the national statistical organisation is struggling to collect data especially from the medium to large industrial and commercial units.Most of the enterprises in the segment are reluctant to share necessary information with the enumerators, alleged some enumerators, supervisors and relevant...

Winter crops come under threat from rain, fog

Light rain and dense fog in different parts of the country have become a major cause of concern for farmers who are busy growing vegetables and Boro paddy, and also drying the harvested Aman paddy.Drizzles dropped in some coastal areas on Saturday as a depression was persisting in the eastern...

MRT-06 extension work unlikely to meet deadline

Work on the extension of the metro rail corridor from Motijheel to Kamalapur station is likely to fail the mid-2025 deadline due to slow progress by its Thai contractor for fund crunch.However, sources said it might take another year for completion of the work.The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL)...

BUET students protest peer's death in crash

The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) alleged that the police did not cooperate with them to file a case after a car hit a motorbike and killed a fellow student in Purbachal.They staged a demonstration over the matter at BUET's Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday to...

Credit card transactions rise in Oct

Domestic and international credit card transactions saw a steady rise in October this year, along with increased spending by foreign nationals in Bangladesh, reflecting heightened consumer activity both domestically and internationally, according to a latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) report.Domestic transactions in the country rose by 7.41 per cent, reaching over...

Some Indian media outlets providing misleading info

The interim government has reacted to the reports published by several Indian media outlets on violence against the Hindus, citing the country's Ministry of External Affairs, reports UNB.The government requested all to refrain from providing misleading information regarding such hate crimes."Several Indian media outlets, including India Today, Anadabazar, citing the...

Commission finds India's role in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh

The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has found India's involvement in enforced disappearances in Bangladesh."Indian involvement in Bangladesh's system of enforced disappearances is a matter of public record," the commission said in its report as it found intelligence information about the practice of captive exchanges between the two countries...

Board members of the Bangladesh Women Health Coalition (BWHC)

Board members of the Bangladesh Women Health Coalition (BWHC), which works for women's health since 1980, pose for photograph after the 44th annual general meeting (AGM) at its office on Saturday. — FE Photo