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Chicken prices up, vegetables stable

Chicken prices increased in the city's kitchen markets over the last one week. Prices of other essential commodities, including vegetables, onions and garlic, remained largely stable, maintaining their previous high levels.Market visits showed that the prices of both broiler and Sonali chickens rose by up to Tk 20-30 per kilogramme...

Faria Akter Ria, a young bird lover of Jhargram under Kumrabaria

Faria Akter Ria, a young bird lover of Jhargram under Kumrabaria in Jhenidah Sadar, has gradually developed a very friendly companionship with her pet birds, which also adore her in return. The snapshot, depicting a harmonised co-existence of the elements of nature, has been taken recently. — Collected

Uttorbongo Adibasi Forum

Uttorbongo Adibasi Forum, an organisation of the indigenous people of the country’s northern region, brought out a rally in Dhaka University area on Friday, marking the 171st Santal Uprising (Hull) Day. — Focus Bangla

CZM, AIU ink deals on higher education in Malaysia

Deserving students passing from schools and colleges run by the Centre for Zakat Management (CZM), a social enterprise in Bangladesh, will be able to pursue higher education at a Malaysian university.In this regard, CZM inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Albukhary International University (AIU) of Malaysia at a hotel...

Seven officials of DMP transferred

Seven officials of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have been transferred as part of a routine reshuffle within the law enforcement agency.The officers, holding the ranks of Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, and Assistant Commissioner, were reassigned through an official order signed by DMP Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed on Thursday.According...

BD gets five patrol boats from Japan

Japan has handed over five patrol boats to the Bangladesh Navy under the Official Security Assistance (OSA) as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation between the two countries, reports UNB.This is the first OSA project for Bangladesh, which was decided by the Government of Japan as the OSA FY...

Law enforcers arrest 10 in city

The law enforcing agencies personnel have arrested 10 individuals over their alleged involvement of killing a local BNP leader centering the victory of Brazil during the ongoing World Cup in the capital's Adabar area. The deceased BNP leader Abdul Bashar was allegedly chopped to death by the detainees.Additional deputy commissioner...

Brothers arrested in 'record shisha bust'

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has seized a large quantity of shisha and arrested three people in four coordinated overnight raids in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.Officials say 65.9 kg of shisha, 41 hookahs, 40 kg of charcoal used for shisha smoking, and five mobile phones were recovered during the operation.At...

Online applications for allowances, stipends to begin on August 1

Online applications for various allowances and education stipends under the social security programmes will begin on August 1, reports BSS.Candidates will be allowed to submit their application for the facilities till August 31.The information was disclosed in a directive recently issued by the Social Security Wing of the Department of...

Operation in Bandarban's Retlang area continues: ISPR

Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday said a security operation is underway in remote Retlang area of Bandarban, reports BSS.The ongoing operation follows a special raid, conducted on June 28 on a joint hideout of KNA and UPDF-Main, said an ISPR press release.Sensing the presence of the security forces,...

Army Chief returns home after visiting Czech Republic, Slovakia

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman returned home on Friday after completing his official visits to Czech Republic and Slovakia, reports BSS.During the visits, he held meetings and exchanged views with senior officials of both the countries to strengthen bilateral defence relations and cooperation. He also visited various military institutions...