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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting of the Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Saturday. — PID

Chicken, veggie prices drop; potato up

The prices of chicken and vegetables declined last week, but that of potatoes rose further. Broiler and sonali chicken prices dropped by Tk 20 a kg, with broiler chicken now selling at Tk 175-190 a kg. The retail price of sonali chicken is Tk 310-330 a kg. Local onion prices...

RMG workers' demo triggers tailback on Dhaka-M'singh highway

Workers of a garment factory named TNZ Apparels staged a demonstration over unpaid wages creating a long tailback on both sides of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur on Saturday. The demonstration that started at around 8.30 am in Maleker Bari area halted vehicular movement on both sides of the highway...

Adviser vows to address fisheries sector discrepancy

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter pledged on Saturday the government's commitment to addressing the entrenched discrimination in the fisheries sector.Speaking at a seminar titled "Challenges and Forward: Rights of Small-Scale Fishing Communities in the Context of Bangladesh," held at the CIRDAP Auditorium in the city, Ms Akhter stressed the...

Govt takes slew of measures to keep prices affordable

The government has taken a slew of measures to keep the prices of essential commodities affordable in the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.These included waiving import duties and taxes as well as withdrawal of margin requirement for opening import letters of credit (LCs), Director General of the Directorate of National...

Man bombed, hacked to death in Jashore

JASHORE, Nov 09 (UNB): A 30-year-old man has been killed in an attack by assailants in Mubarakpur village of Jhikargacha upazila.The dead, Piyal, was the son of Kitab Ali, a resident of Mubarakpur.Bablur Rahman, the officer-in-charge of Jhikargacha Police Station, confirmed the incident.According to locals and police, the incident happened...

Indian tourist dies after falling sick in city

An Indian national has died after falling sick at a hotel in the capital's Mirpur area.The dead is Akbar Ali Mondol (38), who was a citizen of Murshidabad in the Indian state of West Bengal. He was a member of a group of six friends who had arrived in Dhaka...

Weather (2024-11-10)

Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), according to the Met Office.Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.The...

As the price of potato has gone prohibitive hitting Tk70 to 75 per kg

As the price of potato has gone prohibitive hitting Tk70 to 75 per kg, a section of profit monger traders stored up the item abundantly. Pictured on Saturday, workers sort out the rotten potatoes from the stock in a cold storage at Daniyapara in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district. —...