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Rice prices drop slightly; veggies, soybean oil costlier

While rice prices have declined slightly in the past week, prices of certain vegetables and loose soybean oil have continued to rise in the city markets. The prices of other essential commodities have remained static at their previous highs, according to market sources.The arrival of newly harvested BRRI Dhan 28...

Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the advisory council

Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus presiding over a meeting of the advisory council at his Tejgaon office in the capital on Thursday. — PID

JCD activists block Shahbag for arrest of Shammo’s killers

Leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), blocked the Shahbag-intercontinental intersection for around seven hours on Thursday, demanding immediate arrest of all those responsible for the murder of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Sammo and ensuring safety across educational institutions.The blockade...

Justice Diliruzzaman removed from HC

The President has removed Justice Khondaker Diliruzzaman, judge, High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court, from his position, according to a law ministry notification issued on Wednesday. The President removed him on the basis of a report submitted by the Supreme Judicial Council, according to a news update published...

Solidaridad teams up with two private entities

Solidaridad Bangladesh has teamed up with two private entities in the country to launch an innovative range of soya bean-based foods aimed at promoting health, sustainability, and rural empowerment.At a launch event held at Gulshan in the city on Thursday, they unveiled ready-to-cook, natural soya bean products, including tofu, protein...

IUB Vice Chancellor Prof M Tamim and ACCA Bangladesh Country Manager Prawma Tapashi Khan

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Vice Chancellor Prof M Tamim and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Bangladesh Country Manager Prawma Tapashi Khan exchanging documents after signing an MoU on IUB campus in the capital on Sunday. — Press Release

Travel ban on actress Shaon, 11 others

A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on actress Meher Afroz Shaon, former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid and 10 others in an attempted murder case, reports UNB.Judge of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order in the presence of two of the accused on Thursday, said...

BR starts selling Eid tickets

Bangladesh Railway (BR) on Thursday started selling tickets online as the demand of homebound travelers for advance tickets is expected to soar ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha.Eid-ul-Adha begins in the evening of June 6, depending on the sighting of the moon.The BR sold tickets for the travelers of June 1...

Kuet VC Hazrat Ali resigns

KHULNA, May 22 (UNB): Interim Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) Prof Dr Md Hazrat Ali has stepped down amid teachers' protests, reports UNB.Abdur Rahman, deputy registrar of the university, said the VC submitted his resignation letter to the Ministry of Education on Thursday.

Weather (2025-05-23)

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers with lightning flashes and temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Friday), according to the Met office....