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Maize production hits all-time high of 4.87m tonnes in FY'24

Maize production in the country reached an all-time high in the last fiscal year (FY 2023-24) thanks to rocketing demand for it from the feed and food-processing industries.The output registered a record 4.87 million tonnes from 0.513 million hectares of land, both winter and summer crops combined, according to latest...

(Top) Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin and other participants at the opening session of the symposium titled 'White Paper and Thereafter:

(Top) Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin and other participants at the opening session of the symposium titled 'White Paper and Thereafter: Economic Management, Reforms and National Budget' at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital on Saturday, organised by the Committee on the White Paper on the State of...

Six held over kidnapping man from Dhaka impersonating policemen

FE REPORTPolice arrested on Friday six persons for their alleged involvement in kidnapping a man impersonating police personnel and demanding ransom for the release of the victim.The arrestees are: Md Rezaul Islam alias Hemel (40), Sheli Begum alias Shila Begum (28), Md Muktajul Sarkar (34), Md Maruf Hasan (25), Noor...

47 more return from Lebanon

Forty-seven more stranded Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday at full govt expense, reports UNB.They arrived on a Qatar Airways flight that landed at 9:15 am at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment,...

BR to seek Tk 125b development budget for next FY

MUNIMA SULTANAThe Bangladesh Railway (BR) is likely to propose a demand for Tk 125.36 billon to implement its projects under the next Annual Development Programme (ADP), according to sources.On the other hand, the railway authority has placed a demand for Tk 102.27 billion in the revised ADP for the FY...

Nearly half of students who died by suicide in 2024 were schoolchildren: Study

A shocking 49.4 per cent of students (310) who died by suicide in Bangladesh in 2024 were school students, according to a study by Achol Foundation, a non-profit organization, reports UNB.The data highlighted the severe mental health challenges faced by young learners and the vulnerability of adolescents to emotional distress,...

Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst in world

Dhaka has ranked the second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 291 at 9:01 am Saturday, reports UNB.The air was classified as "very unhealthy", according to the AQI index on Saturday.Pakistan's Lahore, Vietnam's Hanoi and India's Delhi occupied the first, third...

Newly-elected office-bearers of the Department of Environment Officers Association's executive

Newly-elected office-bearers of the Department of Environment Officers Association's executive committee pose for photograph after the election results came out on Saturday — collected

Vice-chancellor of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology

Vice-chancellor of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) Prof Dr Abdur Rab inaugurating celebration of the 34th founding anniversary of the university by cutting a cake on its Uttara campus in the capital recently.