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Foodgrain imports near record high

Bangladesh is on course to record its second-highest foodgrain-import volume this fiscal year (FY 2025-26), driven largely by a surge in wheat imports as stable global prices encouraged purchases by both the government and private sector.The country's foodgrain imports, including rice and wheat, are set to become the second-highest on...

BB strengthens refinancing support for marginal, landless farmers

Access to agricultural credit for marginal and landless farmers is set to improve under a priority mechanism introduced by the Bangladesh Bank's refinancing scheme, with Farmer Smart Card holders receiving preferential consideration to enhance the flow of formal credit to the rural economy.Under a circular issued by Bangladesh Bank (BB)...

UN appeals for Rohingya aid amid fund crunch

The United Nations refugee agency urges the international community to maintain support for over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh as funds for their upkeep dry up.In a statement issued Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warns that funding shortages and growing global humanitarian pressures are...

Six more children die with measles symptoms in 24 hrs

Six more children died with measles-like symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours until 8:0 am on Tuesday.With the latest daily count, the total fatalities from measles and measles-like symptoms almost touched 594 since mid-March, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Of the total, 504 children...

Tenders floated for 3 more spot LNG cargoes

Bangladesh will buy three more liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from the spot market by early July amid the persistent Middle East crisis and Strait of Hormuz disruptions.State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated tenders to purchase the cargoes for delivery over the June 26-27, June 30-July 1,...

Tofail Ahmed laid to rest in Bhola

The Veteran Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed has been laid to rest in his home district of Bhola.The prominent student leader of the 1960s was buried around 4:15pm on Tuesday in Koralia village under South Dighaldi Union of Bhola Sadar, beside the graves of his parents and wife, reports bdnews24.com.Earlier,...

Demand for new IBBL chair’s ouster continues

The protesting clients of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) have put forward a seven-point demand including the resignation of the bank's newly appointed Chairman Md. Khurshid Alam and the reinstatement of its former Managing Director Omar Faruk Khan.Their demands were announced at a rally attended by a group of people...

Court records PW depositions in Ramisa case

A special tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday completed recording depositions of prosecution witnesses (PWs) in a case lodged over the rape and murder of second-grade student Ramisa Akter in the city's Pallabi area.Sixteen out of the total 18 PWs testified and were subsequently cross-examined by the defence at the Dhaka...

12kg LPG cylinder price cut by Tk 55

After the past several months' hikes, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Tuesday cut the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the retail level by around 2.83 per cent for June.The price of 12kg LPG cylinders was fixed at Tk 1,885, Tk 55 lower than the previous month's price...

Five killed in Faridpur

FARIDPUR, June 2 (UNB): Five people were killed and two children sustained serious injuries after a private car rammed into the rear of a stationery truck on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Nurjahan, 50, wife of Shahidul Islam of Ujjalpur village in...

Rickshaw van drivers loll on their vehicles in the capital's Motijheel area

Rickshaw van drivers loll on their vehicles in the capital's Motijheel area as the usual hustle and bustle of city life has yet to resume after the Eid-ul-Azha holiday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam