RAJSHAHI, June 07 (BSS): Safe food consumption has become crucial to maintain sound health and all quarters who are engaged in producing, manufacturing, processing and marketing of food should discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to reach safe...
A total of four people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Dinajpur, Keraniganj on Tuesday and Monday, reports UNB.In Natore, a pickup driver and his assistant were killed in Lalpur upazila of Natore early...
OUR CORRERSPONDENT | 2022-06-08 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, June 07: Tea growers of northern districts got bumper yields this year because of favourable weather, but low prices frustrate them.They are now compelled to sell green tea leaves at a price lower than what was fixed earlier by...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the Bangladesh students studying in various Hungarian universities under the Hungaricum Stipendium Programme for engaging themselves in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh, reports UNB. While addressing the Bangladeshi students at the Mathius...
TEHRAN, June 07 (AFP): An Iranian court sentenced a man to death over an April shrine attack in the Shiite holy city of Mashhad that killed two clerics, the judiciary said on Tuesday.The April 5 attack on the Imam Reza...
LUCKNOW, June 07 (AFP): An Indian court has sentenced a man to death over deadly bomb blasts that rocked the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, in a trial that took 16 years to reach a verdict.Wasiullah Khan was convicted on...
SANTO DOMINGO, June 07 (BBC): The Dominican Republic's minister of environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close personal friend, officials say.Orlando Jorge Mera, 55, was holding a meeting at the time of...
SYDNEY, June 07 (Xinhua): Researchers from the University of Sydney have surveyed over 1,000 Australians on their experiences with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now seek to use the results to inform future policy.The study, published in the...
SEOUL, June 07 (AP): The South Korean and U.S. militaries flew 20 fighter jets over waters off South Korea's western coast Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior U.S. official warned of a forceful response if North...
MOSCOW, June 07 (BBC): An official installed by Russia in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson has signalled that Moscow could attempt to stage a vote on annexation to Russia."It will most likely be a referendum," said Kirill Stremousov, the deputy...
ROME, June 07 (Reuters): Italian police have seized 4.3 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of 240 million euros ($257 million), dealing a heavy blow to the Colombian Clan del Golfo drugs gang, investigators said on Tuesday.Police said it...
LONDON, June 07 (Reuters/ AFP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived a confidence vote that revealed the scale...
Some 32 general, engineering, agriculture, and science and technology public universities will have uniform admission tests for enrolling undergraduate students this year. No doubt, this kind of admission tests helps students apply for a number of universities with less hassle...
We cannot spend a single day without using cooking oil. However, the recent hike in the prices of edible oil has added intolerable woes to the consumers, already struggling to make ends meet on their limited incomes. The government has...
We produce enough food, but too much of it ends up as waste. Every year, around 1.6 billion tons of food, which amounts to 17 per cent of total food production, is lost or wasted, according to the Food Waste...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-06-08 00:00:00
'No sky is (visible) here, neither is any air here,' says the lyrics (Ekhane akash nei, ekhane batash nei) of an old Bangla song which narrates a city made up of bricks as lifeless. It's the city which is devoid...
Wasi Ahmed | 2022-06-08 00:00:00
Strange though it may seem, one of the key determinants of Bangladesh economy-- the services sector is a grey area where information and data are rather chaotic in the absence of any methodical attempt to put on record the scope...
When the common people are finding it hard to make both ends meet due to uncontrolled price hike of essentials, the diminishing value of taka has further compounded their suffering. Clearly, their real income has been falling in direct proportion...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Towfiqul Islam Khan | 2022-06-08 00:00:00
The struggle of the poor and low-income group that began with the outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020 is now worsened by the unabated rise in the prices of essentials. These people are still grappling with their limited budgets as...
Since the 15th century, southern Bangladesh's 'Mosque City', dominated by the imposing brick Sixty Dome Mosque, has been a pilgrimage destination for pious Bangladeshis and for tourists."I believe if I wish something and visit the mosque, Allah will accept my...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-06-07 12:00:00
The sudden spurt in terrible road accidents across the country carries elements of distress among the sensible segments in society. Not long ago, these road mishaps remained limited to Dhaka, Chattogram and the other regional mid-level cities. Of late, they...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Terming the devastating fire at Sitakunda's B.M. Container Depot an incident of killings, opposition lawmakers have demanded immediate action against owner of the private depot. At the parliamentary session on Monday, BNP lawmaker from a reserved seat Barrister Rumeen Farhana...
Farmers stored basketfuls of lychees for sale at Aulia Bazar in Bijoynagar upazila, the biggest wholesale lychee market in Brahmanbaria on Monday. Bumper production of the summer fruit this year has delighted the growers in the district as they expect...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 06 (Reuters): Malaysia is missing a golden opportunity to capitalise on high palm oil prices and could suffer more production losses due to a "severe" shortage of about 120,000 workers, the Malaysian Estate Owners' Association (MEOA) told...
Bangladesh registered 43 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Monnday morning taking the country's total caseload to 1,953,700, reports UNB.The country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
Beringia Energy Global BD Ltd, a sister concern of US's Beringa Energy, has acquired two 108 megawatt (MW) capacity under construction furnace oil-fired power plants from Maisha Group, founded by late ruling Awami League lawmaker Md Aslamul Hoque."We have acquired...
International backlash is growing against India after a ruling party official made Islamophobic comments during a televised debate, with Qatar and several other Muslim nations lodging official protests against New Delhi and demanding a "public apology", report agencies.At least five...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says the Sitakunda incident illustrates the urgent need to ensure proper handling and storage of chemicals, training for staff at awareness and operational levels, and effective crowd control during emergencies.On Monday, the ILO expressed its...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on June 14 on the eve of the start of countrywide population and household census, Planning Minister MA Mannan told parliament on Monday, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will conduct...
FE REPORT | 2022-06-07 00:00:00
The government may form a minimum wage board for a pay hike for ready-made garment (RMG) workers following the ongoing labour unrest at Mirpur demanding the same.The disclosure was made at a press briefing hosted Shramabhaban in Dhaka city on...
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