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The authorities concerned are looking forward to conducting the final performance of the metro rail next month. By this month, all phases of trial run of Metrorail will be completed. Following the successful test run the commercial journey will begin in December. Initially it will operate from ...
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Edible oil is still being sold at a high price in the retail market. Following the price reduction, the government has also reduced the edible oil price but its impact has not yet hit the market.In the last two months, the price of soybeans fell by 32 percent and the price of palm oil fell by 4...
A record number of Bangladeshi bank cardholders' information has been found in the dark web, according to a report.According to the report 46.03 percent of classic cards, 89.54 percent of Visa cards information has been leaked. Lack of individual awareness and indifference of the bank authoritie...
The use of eco-friendly concrete blocks, which has been made mandatory by the government, is not progressing properly as entrepreneurs are facing hurdles without loan facilities and incentives.Earlier the government had decided to ban the use of traditionally manufactured bricks, which destroy envir...
Even after fixing the prices of rawhide of sacrificial animal, leather traders are not getting the real prices of the hides. Discouraged by repeated low prices of rawhides in the previous years, the leather trades also showed hardly any interest in buying the rawhides especially from the rural...
Sufferings of millions of travelers, leaving the capital on the occasion of Eid ul Azha, escalated as massive road blockades and traffic jams were created due to sudden rush for exit.Sufferings went acute at different points on the Dhaka – Mawa highway leading to the recently opened Padma Brid...
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Amidst miseries suffered by flood victims who find too hard to earn livelihood, following the sudden downpours, Penny for Many, a nonprofit organisation distributed relief and hygiene kits to the flood affected people in different areas in Shunamgaj and Netrokona. With a view to offering a mini...
Due to negligence, latest-technology aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines are often facing accidents one after another at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). Five people, including the principal engineer of a Dreamliner of Bangladesh Biman Airlines have been suspended followi...
In the proposed budget, the government has announced plans to reduce inflation and bring relief to the commodity market. But the real picture is different as the burden of the inflation is on the shoulders of the consumers.Meanwhile, even if the prices of many products are reduced through tariff ben...
A day after announcement of the proposed budget, there was a mixed reaction from buyers and traders in the capital’s kitchen markets in regard to commodity prices. Except for price of edible oil, prices of most commodities remained stable, visits to several kitchen markets in the city on ...
Bangladesh has become the first country in Asia in operating e-gates at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). As e-gates become operational on Tuesday at HSIA, passengers with e-passports will be able to pass immigration in less than 20 seconds. HSIA executive director, Group Captain K...
Several tower constructions beside the Padma Bridge to transfer the high voltage power line is scheduled to be complete today (Sunday). This initiative is under Aminbazar-Mawa-Mongla 400 KV transmission line (first revised) development project. Under the project, foundations of seven towers hav...
The draft amendment to the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules 1979 will finally be placed in the meeting of the Secretary Committee today (Tuesday), sources said. Although several attempts had been made for government officials and employees to submit their wealth statement mandatorily, it has...
Due to lack of our knowledge and capabilities we are yet to utilise our Blue Economy potential. Unless we have the skilled manpower and technology, we cannot harness blue economy. Head of the Maritime Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshid Alam said this...
At the time the metro rail construction is nearing completion, a wrong decision with its landing stations is creating uncertainty. The metro rail authority is saying they have already got the solution while different area landowners say they will not leave land if they do not get appropriate money f...
Direct shipment between Bangladesh and other countries are likely to boost the country’s economic activities, reduce cost and save time. The authorities concerned are firmly confident that adding such new sea routes will give an incredible speed to the economic wheel of the country. ...
Jet fuel prices have gone up again in the country. Forced to coordinate with the international market price, jet fuel price is gradually increasing threatening the very existence of the location airlines.The price of jet fuel has increased 18 times in the last one and a half years in the country. Ba...
A large number of smoke-free tobacco product manufacturers are doing business and evading a large amount of taxes. At the same time, the use of those tobacco products is putting the lives of millions of people at great risk. Currently, the number of tobacco product consumers stands...
This year, the government has approved 780 agencies in three phases to conduct Hajj activities. On Sunday (May 15), the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued an order allowing 80 agencies to conduct Hajj activities in the third phase.Earlier, on 8 May, 610 agencies were approved in the first phase an...
Amid the current flash floods which already damaged huge crops, the recent cyclone Asani caused severe damage to majorities of the Boro paddy across the country. Due to two consecutive natural calamities, many farmers have lost their harvest. Such a situation has also raised concerns about meet...
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