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Ex-OC Pradip, Liakat Ali sentenced to death for killing Major Sinha
Staff Correspondent: A Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced two ex-police personnel – former Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali – to death for the murder of Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.Six other suspects in the case were sentenced to life in prison, while seven others were acquitted in…
Read More »Street children insane in Dandy
Industry Desk: A huge number of street children in the capital are alarmingly getting addicted through glue-sniffing that is popularly called ‘Dandy’ which dissolves the membrane of brain cells and causes hallucinations.“Dandy makes me sleep easier and forget the harshness of my live,” said Rajon, a 12-year kid with a…
Read More »Tk 606 cr loss incurred by
selling Tk 206 cr sugarScenario of govt sugar mills Mahfuja Mukul: Over Tk 606 crore loss incurred by selling sugar for only Tk 206 crore annually. This picture is of Shampur Sugar Mill, a state-owned company listed on the stock exchanges. The company is losing three times or more of the amount that is…
Read More »BD to give vaccines to people above 12 and boosters to anyone over 40
Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh will give COVID-19 vaccine shots to everyone aged 12 or older and booster shots of the vaccine to anyone 40 years and up, says Health Minister Zahid Maleque.The health minister also spoke of the government’s efforts to bring the floating population of the country into the vaccination…
Read More »Bangladesh to invest in IT sector abroad
Staff Correspondent: The Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has decided to invest in the information technology (IT) sector in different countries. A proposal will be submitted to the Prime Minister for a final decision in this regard.State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak made the remarks while speaking…
Read More »Conserve BD hill forests to save from climate disaster
Industry Desk: Speakers at a consultation on the formulation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) yesterday stressed the conservation of the hill forests in Bandarban to save the region from climate disaster.The consultation was jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Economic Relations Division (ERD)…
Read More »Govt cancels 10 coal-based projects
Staff Correspondent: The government has canceled contracts for 10 coal-fired power projects worth $12 billion.This information was given by Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Forests and Climate Change at a dialogue held at Hotel BRAC Inn in the capital yesterday.He said the government had canceled…
Read More »Textile industry lost $1.75b for gas crisis
Industry Desk: In the last 3 months, the Bangladesh textile industry lost $1.75 billion due to the gas crisis. This unsettling reality surfaced in a press conference was held by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) on 29th January 2022 at a hotel in Dhaka.Mohammad Ali Khokon, President of BTMA also…
Read More »Don’t lobby for PD post aiming to enjoy illegal facilities
Staff Correspondent: Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque yesterday asked the concerned person not to lobby for seeking a post of project director (PD) with an aim to enjoy illegal facilities by resorting to irregularities and corruption.“Don’t lobby for seeking PD post with an aim to enjoy illegal facilities by…
Read More »LNG import fails to mitigate gas crisis
Industry Desk: The government has been importing expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) to mitigate the mounting gas crisis in different industrial sectors, but that has failed to solve the problem.Recently, the gas crisis has become so acute that 25% of the local textile mills’ capacity remained unused for the last…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
