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Germ infected potato exports
Mahfuja Mukul: Potatoes produced in the country contain harmful bacteria. Due to this, obstacles are being created in the export of potatoes abroad, said Chairman of Bangladesh Safe Food Authority. Abdul Qayyum.He said this at a press conference office yesterday. This press conference was organized on the occasion of ‘Food…
Read More »251 bridges without roads
— 364 percent cost increase— 77 damaged prematurely Mahfuja Mukul: The construction of 251 bridges has been going on for more than 12 years. However, the project is not over yet. Not checking the feasibility at the beginning of the project,it is continuing. Out of these, 22 bridges have some…
Read More »Smooth oil supply to northern dists on way
Pipeline nearing completion Industry Desk: The country’s northern region grappled with a fuel crisis during the nine-day long Eid-ul-Fitr holiday as the workforce tasked with carrying oil to the northern districts were enjoying Eid vacations too.Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), the state-owned fuel oil importer, claimed that there was no such…
Read More »Tea workers end strike after little wage hike
Daily wage rose to Tk 145 from Tk 120 Staff Correspondent: Tea plantation workers have returned to work after owners agreed to raise their daily wage to Tk 145 from Tk 120 amid protests.They ended a strike after 12 days over the wage dispute yesterday, according to Nripen Pal, acting…
Read More »Implement Teesta master plan: IFC
Staff Correspondent: International Farakka Committee yesterday demanded the implementation of the Teesta Master Plan to protect three crore people living in its basin in Bangladesh from heavy flood and river banks erosion.Atiqur Rahman Salu, chairman of IFC, voiced the demand in an opinion exchange meeting at the Abdus Salam Hall…
Read More »Mystery of sending Tk 3.35cr from Sonali Bank dispelled
Gaibandha Correspondent: At last, confusion about sending Tk 3.35 crore from Gaibandha branch of the Sonali Bank to an unintended person has been dispelled.Police claimed to have arrested Abu Taher, a manpower trader and owner of Amir International in Dhaka, for withdrawing the money wrongly went to his company’s account.Superintendent…
Read More »Students stage demo at BPC office protesting fuel price hike
Staff Correspondent: A group of students from different universities and colleges staged demonstrations at the office of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) yesterday afternoon in protest against the recent fuel price hike. At one stage of the demonstrations, they entered the board room of the BPC where the organisation’s chairman of…
Read More »Farmers fear huge loss for increasing prices of fertilizer and fuel
Mahfuja Mukul: Farmers are under ‘two-way pressure’ due to increase in prices of urea fertilizer and diesel in the country. As a result, some are thinking of reducing cultivation or keeping the land fallow from the next season. Economists also say that if the budget is not adjusted, farmers will…
Read More »Vannamei Shrimp project shows huge potentials
Khulna Bureau: Pilot project of producing Vannamei Shrimp or King Prawn in Khulna is showing chances for the fish to emerge as an alternative to Bagda Shrimp or Tiger Prawn.Once produced successfully, the fish has the potential to increase the presence of the country’s potential shrimp industry in the global…
Read More »Nature burning in full monsoon
Farmers cry for rain Special Correspondent: In the Bengali calendar, these two months of Ashar-Shravan are the rainy season. During this time, there will be torrential rains, people will suffer, and they will give joy. Water will overflow in canal-bil-pond. Farmers will have a busy time planting seeds in mud…
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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 …
