Child abuse, deaths higher in 2021
Industry Desk: Last year, a total of 1,117 girl children were raped in Bangladesh which is a whopping 78.43% increase compared to the previous year.Besides, some 272 girls were killed in the corresponding year, mainly as…
Read More »Khatunganj commodity market sees no buyer
Market full of oil, sugar, gram Imports have outpaced demand Ayub Ali from Ctg: The holy month of Ramadan is coming. Demand for this specialty has grown significantly as a result of recent corporate scandals. As…
Read More »Power Division hands over Independence Award to PM
Staff Correspondent: The Independence Award won by the Power Division has been handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her visionary leadership in reaching electricity to every house of the country in the Mujib Year.The…
Read More »Beef price reached to Tk 800 per kg!
Essentials prices out of touch Golam Mostafa Jibon: The prices of essential commodities have gone out of touch to the poor and middle-class people due to lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Meanwhile, the…
Read More »BD invites Oman to invest in ICT tourism EEZs
Sign visa waiver agreement Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh has urged Oman to invest in ICT, hi-tech parks, shipbuilding and tourism here and offered land in exclusive economic zones (EEZs).Oman said an investment team from the country would…
Read More »Dev works stopped for high material price
Sheikh Liakat Hossain from Khulna: The price of bricks has gone up by Tk 2,000 per thousand, the price of rods has gone up by about 15 per cent and the price of cement has gone…
Read More »PDB’s new demand overburden for BPC
For furnace oil BPC has to import 1.80 lakh tons instead of 60,000 tons Mahfuja Mukul: Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) is leaning towards furnace oil, an alternative fuel for power plants, to reduce gas supply.…
Read More »Nation to celebrate
52nd Independence
Day todayStaff Correspondent: The nation is set to celebrate the 52nd Independence and National Day today in a befitting manner.The government has taken elaborate programmes marking the Independence and National Day.The day’s programmes will begin by heralding…
Read More »Dhaka votes Ukraine in UN
Diplomatic Correspondent: Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday defended its voting in favour of the latest resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine saying Bangladesh remains very vocal on humanitarian…
Read More »Soybean oil prices further reduced
Chattogram Bureau: Traders are being forced to reduce the price of soybean oil by Tk 9 per liter at the wholesale level to increase sales as supply increases in contrast to demand in the buyer-less consumer…
Read More »Bangladesh celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Independence
Professor Dr. Anwarul Karim: This year Bangladesh celebrates the Golden Jubilee of Independence as the country enters into the 51st year of independence. Today, Bangladesh has made her position felt by others as a strong nation…
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