Seeking a pill to cure Covid
Drugmakers eye alternative to vaccines International Desk: Prevention is better than cure – but when it comes to Covid, what happens when people can’t get the vaccine, don’t want it, or they’re immune suppressed and it…
Read More »Progress of Matarbari power plant construction now 42 pc
Staff Correspondent: The overall progress of the 1200-megawatt Matarbari coal-fired power plant project is now around 42 percent while the implementation of Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contract are around 52.11 percent.The Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh…
Read More »Bumper maize output likely as harvest continues in Rangpur
Rangpur Correspondent: Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and farmers are expecting a bumper maize production as its harvest continues with excellent yield rate in Rangpur agriculture region this season.Meanwhile, farmers are happy getting…
Read More »Tk 49,696cr tax dues for
legal wranglesIndustry Desk: With a weak legal capacity in fighting tax cases, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been witnessing an increasing number of businessmen resorting to courts over tax disputes, a tactic economists term a…
Read More »CDA inspects various dev mega projects to alleviate water logging
Chattogram Bureau: Chairman of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) M Zahirul Alam Dobhas has inspected various development projects being implemented by the CDA including mega projects to alleviate water logging.CDA Chairman inspected the ongoing works under Chaktai…
Read More »Mim on small screen again for Eid drama!
Entertainment: Actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim left small screen drama after being busy in movies. It has been several years. Currently the new news is soon this heroine will be seen in the TV drama again.…
Read More »Heavy showers, swelling rivers inundate Southern coastal areas
Satkhira Correspondent: The low-lying areas of Burigoalini union in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar upazila have been inundated following heavy showers and the onrush of river water ahead of Cyclone Yaas.Some 15 areas, including Gabura, Koikhali, Munshiganj and Padmapukur…
Read More »Litchi trading goes onamid corona in Rajshahi
Rajshahi Bureau: Trading and marketing of litchi has reached peak everywhere in the region involving hundreds of labourers both males and females in harvesting, segregating and transportation of the delicious seasonal fruit amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Market…
Read More »Highly use of fake TIN, NID raises concern
Government is being deprived of huge amount of revenue collection Golam Mostafa Jibon: The use of fake Tax Identification Number (TIN) gained by submitting fake NID has increased abnormally in which the government is being deprived…
Read More »China calls for UN council action, slams US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the UN Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. He also blamed the US for the council’s lack of action…
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