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World food production must increase by 70 percent by 2050, to nourish a human population then likely to be 9.1 billion, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation forecast

Leaders of BNP and its associate bodies strongly condemned and protested the authorities concerned for not allowing the visitors to call on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Mainul Road cantonment residence

A Dhaka University student was killed allegedly by her husband in the city’s Mirpur on Saturday while three others died in separate incidents during the Sunday-Tuesday Eid holidays. Police took DU student

The bustling capital is still in the holiday mood. It was yet to return to its usual look yesterday – the first office day after the Eid vacation. Most of the offices, industrial units, business establishments, shopping

Newly appointed Janata Bank Chairman economist Abul Barakat has set a new example of austerity and simplicity at the top level of management, insiders say. Upon joining the bank on September 14 prior to

Durga Puja, the biggest religious annual festival of the Hindu community, begins today across the country with due solemnity and great devotion to the deity that incarnates an invincible power of all

Sufferings of patients in the city hospitals mounted during Eid vacation because of shortage of doctors and nurses. Patients from Savar, Gazipur and Narayanganj had to throng Dhaka Medical College and

At least 14 people, including three housewives were murdered across the country in the last four days since Sunday morning. Five people were killed in Dhaka and one each in Savar, Rangpur, Narsingdi, Comilla,

Like in the previous years, patients this year too found it difficult to get medical treatment at hospitals and clinics in Dhaka and on its outskirts during the Eid holidays, as most of the doctors and other

More than 120 world leaders meet yesterday on the heels of a climate change summit to tackle other crucial issues on the international agenda from terrorism and the spread of nuclear weapons to growing

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who leaves for New York tomorrow (September 21) to attend the 64th UN General Assembly session, will focus her speech on the adverse impacts of climate change and global

A good number of patients taking medication for mild swine flu have left hospitals and are believed to have joined the streams of homebound people ignoring the warnings of health experts and heightening

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for concerted efforts to free the society from corruption for achieving desired progress at all levels. “The BNP-Jamaat-led

The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid on her return home on Saturday after performing Umrah in Makkah. Khaleda said

The government proposes to amend the Public Procurement Rules to allow “single-stage two-envelope” method in submitting bids and draw of lots to select a contractor. But the government

Branches of banks throughout the country are left in great risk during the Eid holidays as the authorities failed to improve strongroom security as asked by Bangladesh Bank to secure money and

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Friday sought cooperation from all concerned, including World Bank, to help make Bangladesh a middle-income country by 2021. She sought the cooperation when

A total of 40 leading climate change scientists of the world in a statement urged the global leaders to cut down emission at least by 40 per cent to keep temperatures below 2°C and avoid dangerous climate

At least 23 million Muslims worldwide have been fasting this Ramadan amid conflicts and disasters, British Charity Oxfam and Muslim Aid revealed this week. They said it was one of the hardest periods

Leaders of the national committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports yesterday said they would accept any formal invitation of the government for a dialogue on