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Extension of EGBM project unlikely The government is less likely to continue recruiting top executives for the state-owned commercial banks from outside the banks after the tenures of the present managing directors of Sonali and Janata banks end in

Experts on Tipaimukh Project Dhaka should press for joint impact assessment As a few reports on the impact of Tipaimukh project on Indian territories were published in India, Bangladesh should negotiate for a joint impact-assessment on both countries with experts of Bangladesh and India,

Prices of most essentials record rise Prices of most of the essential commodities, particularly green chillies and all kinds of vegetables, marked a sharp rise in the city’s kitchen markets this week compared with their prices in the previous week. The prices of most

Hundreds of thousands of residents of old Dhaka, the most densely populated area in the city, live daily amid deadly fire risks from the teeming factories and workshops that line the streets of Lalbagh, Armanitola and

Malaysia decided to continue the freeze on hiring workers from Bangladesh although it allowed electronics and textile sectors again to recruit foreign workers, reported Malaysian newspaper The Star Online

Staple foods such as rice and wheat remain expensive in many developing countries despite a fall in international prices, making life tough for millions of people, a UN agency warned Thursday. Cereal prices in many African, Asian and Latin American countries are 25 per cent higher than before the start of the food crisis

Bikash Kumar Biswas, one of the most wanted criminals by the police, was sent to jail again on Friday after being arrested at the jail gate soon after he was freed on bail on Thursday after 12 years in jail. The Joydevpur police produced

Internal rivalry grips JCD The recently formed committee of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), students’ wing of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has failed to form a full-fledged committee even two weeks after BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia

A father filed a case with Gomostapur Police Station yesterday accusing some unidentified people of brutal torture on his son allegedly for shallow machine theft in the locality. The victim was Tobarak, 33, a mechanic and son of Taimur Rahman of Boalia village under Gomostapur

Around 47,000 children were born last year in addition to the general population increase in the country due to unexpected pregnancies caused by an acute shortage of contraceptives, according to a study. The study said that the total loss caused to sufferers due to a shortage of oral pills, injections and condoms during the period ... Read more

Sixty-four government and non-government secondary schools are running without headmasters and assistant headmasters in the district amid serious difficulties in academic and administrative activities. Sources say none of the three government schools and 61 of the 281 non-government institutions have headmasters in six upazilas

Rice traders, food officials manipulate procurement, relief to make a mint Massive irregularities have gripped the public food distribution and procurement system in Kushtia as a section of food officials in connivance with dishonest rice traders are pocketing huge money through a ‘buyback’

Two members of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party are likely to be included in the parliamentary delegation which will visit the site of India’s controversial Tipaimukh project in the upstream of trans-boundary Barak river. ‘We want the delegation to be all-party, and we don’t want to keep any confusion in public mind,’ the head ... Read more

Cops clash with protesters amid tension between ethnic Muslims and Han majority Tensions between ethnic Muslims and China’s Han majority in the far western Xinjiang region erupted in riots that killed 140 people and injured 828, an official said yesterday, marking the deadliest unrest to hit the volatile area in decades.A peaceful protest Sunday of ... Read more

The internet service providers doing business on the Dhaka University campus are going to wrap up their business in the face of growing extortion reportedly by Chhatra League activists.  The activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student of the ruling Awami League, were learned to have either been demanding extortion from the ISPs or free ... Read more

A new agri-loan policy is going to be introduced from next week aiming to help country’s poor farmers through providing them soft-term loan from a huge fund worth around Tk 11,000 crore. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman unveiled the plan in reply to reporters after discussion with President Zillur Rahman in a meeting at ... Read more

Imports of two major commodities-edible oil and onion-are likely to be increased substantially ahead of the holy month of Ramzan, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB). According to BB’s data released here yesterday, the total number of the Letters of Credit (LCs) opened for importing edible oil increased by 215.73 per cent in the past ... Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION Dhaka hesitant to campaign for global fund Dhaka seems to be hesitant in launching an international campaign to claim compensation for climate change effects the country is exposed to, despite earmarking a significant amount of domestic resources for funding relevant

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to increase the lending limit for the exporters under the Export Development Fund (EDF). According to a central bank circular issued on June 30, the lending limit for individual exporter has been increased to 2 million US

Advertisement professionals yesterday expressed concern over the raid, and seizure of equipment, computers and valuable documents of advertising firm Adcom and its associate organisations. They demanded that the authorities return the seized things, and resolve the problem, says a press