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Enforcement of the Consumers Rights Protection Law has become an urgent need for ensuring safe food and protecting public health from various non-communicable diseases. Many people are being attacked with various deadly diseases like cancer, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis and cardiac and kidney ail...
Thirty-five-year-old Rasheeda (not real name) was happy with her two children. Her husband Karim is an expatriate in a country of the Middle East. He visited every year for 15 days to one month at his residence in Bangladesh.Last time Karim came here five months ago. After his return, Rasheeda could...
Country, Districts
A Chapainawabganj court on Thursday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case.Senior Sessions Judge Md. Adeeb Ali gave this verdict in presence of the convict. The convicted was Raju, 21, son of Mofizul Islam of Rasulpur village under Shibganj upazila of the district. The court also f...
Business & Commerce
State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu on Friday said 50,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of onion from India will enter Bangladesh's market within a short time. "The first truckload of onions will arrive from India next week. A total of 50 thousand MTs of onion will come to the country grad...
Many of the grassroots farmers have become successful along with boosting their level of confidence through safe vegetable farming in the region, including its vast Barind tract.As the demand of vegetables is gradually increasing the farmers both male and female, are becoming habituated to its farmi...
City
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Friday said there is no scope to change the government without holding elections. "If you want to change the government, another election will have to be held. There is scope to change the government without polls," he told a press co...
Chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Language Veteran and valiant Freedom Fighter Advocate Ghulam Arieff Tipoo (93) died of old-age complications at LabAid Hospital in the capital Friday morning.“Tipoo had been suffering from old-age complications for long and was...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government is trying to identify those who are involved in market syndicates and hoarders.The government is also investigating whether BNP has any link with the syndicate and hoarders, he said.&...
Russia on Thursday showed keen interest to establish direct air-connectivity between Dhaka and Moscow to enhance people-to-people ties between two friendly countries.Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy expressed this interest during a meeting with Bangladesh Civil aviation and tour...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has set minimum age range for non-bank financial institutions (NBFI). From now on, no one below the age of 45 or above 75 can be appointed as an independent director of a NBFI, said a BB circular on Thursday. Besides, the salary against the post cannot be more than Tk ...
Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) is implementing the Extended Community Climate Change Project-Drought (ECCCP-Drought) aimed at increasing the resilience of drought-affected communities in the Barind region of Bangladesh.The project, co-funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will provide vario...
A mobile court in a drive here realised Tk 3 lakh as fine from the owners of three brick kilns for manufacturing bricks without permission of the Department of Environment and various other irregularities in Charfashion upazila of the district Wednes...
At least 98 ethnic students were provided with scholarship, by-cycles and cash money by the government in Gobindaganj upazila here. The government assistance was offered to inspire the ethnic children for studying and help them run their academic activities to make them worthy citizens of the c...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government is determined to create a labour-friendly environment in the country as he addressed International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body’s 350th session in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday. “The go...
Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said that the inclusion of women in political parties leads the country towards a more effective democracy. She made the remarks while participating in the discussion titled 'Leveraging Parliamentary Democracy for Polit...
In commemoration of International Women's Day- 2024, Aviation and Tourism Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (ATJFB)in collaboration with Biman Bangladesh Airlines today awarded 10 distinguished women for their exceptional contributions to the development journey of Bangladesh's aviation, touri...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP has taken stance against the people's religious sentiment and values by declaring to continue programme during the month of Ramadan."Ramadan is a month of self-restraint. But BNP leader...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday said withdrawal of the Indian army from the soil of independent Bangladesh within shortest time was possible because of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's foresighted leadership, towering personality and deep friendship with I...
Ensuring access to fuel including renewable energies to the urban poor and other marginalised people can be the best way of fulfilling their existing fuel demands.There are enormous prospects of promoting renewable energies through the best uses of existing natural resources in the region. Expe...
Three people were killed and three others injured in two separate road accidents in Chunarughat and Bahubol upazilas of the district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Johur Mia, 55, Nurul Amin, 35, and Bishal Urang, 20. Johur Mia and Nurul Amin were the residents in Putujuri area in B...
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