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Banks, bourses open Saturday

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Banks and stock markets will remain open on Saturday, along with government offices, ahead of a five-day Durga Puja holiday. Despite being a weekly holiday, banking services and sto... Read More


Salmon gets a poultry-fed makeover: FT

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Europe's leading salmon producers are turning to chicken byproducts in fish feed as fishmeal prices rise, despite concerns that consumers may find the practice unnatural, the Financi... Read More


Clocked in: Leap hour to replace leap second

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- International timekeeping delegates have agreed to replace the leap second with a leap hour from next year, aiming to reduce the risk of technical failures adjusting to global time, ... Read More


Imran Khan's girlfriend is all hearts amid India exit row

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Bollywood actor Imran Khan's girlfriend Lekha Washington has shared a message of love on social media after Indian authorities ordered him to leave the country over his participation... Read More


Sundarbans sapling survival plunges as forest shifts

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The Sundarbans is changing from the ground up. More than half its seedlings died between 2010 and 2020, while those that survived grew rapidly. Beneath the world's largest mangrove ... Read More


Gulshan's 'German Club' raided over illegal liquor sales

Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has raided an entertainment venue known as the "German Club" in Dhaka's Gulshan over allegations of illegal alcohol sales. The venue's mana... Read More


Is AI conscious? Tech firms are betting it might be

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Some of the world's most powerful technology companies are beginning to treat artificial intelligence as though it might have feelings -- a shift that experts warn could have sweepin... Read More


Sound grenades used to break up Gazipur worker protest

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Police have deployed sound grenades to disperse factory workers who blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur's Sreepur to demand back pay. Workers of C Stage BD Limited took ... Read More


Dhaka seeks US action after Yunus harassment

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Former interim government chief advisor Muhammad Yunus has received protocol and security assistance from the Bangladesh Consulate in New York to travel to another US state after bei... Read More


PROGGA seeks urgent approval of food labelling rules

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Research and advocacy organisation PROGGA has urged the government to urgently finalise regulations that require warning labels on packaged foods high in salt, sugar, and saturated f... Read More