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US makes tariff rethink conditional to 40pc value addition requirement

Dhaka, July 12 -- As a major precondition for tariff rethink, the US side wanted 40-percent local value addition to export products as the threshold during negotiations with the Bangladeshi trade dele... Read More


Cocktail blasts in front of BNP's Nayapaltan office

Dhaka, July 12 -- A crude bomb exploded outside the BNP's central office in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area on Saturday night, according to local media. The blast occurred around 9:58pm, BNP executive member... Read More


Heavy rain pushes power generation at Kaptai plant to record high

Dhaka, July 12 -- Due to heavy rain during the current monsoon season, the power generation at the Kaptai plant has increased to its highest level this year compared to the generation in the past few ... Read More


Tariff renegotiation triggers worries about local, foreign investments

Dhaka, July 12 -- Power-sector investors, particularly in the renewable-energy sector, get in dilemmas over government move to renegotiate tariffs as they say contract-time and current costs make a mi... Read More


Three science ministry projects to be axed to stop further fund drain

Dhaka, July 12 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology has sent a proposal to the Planning Commission to cancel the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Space Observatory project after spending Tk 62.2... Read More


Tk 250m realised in fines for breaching environmental rules

Dhaka, July 12 -- The government has realised Tk 250 million in fines from raids conducted across the country against brick kilns, factories and business entities that violated environmental regulatio... Read More


Killing of businessman near Mitford Hospital: Four held

Dhaka, July 12 -- Four accused have been arrested along with a firearm in connection with the brutal killing of a businessman outside Sir Salimullah Medical College, Mitford Hospital, over a dispute r... Read More


Five of a family sustain severe burn injuries in city fire

Dhaka, July 12 -- Five members of the same family, including a child, sustained severe burn injuries in a house fire at Kagjitola in the capital's Sutrapur area on Friday. The victims were identified ... Read More


Saima Wazed put on indefinite leave by WHO following ACC cases in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 12 -- Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) controversial regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been placed on indefinite leave from Friday (J... Read More


ISPR issues clarification on Army letter regarding alleged police harassment

Dhaka, July 12 -- The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) today (Saturday) issued a clarification regarding an administrative letter from the Army Headquarters that was recently circulated on socia... Read More