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Bottled soybean oil disappearing from shelves again to spark price-gouging concerns

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- After a brief period of stability, bottled soybean oil has once again begun to disappear from markets in the capital, triggering concerns over supply manipulation and price-gouging a... Read More


Saint Martin's Island to remain closed for nine months

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- All tourist vessels to Saint Martin's Island will cease operations from January 31, with the government prohibiting travel to the country's only coral island from February to October... Read More


Dhaka's air "unhealthy'' this morning

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 181 at 9:10am this morning (January 31, ... Read More


Green-data centre under PPP to be set up in Ctg

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Country's maiden green-data centre will be established near the port city of Chattogram to encourage foreign investment and provide cheaper services. The Asian Development Bank (ADB... Read More


Fuel prices increased by Tk 1 per litre from Feb 1

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The government has increased the prices of all four types of petroleum fuel by Tk 1 per litre, effective February 1, according to a gazette notification from the Energy and Mineral R... Read More


DB arrests three snatchers

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested three suspects of a mugging incident in which they attempted to snatch Tk 450,000 from a cattle trader at Rampura in t... Read More


Sarjis Alam ties the knot

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Sarjis Alam, a prominent leader of the Anti Discrimination Students Movement (ADSM), has gotten married. Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, an adviser to the interim government, congratulat... Read More


Persistent headwinds and concerns in external sector

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Amid the prevailing bleak macroeconomic scenario and the pressure on several fronts, the external sector performance during the first half of FY25 offers some much needed and welcome... Read More


BAU's Physics Department officially moves to Faculty of Engineering after 61 years

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The Physics Department of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has been officially transferred from the Faculty of Agriculture to the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Tech... Read More


US Coast Guard partners with Bangladesh to improve port security

Dhaka, Jan. 30 -- US Coast Guard International Port Security (IPS) Program representatives conducted a Country Assessment with the Bangladesh Department of Shipping last week, said a spokesman of the ... Read More