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Vegetable prices quadruple from farm to market

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Vegetable prices are soaring in Dhaka's retail markets-almost four times higher than what farmers receive in producing regions. The steep price difference, experts say, stems from m... Read More


'Gaza's Rafah crossing to reopen Tuesday'

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- An EU mission at the Rafah border point between Gaza and Egypt will resume following the ceasefire, with the pedestrian crossing due to reopen on October 14, Italy said Friday. The ... Read More


No uncertainty over election in Feb Press Secretary

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that there was no uncertainty over the upcoming parliamentary election scheduled to be held in early February next year. He assert... Read More


Eminent academic Syed Manzoorul Islam dies

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Syed Manzoorul Islam, emeritus professor of English at the University of Dhaka and a distinguished writer, passed away on Friday at the age of 74. He breathed his last at 5pm on 10 ... Read More


Extreme heat hits BD economy

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Severe impacts of climate change hits Bangladesh with rising temperature that is increasingly crossing tolerable limits. Such warming caused national economic loss of Tk 21,000 cror... Read More


A party trying to take bureaucracy under control: Fakhrul

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused the government of trying to bring the bureaucracy under the influence of a single party as the national election a... Read More


Cops held 1,711 nationwide

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Police have arrested 1,711 people in a series of nationwide raids over a 24-hour period, recovering firearms and sharp weapons, according to a statement from the Police Headquarters ... Read More


Shahidul to return home today

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday after joining a Free Palestine campaign, is expected to r... Read More


Jamaat says election field bumpy, calls for plebiscite on PR system

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- In a pointed challenge to the interim government's handling of Bangladesh's transition toward elections, the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday accused sections of th... Read More


BD becomes world's worst-performing equity mkt in Sept

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Bangladesh's equity market was the worst performer globally in September, as the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plunged 3.2 percent amid broad-based profit-booking... Read More