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BERC slashes furnace oil price by Tk 15.90 per litre

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday reduced the retail price of furnace oil supplied by the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) by Tk 15.90 per litre, eff... Read More


Teesta River management project to begin soon, hopes Chinese envoy

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday said Dhaka and Beijing have been engaged in long-standing discussions over the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoratio... Read More


Any attempt to undermine Dhaka-Beijing ties will fail: China

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Praising Bangladesh's 'Bangladesh First' policy, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday said any attempt to undermine cooperation between China and Bangladesh, or with an... Read More


4 get life term for rape in Dhaka

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced four people to life imprisonment for violating a young girl at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka in 2009. Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribu... Read More


Bogura-6, Sherpur-3 by-election to by April 14: EC Masud

, Feb. 22 -- The Election Commission will hold by-elections to two parliamentary seats -- Bogura-6 and Sherpur-3-- by April 14 next, said Election Commissioner Rahmanel Masud on Sunday. "The by-elect... Read More


Work first, words later, says Amir Khosru

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said his priority would be to focus on work rather than making premature statements. "We want to talk less and work more," h... Read More


China (Hong Kong) firm to invest $19.59m in RMG factory at Uttara EPZ

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Tianford Bangladesh Textile Co., Ltd., a China (Hong Kong)-based company, has signed a land lease agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to establish... Read More


Motorbike accidents behind 4 in 10 road deaths in January: Report

, Feb. 22 -- Motorbike accidents accounted for more than four out of every 10 road deaths in January, as road crashes across Bangladesh claimed 586 lives, according to a report released by Bangladesh ... Read More


DU VC Niaz Ahmed Khan resigns

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Chancellor (VC) Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan resigned on Sunday. He submitted his resignation letter to Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon at the Ministry of Education in the m... Read More


Good bye Saleem Samad our old friend

Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- So, the ultimate noisy, brattish, flippant, hyper serious Saleem Samad is gone. To the world he was the fearless journalist and media activist but to us he was our old from Shaheen s... Read More