Bangladesh
TCB to sell onion at Tk 35 per kg from Monday
State-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will sell onion at Tk 35 per kilogramme from tomorrow.
Pollution: Two real estate companies fined in city
A mobile court on Sunday fined two real estate companies for keeping construction materials on the footpaths and streets causing pollution in city’s Gulshan area on Sunday.
CAB pleads for reducing power tariff
Describing the current move for raising power tariff as illogical and unfair, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) on Sunday said the government can reduce the power tariff instead of raising it if certain measures are taken to check the misuse and unnecessary expenditures.
Padma trawler capsize: 2 bodies recovered
The bodies of two workers, who remained missing after a stone-laden trawler sank in the Padma River at Debgram Kawaljani in Goalanda upazila on Friday afternoon, were recovered on Sunday.
Govt wants to bring back Bangabandhu’s killers during ‘Mujib Borsho’
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said the government wants to bring back furtive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the killers of the intellectuals during the “Mujib Borsho” marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.
Expelled PEC students’ re-examinations on Dec 24,26 & 28
The re-examinations of the expelled Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee students will be held on December 24, 26 and 28.
Acute respiratory infection claims 16 lives in Nov-Dec
At least 16 people died because of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) across the country in the months of November and December.
‘Criminal’ killed in Noakhali ‘gunfight’
An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Amishapara of Sonaimuri upazila in the district early Sunday.
Don’t compromise on ideals, President to teachers
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged teachers not to compromise on their ideals, and devote themselves more to acquiring knowledge and disseminating those among their students.
Elections to DNCC, DSCC on Jan 30
The elections to two city corporations -- Dhaka South and North –- will be held on January 30 next, according to a schedule announced by Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday.