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  • E-commerce firms must return consumers’ money by March 31: DG

    Staff Correspondent: E-commerce firms must pay back their consumers’ money by March 31 next, else they will face legal actions, said Director General of the Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection AHM Shafiquzzaman yesterday. He made the remark at a function arranged at the Commerce Ministry’s Conference room on the…

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  • Country is now under cent percent electrification

    PM to officially announce today Golam Mostafa Jibon: The present government is going to create a record by bringing the whole country under cent percent electrification. The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expecting to officially announce about cent percent electrification in the country today.The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the…

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  • High commodity prices, inflation to cause further inequality: CPD

    Industry Desk: The struggles faced by the country’s poor and low-income group – which began with the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 – have now worsened by the rampant rise of the prices of essentials commodities.The pressure of price hikes and inflation will further increase inequality in Bangladesh as a…

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  • 3-day public hearing beings today

    Gas tariff hike proposal Staff Correspondent: A 3-day public hearing on the proposed gas tariff hike at retail level will begin today.Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hold the hearing at the BIAM Auditorium in the city from 10 am to 5 pm everyday on March 21-24 to listen to…

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  • Strict nonstop monitoring can control commodity prices

    Staff Correspondent: Experts have suggested that the government’s uninterrupted strict market monitoring both at wholesale and retail levels can contain the price hike of daily essentials, blaming the global pandemic and recent Russia-Ukraine war for rising price of commodities.They also stressed imposing ban on hoarding of essential commodities, motivating people…

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  • BD up 7 notches on happiness index

    Staff Correspondent: Moving up seven notches on the Happiness Index, Bangladesh was ranked 101st among 149 countries of the world this year. The country ranked the 101st happiest last year and 107th in 2020.According to World Happiness Report 2022 published on Friday, Finland was the happiest country for the fifth…

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  • When Buriganga will get new life with Jamuna water?

    Buriganga River Restoration project Golam Mostafa Jibon: The water of Jamuna is yet to reach at Buriganga river even after spending crores of Taka in the name of Buriganga River Restoration project. As a result, question is spiraling that when the Buriganga will get new life with Jamuna water through…

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  • Bangabandhu’s 102 nd
    birth anniversary today

    Industry Desk: The country is set to celebrate the 102nd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2022 today in a befitting manner.On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the vivacious leader of the Bangalee nation, the architect of independent Bangladesh and the…

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  • Overseas job market
    shrinking day by day

    Inward remittance may affect Mahfuz Emran: Overseas migration for works have drastically fall down due to the lack of skilled manpower, high migration cost, ticket syndicate, harassment in airport by immigration police, free visa trans, economic debacle for pandemic and war in the recent months. Concern ministry is also reluctant…

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  • PM urges BAF members to boost skills to achieve goals

    Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of Bangladesh Air Force to maintain professional skills, discipline and patriotism to accomplish the national goals.“It is impossible to achieve the goals without hard work, discipline and patriotism. I hope you will be aware of these and will build yourselves…

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