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  • Legal arms but illegal use …!

    UP polls being polluted Special Correspondent: The use of legal arms has increased in different illegal activities across the country especially centering the Union Parishad elections scheduled to be held at different places by rotation.From influential politicians to top businessmen, contractors, terrorists, extortionists, various classes of people are using legally…

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  • Transport strike continues

    Launch owners start from todayConsumers face price hikeDiscussion with minister fails Mahfuja Mukul: The transport owners and workers associations have decided to continue the ongoing country-wide transport strike until the additional fuel price is withdrawn. Transport owners in port city have halted the strike but the vessel owners’ association yesterday…

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  • PM monitoring situation over fuel price hike: Quader

    Staff Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterdaysaid Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is monitoring the situation evolving in the country following the fuel price hike.Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remarks at a briefing at his official residence in the morning.“The government has re-fixed the…

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  • Transport strike badly hits exports

    Sudden closure of trucks, cargo and covered-vans have created big obstacle Golam Mostafa Jibon : The indefinite transport strike that going on across the country including the capital protesting to the rising of fuel oil prices, has caused of hampering the export activities besides the public sufferings. It may take…

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  • Hasina for changing traditional lens of BD-UK relations

    At 50, Bangladesh still an unfolding story, she says Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said time has come to change the traditional lens of Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations.“Indeed, it’s time for a ‘reset’ in Bangladesh-UK bilateral relations. We need to change the traditional lens we use to view our…

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  • Rebased GDP increases per capita income by almost 16pc

    Per capita income now $2554 with new base year as 2015-16 Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s per capita income has increased to $2554 (USD) from $2227, a jump of nearly 16 percent, thanks to a new base year for calculating the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).The government recently finalized 2015-16 as the…

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  • ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ to be implemented in 2030: Saima

    Industry Desk: ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ which has been presented at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will be implemented in 2030 and it needs local and foreign funds.Saima Wazed Hossain Putul, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neuro Developmental Disorders and World…

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  • LPG price increased, 12kg cylinder now Tk 1313

    Staff Correspondent: In the private sector, the maximum retail price of 12kg cylinder LPG including VAT has been increased from Tk 1,259 to Tk 1,313. The new price will be effective from November.The new price was announced at a press conference at the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) office in…

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  • Policy support instrumental for renewable energy development: Experts

    Staff Correspondent: Speakers at a webinar have urged the government to set the renewable energy as a priority sector to scale up its use saying that policy support is instrumental for its development.“There’re huge potentials for renewable energy, especially solar power, for different sectors, including irrigation, and motor vehicle recharging,”…

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  • Owners, workers declare shutdown of bus-truck plying today

    Protest of fuel price hike Staff Correspondent: Owners and workers have announced the shutdown of running buses and trucks across the country from today morning in protest of rising fuel prices.Khandaker Enayet Ullah, secretary general of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association, told reporters yesterday afternoon.He said the BRTA “proposed…

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