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Izzy, who is 18 and works at McDonald’s, says she is still witnessing “disgusting behaviour”, months after the BBC revealed sexual abuse claims at the fast food chain. She is one of more than 160 people who have approached the BBC with allegations after our investigation. They include claims of sexual assault, harassment, racism and bullying. McDonald’s said it was ...

Fans of the caramel bar Caramac have been left “devastated” after Nestlé confirmed it is discontinuing the sweet. Nestlé said it was “a difficult decision” but pointed to slower sales in recent years. Caramac was launched more than 60 years ago, quickly gaining popularity thanks to its distinctive red and yellow wrapper and caramel flavour. It comes as rival brands ...

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will import a huge quantity of soybean oil and lentil for its open market sale (OMS) programme while the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will import fertiliser from international market to meet the local demand. State-owned Petrobangla will import LNG from international spot market. Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting, with ...

Post Office customers will soon be able to send parcels over the counter using DPD and Evri delivery services. It is the first time in the Post Office’s 360-year history that people can choose to use companies other than Royal Mail. The new service will begin in selected stores in time for the peak Christmas delivery season, said the Post ...

The first shipment of eggs from India has arrived in the country at costing Tk 7.23 per piece including duty. This egg imported from India entered Bangladesh through Benapole land port, Jessore in a truck on Monday, reports UNB. The government issued import permits for 1.0 crore pieces. In the first shipment, one private trader imported 61,950. After being processed ...

British Steel plans to close down its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The business, owned by China’s Jingye Group, wants to replace them with two electric arc furnaces – one at Scunthorpe and one at Teesside. The construction is expected to take between two and three years. British Steel said it aimed to transform ...

Dhaka metro rail compartments were seen brimming with commuters this morning, just a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Agargaon-Motijheel route. This occurred simultaneously with reports of arson violence across the capital amidst a 48-hour road, rail, and waterways blockade organized by BNP, Jamaat, and other like-minded opposition parties nationwide. Commuters in Dhaka were boarding the train in ...

One of the world’s biggest shipping firms is to cut 3,500 more jobs due to lower freight rates and demand, BBC reports. AP Moller-Maersk already cut 6,500 roles earlier this year as part of “rigorous cost containment measures” but said more redundancies were needed. The firm, which transports goods for major retailers such as Nike, said profits had plunged by ...

Following the government’s decision to allow imports of potatoes to bring down prices in local markets, a total of 77 tonnes of the goods have been imported into the country in the last three days According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the government has granted permission for the import of 1.07 lakh tonnes of potatoes, but as of now, only ...

The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while, especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply because of the Israel-Hamas war. In a statement, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee indicated that inflation, ...