The prices of imported edible oil, sugar and flour are higher in Bangladesh despite a drop in the international market. The disparity became evident in reports of Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) and Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). According to the last report of BTC, the price of crude soybean oil in the international market was 32 per cent less on ...
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Bangladesh see opportunity to clinch first series win against Pakistan
After ending their 16-year long Pakistan jinx, Bangladesh now have the opportunity to clinch a series win for the first time against their sub-continent rivals. The second ODI of the three-match series is scheduled for 2:30pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh won the first match comprehensively by 79 runs on Friday. Bangladesh captain Mashrafe ...
Read More »Bangladeshis from Yemen return
Some 337 Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen have reached home in two special flights of Biman from India’s southern state of Kerala. They were evacuated by the Indian naval ships and later carried by passenger ships to Kochi port in Kerala state on Saturday. Biman Bangladesh Airlines flights carried them to Dhaka from there early on Sunday. The first flight landed ...
Read More »1 killed in Sylhet road accident
One person was killed in a auto-rickshaw collided with a pick-up van today in Sylhet-Sunamgonj Highway’s Tukerbazar area. The deceased was Sunafor ali of Kalarukha under the Sylhet sadar Upazila. Jakir Hossain, sub-inspector of Jalalabad Police Station, said the accident occurred on morning 11.00 pm leaving him dead on the spot.
Read More »Bangladesh break 16-year Pakistan hoodoo with emphatic win
Bangladesh have finally broken their 16-year old Pakistan jinx in all forms of cricket in some style, crushing them by 79 runs with a superlative all-round show in the first ODI in Mirpur. Two scintillating centuries by opener Tamim Iqbal (132) and wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (106) powered the Tigers to a daunting 329 for 6 – their highest total in ...
Read More »2 killed, 3 injured road accident in Habiganj
Rakil Hussain, Habigonj : At least Two people were killed road accidents in Habiganj districts on Friday. two men were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Olipur in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shohel Miah, 28, hailing from Sribaur village in ...
Read More »Lightning kills 6 in Sunamganj
At least six people, mostly farmers, have been killed and three others injured in Sunamganj after being struck by lightning during a nor’wester, police say, reports sylhetmirror.com Five of them died, in separate incidents, while working in paddy fields at Dirai Upazila on Friday afternoon. They are – labourer Milad Mia, 30, and farmers Jamshed Ali, 45, Gyanendra Das, 50, ...
Read More »Sylhet-Ctg train link resumes
Train communications of Dhaka with Chittagong, Sylhet and Kishoreganj were restored after one hour of suspension following derailment of the engine of a train at Bhairab Rail Station on Friday. Khalilur Rahman, station master of Bhairab Rail Station, said two wheels of the Kishoreganj-bound ‘Egaro Sindhu’ train from Dhaka veered off the track around 11:00am when it reached the station, ...
Read More »50 injured in Habiganj land dispute
At least 50 people have been injured during a clash over an abandoned land of the government dispute at Azmariganj upazila of Habiganj. Of the injured, 15 were admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital, said Azmariganj OC Taimur Bakth Chowdhury. The OC said there was a long-standing dispute between Abdus Shahid and Sabaj Miah over a piece of abandoned land of ...
Read More »Robi launches PDB bill payment service in Sylhet
Cellular phone operator Robi launched electricity bill payment service facility for Power Development Board (PDB) in Sylhet. The operator came up with the official announcement of the services at a ceremony at a hotel here where Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali was present as the chief guest, said a press release today. Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, and Kamrul Ahsan, Police ...
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