Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has decided to reduce the gold price by Tk 1,983 per bhori. With the new rate effective from Tuesday, price of 22-carat gold was reduced from Tk 99,144 to Tk 97,161 per bhori, according to a press release issued by BAJUS. BAJUS said the rate was re-fixed as the prices of pure gold declined in the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on a few parliament members as they are advocating against Article 70 in the Constitution despite the article has given sustainability to the government and thus the development. “Article 70 has given protection to democracy alongside further strengthening it to reach its benefit to the people. But, a few of our ...

Describing the Election Commission’s plan to hold elections to five city corporations by June this year as a trap of the government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party will not be lured into the plot. “This time people and BNP won’t step into any trap of the government…we’ll overturn their trap,” he said while ...

Want your medicines to be more effective? Research suggests that turning up your favourite song while popping the pills may be of help soon. While previous studies have used music-listening interventions as a tool to treat pain and anxiety, a team from the Michigan State University in the US took a novel approach by studying the effects of music-listening interventions ...

The demand for train tickets increases two to three times during Eid. But the number of trains does not increase compared to that. So most people have to depend on road. As passengers have to pay extra fare, there is also risk of accidents. To alleviate this suffering, the railway department has launched special trains in the eastern part of ...

Ganashasthaya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has been kept on life support. He was taken to life support on Monday noon, said Ganashasthaya Kendra press adviser Jahangir Alam Mintu. He is currently under the treatment of Professor Brigadier General (Retd) Dr Mamun Mustafi, head of the Nephrology Department of Ganashasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College. He said, “The condition ...

AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker of Cumilla-6 constituency, Cumilla Shop Owners Association, Cumilla City Mayor Arfanul Haque Rifat Panel Mayor Manzoor Quader Moni, donated Tk 26 lakh to the traders of Bangabazar which was burnt to ashes in a massive fire last week. The Awami League leader handed over a check for Tk 26 lakh to Helal Uddin, president of Bangladesh ...

The austerity in public spending will continue in the next fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) in a bid to ease the escalating tension over economic uncertainty. The Planning Commission is likely to resort to priority-based ADP fund release in FY 2023-24 like the current fiscal year, the commission suggested. No unnecessary new projects will be picked up while special ...

The country’s total population stood at 16,98,28,911, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022. Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE), some 46,70,295 people have been added to the initially enumerated population and thus the total number of population stood at 16,98,28,911, reports BSS. Out of the ...

Arsenal’s failure to end their Anfield hoodoo by throwing away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 away to Liverpool on Sunday has opened the door for Manchester City to snatch the Premier League title away from the Gunners. Mikel Arteta’s men still lead by six points at the top of the table, but for the first time in nearly two ...