The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) on Monday fined two companies Tk 8.44 crore on the charge of abnormally hiking the price of broiler chicken. Of the two institutions, the commission fined Kazi Farms Tk 5 crore and Suguna Food and Feeds Tk 3.44 crore in two cases, BCC said at a press release on Monday night. It said the companies ...

New Zealand sealed two wins in two matches in the World Cup after clinching a victory over Netherlands by big margin of 99 runs in the sixth game of the contest on Monday. The Blackcaps bowled the Duthces out for 223 while defending 322 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Most of the Dutch batters got starts but ...

Palestinian factions in Lebanon are eager to open a second front against Israel if the Shia-backed group Hezbollah leads the charge, fighters and analysts said. “Wherever [Israel] is ready for [the fight] to happen, it will happen,” said Ahmed Habet, a member of the Palestinian party Fatah in Burj al-Barajneh, a refugee camp in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, reports Al Jazeera. ...

The IMF and World Bank gather in Morocco Monday for their first annual meetings on African soil in 50 years, under pressure to reform to better aid poor nations blighted by debt and climate change. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank traditionally hold their annual gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors outside their Washington headquarters every three ...

The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Act, 2013 with a provision to appoint administrators in Union Parishads on the expiry of five-year tenure of the elected representatives. The approval came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in the capital, UNB reports. “The ...

BNP on Monday told the visiting joint IRI and NDI pre-election assessment mission of the US that no credible election is possible under the current regime which has given vote rigging an institutional shape. “We have naturally told them (US team) that no impartial election is possible under Sheikh Hasina,” said BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Briefing ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said there is no possibility of any punitive measures or sanctions by any country against Bangladesh before the next national elections. He said this while speaking to reporters at the State Guest House Padma after his meeting with Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation Diana Janse on Monday. The minister ...

During the auspicious period of Navratri, devotees honour the divine feminine energy and engage in spiritual practices such as fasting, prayer, and meditation. The Navratri meal suggestions shared with IANSlife by Hansaji, Director of The Yoga Institute and President of the Indian Yoga Association, not only conform to fasting traditions but also support a yogic lifestyle, boosting physical and mental ...

Did you know that diabetes and cardiovascular disease are closely linked? In the realm of health, the relationship between heart and diabetes is pivotal. These two conditions, each impactful in their own, are intricately linked in ways that affect millions. As per research, people with diabetes are twice as likely to develop some form of heart disease in their lifetime. ...

Sreemangal Correspondent : The traditional Karam festival of small ethnic groups living in tea gardens was celebrated with colorful arrangements in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila. Manipuri Lalitakala Academy at Kamalganj organized the programme on Sunday afternoon at Kakiachhara Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in collaboration with Moulvibazar District Tea Community Tribal Front under the patronage Ministry of Culture. Moulvibazar-4 seat MP ...