Garlic price on the rise, vegetables remain high
The price of garlic went up while the prices of most of the vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
Receding floods leave behind acute Aman seedling crisis
Growers have started raising their aman rice plantation once again as floodwater receded in many districts, leaving behind an acute crisis of seedlings, officials of Department of Agricultural Extension have said.
Fulchhari Ghat-Bahadurabad rly ferry service no more in use
The once busy 117-year old Balashi Ghat – Bahadurabad Ghat railway ferry service has been on paper only since the Bangabandhu Bridge across the Jamuna River was commissioned in 1998. Balshai Ghat is also known as d Fulchhari Ghat and Tistamukh Ghat.
WATER STAGNATION ON CITY ROADS: Rundown roads, dev work intensify people’s woes
The capital’s rundown roads and ongoing development and construction work under different authorities are aggravating the sufferings of citizens during the rainy season.
Two siblings’ throat-slit body recovered in city, mother held
Police recovered throat-slit bodies of two minor siblings from a house at Uttar Basabo in Dhaka on Friday night.
Gear up anti-extremism awareness, PM urges all
Reiterating her firm resolve to free the country from extremists, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all, including Alem-Ulema, to strengthen the spirit against extremism among the common people.
Aleppo doctors implore US for help
Doctors in Syria’s Aleppo made a heart-wrenching plea Thursday for the US to help civilians in the city, hit by fresh fighting despite a promised Russian aid window.
Bernicat says US urging its citizens to continue business with Bangladesh
The United States did not issue alert to its citizens asking them not to travel to Bangladesh rather encouraged them to come to the country with caution and continue business, US ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat said on Thursday.
Trade deficit falls to $6.27b in FY16 amid dull imports
The country’s trade deficit decreased to $6.27 billion in the recently concluded fiscal year 2015-16 compared with that of $6.96 billion in the FY15 amid a fall in import payments against higher export earnings.
Elephant rescued finally from Jamalpur
A 17-member team finally rescued a washed-away male elephant from a ditch of Koyra village of Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur, Thursday afternoon.
