42 tonnes of opium poppy seeds seized in Chattogram

The custom authorities have recovered 42 tonnes of opium poppy seeds, worth around Tk 15crore, from Chattogram port.

1 lakh Pfizer jabs reach Dhaka

The first batch of 1.06 lakh doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka Monday night under the global vaccine initiative Covax facility.

Poverty should give highest priority in upcoming budget

Ensuring food for every person and their maximum health care urged to consider the most priority in the upcoming national budget for fiscal 2021-22 at Tritiyo matra on Wednesday.

Bangladesh govt reduces price of LPG cylinder of private companies

The regulatory body re-fixed the price adjusting with Saudi Contract Price.

Mango growers, traders passing busy time in season’s peak

Enamul, a mango trader from Patuakhali, said one maund of Himsagar variety of mango was being sold at Tk 1400-2000..

BNP urges govt to remove barriers to sending Khaleda abroad

Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday called upon the government..

University students to get priority in getting Covid vaccines: HM

Health minister Zahid Maleque said on Monday said that university students would get priority in Covid-19...

The rapid rise of 'red tourism' in China

Growing up in Guang'an, Zhang Yiwen always felt a closeness to late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, ..

Biden asks Americans to choose country over party as restrictive Texas voting bill advances

President Joe Biden called a restrictive Texas voting bill edging closer toward passage "wrong and un-American"..

Pro-Palestinian rally in Washington seeks US aid to Israel end

More than 1,000 rallied on Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians and calling for an end to US aid to Israel.