RAWHIDE OF SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS: Merchants bought rawhide at 30pc lower than usual price: meat traders
Rawhide traders bought skins of sacrificial animals during this Eid-ul-Azha at prices which were more than 30 per cent lower than that in any other time of the year, depriving the poor and unprivileged, the recipients of the money, of higher financial assistance.
Number of jatra troupes drops sharply
The number of jatra troupes in the country declined to 50 from 2,000 in last 30 years. Jatra artistes attributed the sharp decline to non-cooperation from the government and the law enforcement agencies.
PM urges int’l community to work together to combat AIDS, malaria, TB
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to work together with commitment, determination and solidarity to combat deadly diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis saying that these are preventable and treatable diseases.
WiMAX cos to face BTRC action if dues not paid
The telecom regulator has decided to take action against WiMAX operators Banglalion and Qubee for their failure to pay government dues, said officials of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
Theatre activists protest at arson attack on Bahurupi
Theatre activists on Saturday demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators who launched an arson attack on Bahurupi Natya Sangstha in Mymensingh.
Transgenders protest at killing of leader
Transgender people on Saturday demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of their leader Haider in Jamalpur.
12 killed in road accidents
At least 12 people were killed and 33 others injured in separate road accidents in Tangail, Sylhet and Munshiganj on Saturday.
Dhaka, Ottawa agree solution to Noor Chy’s extradition
Bangladesh and Canada have agreed to find out a solution to the extradition of Noor Chowdhury, the self-confessed killer of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, through discussion.
Work together to prevent world’s most devastating diseases: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has urged the international community to work together to prevent three of the world’s most devastating diseases — AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
PM in Montreal to attend GF confce
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Montreal on Thursday afternoon on a four-day official visit to Canada at the invitation of her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau to attend the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund.
