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CEC holds meeting with Army, navy, air force chiefs

TDS Desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin has held a meeting with the chiefs of the three armed forces to review the overall law-and-order situation in

Farmers of early varieties of potato hit by old stock glut

Staff Correspondent: Farmers who cultivated early varieties of potatoes are once again incurring losses as prices of newly harvested tubers remain unusually low due to an oversupply of older stock

Scramble for official vehicle purchases as interim govt nears exit

TDS Desk: The cultural ministry purchased a Pajero SUV in 2015 for official use by its secretary. Although the vehicle has been in active service for eight years, the ministry

Construction of four bridges on Shibchar-Madaripur route face delays, thousands suffer

Madaripur Correspondent: Construction of four key bridges on the Shibchar-Madaripur regional road, connecting to the Padma Bridge, has remained stalled for a long time, causing severe hardship for thousands of

Saving govt sugar mills – is it possible?

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s state-owned sugar mills have an average extraction rate of about 6%, meaning six kilograms of sugar are produced from every 100 kilograms of locally produced sugarcane, according

Bangladesh stock market loses Tk 10,500cr in a week

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s capital market extended its losing streak over the past week, with market capitalisation on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shrinking by more than Tk 10,500 crore amid