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PM to launch nationwide canal excavation programme March 16

BSS: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate a nationwide programme on March 16 to excavate and re-excavate rivers, canals and water bodies aimed at improving irrigation, boosting agricultural production and

How much crude oil is in stock, how long can petrol and octane production continue?

TDS Desk: Eastern Refinery PLC in Chattogram currently has around 100,000 tonnes of crude oil in stock. Based on its daily refining capacity, production can continue for another 20 to

2 drum trucks seized by Hatikumrul highway police, Tk 70,000 fined by UNO

Rehennuma Tarannum Rifat: Hatikumrul Highway Thana police in a drive on early Friday seized two mini drum trucks from Mannan Nagor area on the Dhaka-Natore highway under Tarash upazila in

Forex reserves fall to $29.38b after ACU payment

ACU payments are made every two months to settle import transactions among member countries under the regional clearing arrangement. TDS Desk: Following the payment of $1.37 billion in bills to

BNP show-causes Ramna leader for case against NCP’s Nasiruddin Patwary

Written explanation sought in 48 hours Staff Reporter: BNP has issued a show-cause notice to Ashraful Islam, president of the Ramna thana unit of the party’s Dhaka South city chapter,

Manpower crisis hits normal activities of DNCRP’s Sirajganj office

Staff Reporter: Sirajganj district office for the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), also a quasi-judicial government department in Bangladesh, has been reportedly facing manifold problems for long due