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Vegetable prices skyrocketing, potatoes selling at ‘double price’

FBD Desk: Defying the government’s fixed rate of Tk 30 per kg, traders are selling potatoes at double prices in the kitchen markets of the capital, pinching the pockets of

WB approves $12B for COVID-19 vaccines

FBD Desk: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved an envelope of $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and

President Hamid signs ordinance on capital punishment in rape cases

Staff Correspondent Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid has issued an ordinance elevating the maximum punishment in rape cases to the death sentence from life imprisonment. Hamid on Tuesday signed the

Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: ‘I feel so powerful’

International Desk: Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape”

Papia, husband awarded 27-year imprisonment in arms case

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court today sentenced expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon to 20-year imprisonment in an arms case. Dhaka Metropolitan

Cabinet gives nod to death penalty for rape

Staff Correspondent: The cabinet has given final approval to the revised draft of the Prevention of Violence against Women and Children Act, 2000, with the provision of death penalty as