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January 28, 2023

Stock market gained over Tk 10,185 crore capital last week

The stock market has passed the 4th week of the current month with a capital gain of Tk 10,185 crore in four days, data analysis of the capital market has revealed.The capital of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was Tk 7.56 lakh crore at the beginning of tra…

2 detained with 15 gold bars in Khulna

Two males were detained with 15 gold bars from Zero Point of Khulna city on Saturday, police said.The detainees—Emon and Abul Hossain are from Chattogram and Cumilla.Enamul Hoque, officer-in-charge of Labanchara police station, said they challenged the…

BPDB staring at 80% jump in annual losses after gas price hike

The financial loss of the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is likely to cross Tk 54,000 crore in the current fiscal after the hike in the price of gas increased their input cost. In 2021-22 its losses were Tk 29,915 crore.“We have …

TRNB scoops up Posts and Telecommunications Award 2023

The Telecom and Technology Reporters Network Bangladesh (TRNB) has won the Posts and Telecommunications Award 2023.The organisation received the honour for its contribution to telecommunication and information technology reporting.Posts and Telecommuni…

Law Minister in staunch defence of Digital Security Act

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said Saturday that the Digital Security Act (DSA) is sufficiently necessary in the current reality.“That the DSA was enacted for restricting freedom of expression and media — is not right at al…

12 Jamaat men arrested from meeting in Feni party office

Police arrested 12 activists and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami charging them with hatching a subversive plan from their office in Feni town on Saturday.The arrestees–Mohammad Shafiullah, Mostafa Azim, Mohammad Shah Alam, Abu Taher, Abdul Matin, Md Salahu…

Two Indian fighter jets crash, killing pilot

Two Indian air force jets crashed in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, killing one pilot, officials said.The Indian air force said on Twitter the aircraft were on routine operational training mission. One of the three pilots involved sus…

Six more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hours

Six more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning.Of the new patients, three were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).Fifty dengue patients…

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports another death, 10 more cases

Bangladesh logged another death from Covid-19 with ten more Covid cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.With the new numbers, the country’s total fatality rose to 29,442 and the caseload to 2,037,516, according to the Directorate General of Health Se…

3 dead, 1 missing as rain pounds New Zealand’s largest city

Authorities said Saturday that three people had died and at least one was missing after record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing widespread disruption.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins flew to Auckland on a military plane after …

Palestinian teen wounds 2, day after 7 killed in Jerusalem

A 13-year-old Palestinian opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding two Israelis, officials said, a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008.The shooting in the Palestinian nei…

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