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Lalmonirhat Airport gathers dust of history
Lalmonirhat, Sept 26 (UNB) - Lalmonirhat Airport remains unused for the last five decades as authorities failed to take any initiative to make it usable for boosting economic activity in the region.
$550.4m Single Point Mooring project hits snag
Dhaka, Sept 26 (UNB) – Although only 20 percent work on the Single Point Mooring (SPM) project taken to transport imported raw petroleum to the state-owned refinery in Chattogram has completed in 21 months, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) still hopes the project work will end timely by December 2019.
Coriander cultivation helping Sylhet farmers make money
Sylhet, September 24 (UNB) – The farmers of Biswanath upazila have achieved a big success in coriander farming, generating employment for many in the region.
Festival of tree felling goes on in Gopalganj
Gopalganj, Sept 24 (UNB) – Some influential quarters are cutting down roadside trees in Kashiani upazila without taking any permission from the local administration, putting the environment of the upazila in jeopardy.
Khat – new drug on the block
Dhaka, Sept 24 (UNN) - The seizure of several consignments of a new drug ‘Khat’ at the country’s main airport has raised fears of a fresh drug epidemic sweeping the country after phensedyl and yaba.
Govt focuses on keeping animal movement in Cox’s Bazar undisturbed
Dhaka, Sept 23 (UNB) – The government wants to continue its efforts with other stakeholders to keep the movement of animals, especially elephants, undisturbed following the significant impacts on wildlife and subsequent human-elephant conflict due to installation of makeshift camps for Rohingyas, officials said.
VAT dodgers come under NBR scanner
Dhaka, Sept 23 (UNB) – The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to send letters to value added tax (VAT) dodgers to realise a huge unpaid VAT of Tk. 15,000 crore.
Coins and currencies: Taka Museum makes history travel easier
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) – If one feels the urge to discover the history of currencies and explore the various aspects of evolution of human civilization, especially that of the Bangalees through coins and currencies of different eras, the Taka Museum (Currency Museum) at Mirpur in the city is the right place to do so.
Huawei lauds Bangladeshi ICT talents
China (Shenzhen), Sep 21 (UNB)- Huawei’s global CSR head Holy Ranaivozanany has highly appreciated Bangladesh saying that it has done a lot to reach the goal of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ .
Gas to get pricier likely from next week
Dhaka, Sep 20 (UNB) – Thanks to high import cost of liquefied natural gas (LNG), government is all set to hike gas prices next week.