Road accidents: 476 lives lost in September

At least 476 people were killed and 794 others injured in 407 road accidents across Bangladesh in September this year. Of the deceased, 169 people died in 182 motorcycle accidents, which is 35.5% of the total number of deaths, according to a report by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) on Monday. Besides, the motorcycle accident rate stands at 44.71% Besides, 62 were women, and 77 children were also killed during the same period. The report also states that 78 people were killed and three people went missing in nine boat accidents in September. According to the report based on data extracted from nine national dailies and seven online news portals and electronic media outlets, a total of 19 people were killed and 6 six injured in 21 railway accidents. It also sho

Home Minister: The whole country rejoiced in celebrating Durga Puja

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the whole country rejoined celebrating Durga Puja this year. He said this while visiting the temporary pavilion constructed in front of the ATN News office in the capital’s Kawran Bazar area on Monday. The home minister said: "Many people believed the events that occurred in Comilla last year may repeat this time, but I believe they did it solely to sow chaos.”

Trade deficit up $4.55bn in July-Aug’FY23

Bangladesh`s trade deficit shot up by $270 million to $4.55 billion in the July-August period of the ongoing FY23 compared with that in the same period of FY22, as import payments surged against export earnings. In July-August, the country’s current account deficit hit $1.5 billion from deficit balance of $1.41 billion in the same months in the previous year as export earnings failed to reduce the gap with mounting imports, according to Bangladesh Bank data. The trade deficit in August was $391 million or 18.78% higher than the deficit in the previous month. Deficit soared to $2.47 billion in August from $2.08 billion in July. In July- August FY21, th

Soybean oil price reduces by Tk 14 per litre

The price of edible oil has been reduced by Taka 14 per litre to Taka 178 per litre from the existing Taka 192 per litre. This new price will be made effective from today. Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners & Vanaspati Manufacturers Association informed this at a press release today. It said that the new retail

COVID mass inoculation to continue until Oct 8

The special mass inoculation campaign against COVID-19, which was launched to celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s birthday, has been extended by three days to Oct 8, health authorities say. The government launched the vaccination campaign, which distributes the first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses to the unvaccinated, on Sept 28 and it was scheduled to finish on Oct 3. The first and second doses of the vaccine will no longer be given after the completion of the campaign. But a special arrangement will be made at designated centr

PM leaves London en route to Dhaka

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday left London on her way back home from Washington DC of the USA. A VVIP chartered flight carrying the premier and her entourage members departed from London Stanstead Airport at 9:30 am (local time) en route to Dhaka. Earlier, the flight carrying the prime minister reached the airport in London for making a short stopover. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem received the premier at the airport. Before that, Sheikh Hasina left Washington DC around 6:30pm on Sunday local time, wrapping up her 18-day official visit to the UK and the USA. State Ministe

‘AL determined to build non-communal Bangladesh’

Agriculture Minister and Awami League presidium member Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque said yesterday said that the Awami League government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is determined to build a non-communal Bangladesh. However, a vested quarter is very active in the country against the non-communal spirit, he said. The minister said t

Zia killed many freedom fighters to prolong “illegal rule”: Joy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Bangladesh’s first military ruler Gen Ziaur Rahman had executed thousands of members of Bangladesh`s armed forces through so called `military tribunals.` In a Facebook post shared from his verified account, Joy said Zia had done this in order to prolong his unconstitutional and illegal hold on power. “It should be noted that a majority o

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