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It is peak harvest season, but the price of onion has soared by Tk 10 per kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets over the last three days.
Dust swirls like a phantom fog through Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Beribadh and Dhaka Udyan. Unplanned construction works are a common sight on the roads, spewing debris and despair in equal measure.
What health risks are posed by these environmental conditions? And how are citizens coping with these challenges?
The price of rice has not gone down in Dhaka’s kitchen markets despite government warnings of legal action against traders.
Over 7,902 people were killed in 6,261 road accidents last year, said a Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) report released yesterday.
Prices of almost all vegetables have gone up in Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the last two weeks, hitting the consumers hard, though it is the peak season for winter vegetables.
Four newly-formed ones couldn’t bag a single seat in national election
A “one-party-centred election” like the one today is not desirable at all, said former election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain.
It is peak harvest season, but the price of onion has soared by Tk 10 per kilogram at the capital’s kitchen markets over the last three days.
Dust swirls like a phantom fog through Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Beribadh and Dhaka Udyan. Unplanned construction works are a common sight on the roads, spewing debris and despair in equal measure.
What health risks are posed by these environmental conditions? And how are citizens coping with these challenges?
The price of rice has not gone down in Dhaka’s kitchen markets despite government warnings of legal action against traders.
Over 7,902 people were killed in 6,261 road accidents last year, said a Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) report released yesterday.
Prices of almost all vegetables have gone up in Dhaka’s kitchen markets over the last two weeks, hitting the consumers hard, though it is the peak season for winter vegetables.
Four newly-formed ones couldn’t bag a single seat in national election
A “one-party-centred election” like the one today is not desirable at all, said former election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain.
The 12th parliamentary polls are not going to be inclusive and peaceful in accordance with the South Asian standards, says former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Mazumder.
He is not in the election race, and yet he has emerged as an “X-factor” in the polls to three parliamentary constituencies in Gazipur.