Evening Brief

UN rights chief hails economic development of Bangladesh

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has applauded Bangladesh’s success in economic sector saying that the country is making significant development in recent years.

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File Photo: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet delivers a speech at the opening of a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 28, 2022 AFP

TCB to procure 12.5m litres of soybean oil, 5,000kgs of lentils

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will directly procure some 12.5 million litres of soybean oil and 5,000kg of lentils from seven local suppliers without following any competitive process.

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Soybean oil being sold from TCB truck Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

IMF: Lending decision on Bangladesh in October

Bangladesh has to wait until next October for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)  take a final call on its request to borrow funds from the Washington-based lending agency,  according to a regional official of the organization.

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File Photo: The International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC, US Reuters

Mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen returns home after making history

The famous Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen has returned home after making history as the first person from the country to scale Pakistan's K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.

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Wasfia Nazreen Rabbi Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

HC: Explain why Uttara crane accident victims' families should not get 1C each in compensation

The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it shall not pass order to give Tk1,0,00,000 to each of the families of five people killed after a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit project fell from a crane on their car in Dhaka's Uttara area.

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A total of five people were killed when a girder of a crane fell on a private car in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday, August 15, 2022 Collected

Covid: Bangladesh reports zero deaths, 212 new cases

Bangladesh reported zero Covid-19 deaths and 212 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

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