Evening Brief

Minister: Prices will go down once Russia-Ukraine war stops

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the prices of daily essentials will hopefully go down once the war between Russia and Ukraine stops.

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Cold spell with dense fog hits northern Bangladesh

A cold spell has hit the northern district of Dinajpur, with mercury dropping for the last few days.

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File Photo of Winter Cold Foggy Tetulia Panchagarh Dhaka Tribune

Factbox: Post-Covid conditions

Many people who tested Covid-19 positive once or multiple times in the last three years now complain of various ailments, including low immunity. 

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File photo: A health official uses a nasal swab to collect sample from a man for Covid-19 testing at Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh, Dhaka on Thursday, May 21, 2020 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Foreign currency transactions using cards up 172% in 10 months of 2022

Transactions by foreign currency using cards in the country shot up by 172% year-on-year (YoY) during the first ten months of the ongoing calendar year.
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Tokyo mulls Rohingya resettlement in Japan

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki has said his country is considering resettlement of some Rohinyas to Japan as Bangladesh tries to ease its load of over a million of refugees who fled their homes in Myanmar to evade persecution.

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Rohingyas walk on a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

And then they came for our minds

Sometimes, we tend to forget why we're here.

I'm not much of a patriot. As Victory Day comes and goes, and I see the red-and-green flags hung atop the radio antennae of cars and the horns of rickshaws and outside of balconies where a maid shakes a blood red “lep” of dust, I feel no sense of pride or achievement.

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Picture taken on July 24, 1971 of the destroyed streets of Madhabpur, Sylhet during the War of Liberation in 1971. At centre is a wrecked a UNICEF jeep AFP

Dacca Diary: Tuesday, December 14th, 1971

By early afternoon, it appears that the battle of Dacca is about to begin. Indian MIGs rocket “Government House” – governor's office – in central city. Two reporters return from several-hour drive southeast of city. They report Indian troops seven miles from city and advancing with only one river to cross. Considerable fighting. Indian planes drop leaflets on city calling for all military and paramilitary forces to surrender. To nearest Indian unit with guarantee of protection for lives and property.

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The nine-month-long war saw over three million deaths but the barbaric Pakistani rulers failed to achieve their goal AFP

PM Hasina: Awami League never violates human rights

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her party never violates human rights rather protects it, criticizing efforts of several countries which are out branding Bangladesh negatively despite the fact that they are protecting human rights of the killers.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks at the GCRG meeting, joining virtually from Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Friday, May 20, 2022 PID

BB permits LCs to import commodities for Ramadan essentials

Bangladesh Bank has allowed eight essential commodities “usance term” (credit for suppliers/buyers) to meet consumption demands for next Ramadan.

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File Photo of Soybean oil in store Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Denim exports to the US see 36.23% growth in Jan-Oct'22

Bangladesh exported denim apparel to the US market worth $839.13 million in the first ten months (January-October) of 2022, fetching a year-one-year growth of 36.23%, and remaining the top exporter.

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Dengue: 184 more patients hospitalised in 24 hrs, zero death

Another 184 people were hospitalized with dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

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File photo of dengue patients at a hospital Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Is Realme C33 better than its competitors?

At a time when the Bangladeshi smartphone market is quite unstable in terms of pricing, smartphone manufacturers are trying as hard as possible to introduce new entry-level smartphones to cater to the budget conscious.

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