Evening Brief

Retail power tariff increased by 19 paisa per unit

The authorities on Thursday increased the retail price of electricity will be increased by Tk0.19 per unit at the consumer level across Bangladesh.

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WEF: Inflation, commodity price shocks will sustain for next 2 years

As the New Year begins with a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar worldwide, Bangladesh will face rapid and sustained inflationary pressure and severe commodity price shocks, which will continue for more than two years with the debt crisis, human-made environmental damage and geopolitical contestation.

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MEHEDI HASAN

All set for holding 56th Ijtema in Tongi

Although the main phase of the Ijtema starts on Friday, thousands of Tabligh members in small and large groups -- all clad in tupee and punjabi -- have come to the banks of the Turag River in Tongi since Wednesday on buses, trucks, trains, and also on foot.

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Dhaka Tribune

Matia Chowdhury likely to become deputy leader of parliament

Ruling Awami League's presidium member and former minister Matia Chowdhury is going to be the deputy leader of the national parliament.

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Collected

Dhaka says made no direct purchases of spy tech from Israel

Responding to a media report of Israel's left-leaning newspaper Haaretz regarding the purchase of advanced spy tech from the country, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has not denied that the government purchased the spyware but said it did not do so “directly” from Israel.

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This file studio photo illustration shows a smartphone with the website of Israel's NSO Group which features Pegasus' spyware, on display in Paris on July 21, 2021 AFP

Don't hold your breath waiting for Dhaka's traffic woes to ease

Traffic conditions in Dhaka are not getting any better. Many tell me conditions are worse; no one says that they are better.

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DU entry test likely from April 29

A recommendation has been made for holding the admission test of the undergraduate program of Dhaka University for the academic year 2022-23 to start from April 29.

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File photo: Students sit for the "Ka"unit entry test of Dhaka University in a room in Curzon Hall on Friday, October 1, 2021Dhaka Tribune

UN: World's dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050

Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide could lose more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050 as a result of sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water and energy security, according to United Nations research on Wednesday.

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Dhaka buckles under traffic jam from Tongi to Moghbazar

Dhaka commuters have been stuck in massive traffic jam since Thursday morning as a 22km long tailback has formed from Tongi Bridge to Moghbazar in the city.

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UNB

RMG exports in H1 of FY23 grew despite looming global recession

In the first six months (July-December or H1) of the current fiscal year (FY23), garment exports to important global destinations grew moderately - both in traditional and non-traditional markets (FY23), despite looming global recession.

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Space junk, not meteorites, remains biggest threat to spacecraft

Dodging the kind of meteorite strike that forced Russia to plan a space station rescue mission is nearly impossible, yet the greater threat to spacecraft is actually the man-made debris in orbit, experts say.

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