Bangladesh to import onions from 10 countries after India bans export
Amid India's recent ban on onion export, the government has permitted local traders to import the commodity from 10 other countries to control the soaring prices in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. However, many local traders who were expecting to make windfall profits are now fearing losses due to the falling prices of onions in Bangladesh. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, traders have been granted permits to import onions from at least 10 countries following the sudden increase in India's export duty since August. In the coming days, Bangladesh expects to import onions from China, Egypt, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Qatar, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the USA. However, Bangladeshi onion traders say they will not use the import permits they received from the government for fear of incurring losses.
Source:bd News24
December 13, 2023 04:54 UTC
Two arrested, charged with trespassing atop downtown roof
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Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 23:14 UTC
Miscreants kill 4 UPDF activists in Khagrachhari
KHAGRACHHARI, Dec 12, 2023 (BSS) – Four activists of a faction of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were shot dead and three others remained missing as suspected rival activists carried out a clandestine attack at Anil Karbari area of Logang in Panchhari Monday night, police and witnesses said today. Residents at the neighbourhood said seven leaders and activists of UPDF (Prasit) group were staying overnight at a house in the area where they came for organisational works when the miscreants carried out the attack. UPDF district organiser Aungue Marma in statement they went to the area to join a youth conference organised by the Gonotantrik Jubo Forum scheduled for today. He accused rival UPDF (Ganatantrik) activists of carrying out the attack and killing the four -- Pahari Chhatra Parishad’s (PCP) former president and Gonotantrik Jubo Forum's Organising Secretary Bipul Chakma, PCP Vice-President Sunil Tripura, Gonotantrik Jubo Forum leader Liton Chakma, and UPDF member Rohin Tripura. UPDF (Ganatantrik) President Syamol Chakma rejected Aungue Marma’s allegation saying there were several groups in the rugged hills who might have carried out the attack.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 12, 2023 19:14 UTC
Jane Austen would have killed me off as a character | GUEST COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Bennet of “Pride and Prejudice,” of course. Seriously, do you know anyone who admits to identifying with the tiresome Mrs. Bennet? It’s a sobering realization: I lately do, albeit uneasily, identify with these foolish characters, and I’m wondering if Jane Austen, who was born 248 years ago on Dec. 16, would have hated me — or even killed me off. The fear that, having mocked me, Austen would have had no compunction about killing me off is sobering for a lifelong Austen fan who also happens to be a hypochondriac. Pamela Jane (pamelajane@pamelajane.com) is, with Deborah Guyol, author of “Pride and Prejudice and Kitties: A Cat-Lover’s Romp Through Jane Austen’s Classic” (Skyhorse, 2015).
Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 19:12 UTC
5 big promises made at annual UN climate talks and what has happened since
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When United Nations climate talks wrap up at some point this week in Dubai, big promises will likely be made about how the world is going to combat climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal. Rich countries promised to channel $100 billion a year to developing countries for green technologies by 2020. And as climate change worsens, experts say the funds promised are not enough. Research published by climate economist Nicholas Stern found that developing countries likely need $2 trillion for climate action every year by 2030. The Paris Agreement is widely considered the single biggest U.N. achievement in efforts to confront climate change.
Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 18:44 UTC
Indian govt invites 36 freedom fighters to Vijoy Dibos celebration in Kolkata
DHAKA, Dec 12, 2023 (BSS)- Indian government has invited 30 valiant freedom fighters and six serving armed forces officers of Bangladesh with the spouses to join annual six-day Vijoy Dibos celebration. On behalf of the Indian government, Indian Army has invited them to this annual programme scheduled for December 14-19, 2023 at Fort Willium, Kolkata, sources of Indian High Commission in Dhaka said. The invitees include retired Secretary Momin Ullah Patwary, Major General BU Harun Ahmed Chowdhury (retd), Bhola Zila Parishad chairman Abdul Momin Tulu, Brig. General BB Gyasuddin A Chowdhury (retd), DIG of Police (retd) Kazi Zainul Abedin, Group Captain of Bangladesh Air Force M Khalilur Rahman (retd) and Creative Publisher Milan Kanti Nath. Indian High Commission in Dhaka will make arrangements for their travel from Dhaka to Kolkata and back as well as provide all local hospitality during their stay in Kolkata, the sources said.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 12, 2023 18:14 UTC
Awami League asks 14 Party allies, Jatiya Party to ‘compete to win’
Awami League has warned the party’s allies will not be able to ‘win comfortably’ as they had before. “We will compete and our allies have to compete as well,” the ruling party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said at a press conference at the party president’s political office in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Tuesday. You must contest in the election and earn a result.”The senior Awami League leader’s statement comes amid slow progress on a seat-sharing agreement between the party and its allies in the 14-Party Alliance. Quader said his statement was not only directed at the alliance, but also at the Jatiya Party which has allied with the Awami League in two of the three elections since 2008. Even when the two parties were not formally allied, they had a seat-sharing agreement in the remaining general election.
Source:bd News24
December 12, 2023 16:36 UTC
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Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 14:53 UTC
New Study Links Your Daily Commute to Your Mental Health
A study published in the Journal of Transport and Health evaluates the connection between daily commutes and poor mental health. The research consisted of more than 23,000 individuals. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 14:19 UTC
Fortnite's Epic Games wins US court fight with Google
After four weeks of detailed court testimony, the California jury found against the Google Play monopoly on all counts," Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said on X (formerly Twitter). Smartphone companies can install the Android app for free under the condition that the Play app store remains on the home page and that other Google offers are pre-installed. During the trial it emerged that Google worked aggressively in other ways to make sure that the Google Play app store was the only conduit for making payments to third party apps such as Fortnite and other games. A sizable chunk of app store revenue comes from video games and Epic Games has long sought to have payments for its mobile games, such as Fortnite, take place outside the Google or Apple app stores that take commissions as high as 30 percent. But the trial exposed that Google rakes in tens of billions of dollars of revenue through the app store.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
December 12, 2023 04:55 UTC
Ask Amy: Patience with the elderly in-laws is waning
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Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 00:45 UTC
GC Girls Basketball: Frost Lady Polar Bears take third in Frost Tournament
Corsicana, TX (75110)TodayPartly cloudy skies in the morning will give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph..TonightMostly cloudy. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
Source:Daily Sun
December 12, 2023 00:08 UTC