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58pc oil used at Rajshahi eateries unhygienic: report

About fifty-eight per cent edible oils used at different hotels and restaurants in Rajshahi are harmful to human health, according to a report of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority published on Monday...

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Soil: care for irreplaceable resource

SENEGALESE conservationist Baba Dioum at a meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in New Delhi in 1968 said: ‘In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.’ If we accept the statement to be true, World Soil Day is of paramount importance in conserving soil, a non-renewable resource...

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Prices of potatoes, edible oil increase

The prices of potatoes and edible oil continued to rise while those of vegetables and broiler chicken decreased on the kitchen markets in the Dhaka city over the week ending Friday.

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Oil prices fall, global stocks increase

Oil prices tumbled and global stocks mostly rose Monday on relief that Israel’s strikes on Iran avoided the country’s energy infrastructure...

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6 injured as oil vessel fire on Dakatia River

At least six crew members were injured when a massive fire erupted on the oil tanker MV Sadia Enterprise in the Dakatia River of Chandpur, following an explosion in its engine room Sunday afternoon...

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Prices of rice, edible oil, broiler go up

The prices of rice, broiler chicken and edible oil increased while that of vegetables and eggs decreased slightly on the kitchen markets in the Dhaka city over the week ending Friday.

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Govt gears up measures to contain price increase

The interim government on Tuesday took a number of measures, including starting the open market sales of essential items and waiving duties on eggs and edible oils, to contain the...

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Supply chain partly affected

The fires that recently put two Bangladesh-flagged oil tankers out of order have partially affected the petroleum products’ supply chain, potentially increasing the freight cost and exposing the already embroiled energy sector to even more uncertainties...

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Oil extends gains, jobs report lifts Wall Street

Oil prices rose further Friday on fears Israel could strike Iranian crude facilities, while global stock markets mostly advanced on signs of continued strength in the US economy.

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Oil prices rise

Oil prices rose and major stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as investors reacted to fears of widening conflict in the Middle East and awaited a key US jobs report...

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Oil prices rise on ME worries

Stock markets wavered while oil prices extended a rally Wednesday as Iran’s missile attack on Israel fanned fears of a Middle East-wide conflict...

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Power producers make wicked profits

Bangladesh spent 20 per cent extra in the overall import of furnace oil for power generation during the tenure of the immediate past Awami League government thanks to the...

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Global oil demand growth slows as China slumps: IEA

Global oil demand grew at its slowest pace since 2020 in the first half of 2024 due to China’s economic slump, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, prompting the IEA to lower its full-year forecast...

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Four die in oil tank blast in Bogura

Four workers were killed when an oil tank of a factory exploded at Bhawanipur in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district in Bangladesh on Thursday.

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Prices of broiler, eggs go up

The prices of broiler chicken and eggs went up while most other commodities, including rice, potatoes and onions, remained pricy on the kitchen markets in the capital Dhaka over the...

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Sheikh Muhammad Shaheedullah remembered

Politicians, academics and professionals on Tuesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka said that Sheikh Muhammad Shaheedullah was a man who led movements for saving national wealth...

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Implementation of Phulbari agreement demanded

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports observed the 18th anniversary of Phulbari Day, placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital...

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Full implementation of Phulbari agreement a must

ON AUGUST 26, the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Port commemorated the lives lost in the movement against an open-pit coal mine in Phulbari, Dinajpur, and expressed their sheer frustration at successive governments’ indifference towards the full implementation of the Phulbari Agreement...