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Cigarette price hike
Cigarette price hike

Cigarette price hike

The Cabinet has approved the proposal to raise the maximum retail price of lower-tier cigarettes (per 10 sticks) from Tk 62 to Tk 65.

Prime Minister invites opposition leader for Tk 150 lunch
Prime Minister invites opposition leader for Tk 150 lunch

Prime Minister invites opposition leader for Tk 150 lunch

A different and cordial atmosphere was created in the National Parliament during the discussion on the ongoing gas and electricity crisis. After Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman praised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s simple lifestyle and low-cost lunch, the Prime Minister invited him for a Tk 150 lunch.

‘Speak slowly, please’—Deputy Speaker to minister-state minister in parliament
‘Speak slowly, please’—Deputy Speaker to minister-state minister in parliament

‘Speak slowly, please’—Deputy Speaker to minister-state minister in parliament

Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal has told Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad and State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, “Speak slowly, please,” while a parliament member was speaking in the National Parliament.

Two women die by drowning in pond at JnU second campus
Two women die by drowning in pond at JnU second campus

Two women die by drowning in pond at JnU second campus

Rabeya, 14, and Julia, 20, have died after drowning in a pond while bathing at the second campus of Jagannath University (JnU). The accident took place at the under-construction campus of JnU in the Tegharia area of Keraniganj in the afternoon on Monday.

Debate in parliament over keeping expelled Jamaat MP in committee
Debate in parliament over keeping expelled Jamaat MP in committee

Debate in parliament over keeping expelled Jamaat MP in committee

Debate has taken place in parliament over the membership of GM Nazrul Islam, the expelled MP of Satkhira-4 constituency from Jamaat, in a parliamentary standing committee. Although his name was proposed as a member of the parliamentary committee related to government assurances, it was later dropped.

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