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Labour Minister urges workers to return to work without falling for unnecessary provocation National

Labour Minister urges workers to return to work without falling for unnecessary provocation

Minister of Labour and Employment Ariful Haque Choudhury has urged garment workers to return to work without paying heed to unnecessary provocation. He said, ‘If factories survive, income will increase, employment will be created and wages will rise.’ He said this after a tripartite meeting of the government, workers and employers at the Ministry of Labour today, Wednesday (4 November).

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Fertilizer imports will be increased this year: Agriculture Minister Agriculture

Fertilizer imports will be increased this year: Agriculture Minister

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid has said that fertilizer imports will be increased this year to raise agricultural production and meet farmers' demand. He said this today, Wednesday (November 4), while speaking as the chief guest at an exchange of views meeting on fertilizer, seed and irrigation management held at the conference room of the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner.

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Food Minister Calls for Formulating Integrated National Strategy to Prevent Food Waste National

Food Minister Calls for Formulating Integrated National Strategy to Prevent Food Waste

Food Minister Afroza Khanam has called for formulating an integrated national strategy to prevent food waste. She said that in this regard, no single ministry can play an effective role; rather, all relevant institutions, including agriculture, fisheries and livestock, environment, industry, and local government, must work in an integrated manner. She said this while speaking as chief guest at a national dialogue held today, Wednesday (November 4), at Hotel Sheraton in Dhaka.

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ECNEC approves 13 projects worth Tk 58,088 crore Economy

ECNEC approves 13 projects worth Tk 58,088 crore

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 13 projects involving an expenditure of Tk 58,088 crore 92 lakh. Among them, 11 are new and two are revised projects. The projects were approved today, Wednesday (4 November), at a meeting held at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Tarek Rahman. Of the approved project expenditure, the government's own financing is Tk 50,041 crore, project loans are Tk 7,974 crore, and organisations' own financing is Tk 73 crore.

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Workers have returned to work, no benefit from conspiracy: State Minister Tuku National

Workers have returned to work, no benefit from conspiracy: State Minister Tuku

After the formation of the minimum wage board to increase garment workers' wages, workers have returned to work in the factories. However, a certain side is trying to create an unstable situation by obstructing them, and State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku commented that no benefit will come from such conspiracy. He said this to journalists before attending a workshop at the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute in Savar on Wednesday afternoon (November 4).

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Destroying half of Aedes mosquitoes possible through citizen awareness: DSCC survey National

Destroying half of Aedes mosquitoes possible through citizen awareness: DSCC survey

If citizens are aware about their own yards and water-holding containers, it is possible to destroy half (50.9%) of Aedes mosquito larvae at the initial stage. This information emerged from the results of the ‘Monsoon Aedes Mosquito Larva Survey-2026’ conducted by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). Today at a press conference in the Nagar Bhaban auditorium, DSCC Administrator Bir Muktijoddha Md. Abdus Salam presented the survey results.

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Allegations of irregularities over transfers in the Public Works Department are baseless: Ministry of Housing and Public Works National

Allegations of irregularities over transfers in the Public Works Department are baseless: Ministry of Housing and Public Works

The Ministry of Housing and Public Works has protested against the allegations of irregularities and financial transactions published in several media recently regarding the transfer and posting of engineers in the Public Works Department, calling them untrue, baseless and motivated. The ministry made the protest in a press release today, Wednesday (November 4).

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State Minister for Local Government urges China's CRCC to invest in infrastructure sector National

State Minister for Local Government urges China's CRCC to invest in infrastructure sector

State Minister for Local Government Mir Shahe Alam has called on China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to invest directly or under the PPP model in the country's infrastructure development, drinking water supply and modern drainage system. He made the call at a bilateral meeting with a delegation led by CRCC Chairman (State Minister rank) Dai Hegen at the Bangladesh Secretariat today, Wednesday (November 4).

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State Minister urges boosting capacity for livestock vaccine production National

State Minister urges boosting capacity for livestock vaccine production

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Saluddin Tuku has called for reducing dependence and achieving domestic production capacity, noting that currently 85 percent of the country's demand for vaccines in the livestock sector has to be imported. He said this in his speech as chief guest at the opening ceremony of the 'Annual Research Review Workshop-2026' organized by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) today, Wednesday (November 4).

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