One arrested for selling counterfeit cigarettes

Police arrested a person on charge of selling counterfeit cigarettes in Bhatara area of the capital on Thursday night, a press release said Saturday. According to the police, they got information that a person named Abdul Kahar was staying in front of Alam General Store to sell counterfeit cigarettes in Darjibari

Hilsa fishing resumes as 22-day govt ban ends

Hilsa catching, selling and transportation resumed on Saturday after a government ban for 22 days. A total of 600 maunds of Hilsa came to Chandpur's Bara Station Fish Ghat, the biggest Hilsa market of the country, from Hatia, Bhola, Charfasion and other coastal areas on trawlers and ships since this morning,

TCB starts selling 4 essential items to 10m cardholders

Transparency International Bangladesh

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started selling some key essential food items at subsidised rates to some 10 million (1 crore) low-income families from Monday. Four items - lentil, sugar, soybean oil and onion -will be sold to the one crore family cardholders across the country, including the capital, through

DMP arrests 73 for selling, consuming drugs in the city

The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug raids arrested a total of 73 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6am today. The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at