More than 200 Freshippo supermarkets are open in China, operating as ultra-high-tech supermarkets. In these shops, blue polo clad pickers examine shelves with iPhones, scanning barcodes to find the exact brand of oranges, or spice mixes that match online orders. Items are placed in a bag, attached to the automated conveyor system, and whisked up and out to the back of the store to the delivery motorbikes.

Dhaka University (DU) today placed a Tk831.79 crore budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, allocating nearly 59 percent of it for salary and allowances of teachers and staff.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said buses will run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in Dhaka from September 7.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call to the global community to ensure the dignified repatriation of Rohingyas as they are posing a big security threat to Bangladesh as well as the region.

Formulating new rules to address alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in labour migration is a necessity to uphold migrant workers’ rights and end fraudulence in the sector, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.

Dr MA Zulkifl, senior consultant of urology department at United Hospital, and his team performed a rare surgery recently, said a press release.

Today is the first death anniversary of noted poet and journalist Mashuk Chowdhury.

Nine pilots of Regent Airways have served a legal notice on the airlines authorities, demanding payment of unpaid salary and over other issues.

The law ministry has promoted 69 lower court judges across the country.

A high-level delegation, including city corporation mayor Serniabat Sadik Abdullah and Divisional Commissioner Md Saiful Islam, expressed displeasure at various management issues of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after a visit yesterday afternoon.

A high-level delegation, including city corporation mayor Serniabat Sadik Abdullah and Divisional Commissioner Md Saiful Islam, expressed displeasure at various management issues of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after a visit yesterday afternoon.

At least four people, including a tenth-grader, were killed and two injured in two separate road crashes in Mymensingh on Tuesday night.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed former Uttara Club Limited president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi on a five-day remand each in an attempted rape and murder case.

Many of the 137 illegal recruits at Rajshahi University (RU), who were recruited by former vice chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan, called off their demonstrations yesterday evening, after discussions with the authorities.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday alleged that the government decision to procure vaccines from a single source was taken from a business point of view.

Drowning accounts for 43 percent of deaths among children between the ages of one and four in Bangladesh, found a recent study.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday asked Dhaka Metropolitan Police and the city corporations to be strict in banning easy bikes and battery-powered rickshaws in the capital.

Drivers of battery-operated three-wheelers yesterday protested against the government’s recent announcement of banning the vehicles.

Tuhin Siddiqui Omi, who was arrested following an attempted rape and murder case filed by actor Pori Moni, has trafficked several hundred people abroad and amassed huge money and wealth at home and abroad, said officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday.

Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed, lawmaker of Bhola-1, has announced that he will donate all his movable and immovable property to Tofail Ahmed Foundation.