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Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today (25 August) said the country has reached a 'stable enough' position and is ready to have the national election in the first half of February next year.
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On the 8th anniversary of the Rohingya influx, on 25 August, refugees in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya and Teknaf camps observed “Genocide Day” with rallies reiterating their demands ...
"We have discussed the issue. The GMP Commissioner will be served a show cause notice in this connection," he said ...
US health authorities have suspended the license for the Ixchiq vaccine against the chikungunya virus following reports of "serious adverse events", the drug's French maker said today (25 August).
Dar is scheduled to attend the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on Palestine today ...
Repeat rescheduling without meaningful restructuring erodes credit discipline and incentivises strategic default behaviour ...
Today, over 1.3 million Rohingya remain displaced in Bangladesh and new arrivals continue to seek refuge in the camps ...
Three passengers of a battery-run auto-rickshaw were killed and two others critically injured after a pickup lost control and collided head-on with the three-wheeler at Dumuria Upazila in Khulna. The ...
Around 64.55% of households voiced concern over their children's education, while 52.01% pointed to rising education costs, and 28.76% worried about future marriage expenses. Other economic worries ...
A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced six people, including a local Awami League leader, to life imprisonment in the murder case of Office Secretary of Narail's Kalia upazila unit of BNP, Masud Rana.
For a looted pistol or shotgun, a reward of Tk50,000 will be given. The reward increases to Tk1 lakh for a China rifle, Tk1.5 lakh for an SMG, and Tk5 lakh for a light machine gun (LMG). Additionally, ...