BNP-backed Faisal scores landslide win
BNP nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin has won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election by a margin of 131,336 votes, according to unofficial results. Returning Officer and Thakurgaon...
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Thousands of US immigration agents hit by hack
Details of more than 41,000 personnel working for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including thousands involved in immigration enforcement, have been leaked to...
102 bhori of gold snatched by men posing as police, four held
The district Detective Branch (DB) has arrested four people over the robbery of 102 bhori 12 ana of gold, committed by stopping a bus and...
President calls for more Swiss investment to create jobs
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged Switzerland to increase investment and expand bilateral trade with Bangladesh, saying greater investment would create jobs and...
Natore MP’s son expelled from Jubo Dal, OC withdrawn
Officer-in-Charge of Gurudaspur Police Station in Natore Abdul Hannan has been withdrawn two days after the killing of Chhatra Dal leader Shakil Islam. Additional Superintendent...
‘Make Dhaka as clean as Tokyo’
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has pledged to make Dhaka as clean as Tokyo, identifying improved waste management, reduced air pollution and a healthier environment as...
State-owned banks must be free from political patronage: Wahiduddin
Veteran economist and former Dhaka University economics professor Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Wednesday called for an end to the use of state-owned banks as instruments...
Traders seek Tk 14 hike per litre in soybean oil price ahead of Ramadan
Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, bottled soybean oil traders have proposed increasing prices by Tk 14 per liter, citing rising edible oil prices...
Use Rooppur to break the capacity-payment trap
Bringing Rooppur into commercial operation expeditiously can give the BNP government the leverage to restructure a power sector that is draining public finances, consuming scarce...
‘Human rights must anchor economic policies, governance’
Irene Zubaida Khan, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador has urged the globe that human rights be integrated into the core of economic...
Haal Fashion and Annex Communications Ltd. Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Fashion and Lifestyle
Haal Fashion, Prothom Alo’s fashion and lifestyle platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Annex Communications Ltd., a 360-degree integrated communications agency, to expand...
Measles claims 7 more lives
Seven more children died with measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8:00am on Tuesday, taking the combined number of confirmed...