US imposes 35pc tariff on Bangladeshi goods
Staff Reporter : US President Donald Trump has announced a 35 percent tariff on goods imported from Bangladesh, a slight reduction from the previously proposed...
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‘Even I don’t know election date yet’: CEC
UNB : Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday said even he does not yet know the date of the upcoming general election. “How...
Urban Bangladesh faces new poverty trap
Farrukh Khosru : Bangladesh is witnessing a troubling resurgence in poverty and inequality, with recent World Bank data warning that extreme poverty could rise to...
Only elections can steer country forward: Mirza Fakhrul
NN Online: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the country’s progress depends on holding timely elections. Expressing hope that the interim...
SSC results likely between July 10-12
NN Online: This year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exam results are expected to be published between July 10 and 12, pending final approval...
CA urges Islamic NGOs to take up social business for Muslim world
NN Online: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged Islamic NGOs to take up more social business to support the Muslim world. He made the...
Unawarded power projects raise questions of cronyism
Special Report : A long-standing dispute over two unawarded power projects in Shantahar and Bagerhat is gaining renewed public and legal attention, amid accusations that...
Mob justice undermines democracy, warns attorney general
NN Online: Attorney General Advocate Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday condemned mob justice as fundamentally incompatible with democratic principles, asserting that such actions directly contradict the...
Dhaka, KL to collaborate on militant network crackdown
NN Online: Bangladesh has pledged full cooperation with Malaysian authorities in an ongoing terrorism investigation involving 36 Bangladeshi nationals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)...
Alternative alliance takes shape ahead of nat’l polls
Abu Jakir : With the 13th parliamentary election on the horizon, behind-the-scenes negotiations are quietly taking shape among several political forces-including Jamaat-e-Islami, the National Citizen...
10 posters reflect July Uprising: Adviser Asif
NN Online: Adviser to the Ministries of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and Youth and Sports, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, has said that artist...
Prime suspect held in Muradnagar rape video case
NN Online: The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested the prime accused behind the brutal assault and viral video showing a woman being raped and...