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Minister calls for zero tolerance on waste of money
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday directed officials to implement ongoing development projects under the Local Government Division...
Khalilur joins race for presidency of 81st UN Assembly
Foreign Minister, Khalilur Rahman, has taken part in an informal interactive dialogue as part of the election process for the presidency of the 81st session...
Ex-DGFI Director Afzal sent to jail in murder case
A court sent to jail former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) director and dismissed Lieutenant Colonel Md Afzal Naser yesterday in a case filed...
EPS pass holders protest delay in S Korea jobs
Hundreds of Bangladeshi Employment Permit System (EPS) pass holders staged demonstrations in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding immediate steps to ensure their migration to South Korea...
Media role urgent to tackle human trafficking
Senior Secretary of the Public Safety Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs Manzur Morshed Chowdhury has urged media workers to play a more active...
Uncertainty over body found in Padma River
Police are yet to confirm whether the body recovered from the Padma River is that of Forkan Mia, the prime accused in the murder of...
One killed by BSF at Lalmonirhat border
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Amjhol border in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat early...
Lawyers seek trial of Yunus, Nurjahan
A group of lawyers has demanded the trial of former interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and former health adviser Nurjahan Begum, alleging negligence in...
Measles death toll climbs to 432 Nine more dies
Nine more children died from measles and related complications in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, health authorities said, as the country’s measles crisis continued...
Crowd surges for subsidised TCB products
A large crowd surged toward a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar on Wednesday as low- and limited-income people gathered to...
Buffalo named ‘Donald Trump’ draws crowds
A pink albino buffalo named “Donald Trump” has become the centre of attraction at a farm in Narayanganj ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, drawing huge crowds and...