Ganges talks begins ahead of treaty expiry
The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) continued in Kolkata on Friday, with officials from both countries reviewing existing water-sharing arrangements and...
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Millions leave capital early to escape Eid chaos
They come with bulging travel bags and sleeping children in arms, with umbrellas tucked under elbows and food packets swinging from tired hands. At Kamalapur...
Hidden property income to face tax
The government is preparing a new mechanism to bring previously undisclosed income from land, apartment, and commercial property transactions into the formal tax system, according...
Industry divided on asset repatriation proposal
The government’s proposal to revive a legal protection scheme for repatriated laundered funds, with incentives to channel the money into priority sectors such as productive...
EC to ban posters, party symbols
The Election Commission (EC) is set to introduce significant reforms to local government elections, including a ban on campaign posters, the removal of party symbols,...
Chattogram in uproar over child assault
Chattogram police have arrested a man, identified as Monir Hossain, 35, on charges of attempting to rape a four-year-old girl in the Abu Jafar Road,...
Backlog grows as ACC remains headless
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh’s principal anti-graft body, has been without its top leadership for over two and a half months, effectively paralysing its core...
Father hopes for justice after PM’s assurance
Abdul Hannan Mollah, father of eight-year-old Ramisa, expressed confidence that justice will be served in his daughter’s murder case, following assurances from the Prime Minister....
Madrasah student put on 5-day remand
The death of a child at a madrasah in Dhaka’s Banasree area has sparked serious concerns over student safety and supervision inside residential religious institutions,...
Budget must send clear reform signal: Debapriya
The upcoming national budget should not be presented merely as an account of income and expenditure; rather, it must carry a clear political and economic...
