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Despite criticism from economists of the provision of whitening black money, the ruling Awami League has strongly faovoured the provision saying that it is aimed at checking money laundering.“The undisclosed money remains out of sight of the people. This measure has been taken to save the coun...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party accused the government of providing scope, to what it called the big fishes, to loot through the black wealth whitening provision in the proposed budget.“Going through the budget, it is understood that a system has been kept for the big fishes to loot through t...
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Outgoing Director General of Rapid Action Battalion M Khurshid Hossain on Tuesday called on Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun at Police Headquarter.A reception ceremony was also held marking his retirement, said a press release of the Police Headquarters.IGP presided over the f...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Sunday returned to the country after an official visit to Singapore.Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) press release on Monday said it.During his visit in Singapore, General Shafiuddin attended the 'International Institute for Strategic...
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Low turnout of voters in the last three phases of the Upazila Parishad polls has put the ruling Awami League in an uneasy situation.With a view to making the polls open, the party abstained from fielding any candidate with its electoral symbol Boat but despite its sincere efforts, the poor turnout e...
Dengue fever may take a serious turn as a substantial number of such cases have already been reported this year.Record shows that some 36 people have died of dengue in last five months while 2,835 people were infected with the dengue virus between January 1 and May 30 of the current year. A rec...
National River Protection Commission Chairman Md Sarwar Mahmud on Friday urged the public representatives to express their commitments to save the rivers from the illegal occupants across the country.“It’s not possible to save the rivers only enacting or implementing the laws. We must ha...
Flash flood caused by incessant rain has inundated various upazilas in the northeastern region of the country, marooning several thousands of people. The major rivers, including Surma, Kushiyara, Manu and Sari, keep swelling and flowing above the danger level in five upazilas of Sylhet. Am...
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday left Dhaka for Singapore on an official visit.According the ISPR handout, during the visit, he will attend the “International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue 21st Asia Security Summit-2024” to be held in...
Incidents of ballot snatching, capturing of polling centres and various other irregularities marked the third phase of the Upazila Parishad polls held on Tuesday.Voting to 87 upazilas, however, ended with a relatively low voter turnout and without reports of major violence. Three aspirants, inc...
Today is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, and like in other countries of the world, the day is also being celebrated in Bangladesh with due dignity. The outstanding contributions of peacekeepers from all countries of the world participating in UN peacekeeping operations, wi...
Forest department recovers bodies of 39 deer Fisheries washed away incurring loss of Tk 245 crore PM to visit cyclone-affected areas Thursday Severe cyclone Remal has left a trail of destruction in Bangladesh, by damaging crops on several t...
Severe cyclonic storm Remal made a landfall on Sunday after hitting the coast of Bangladesh and parts of West Bengal in India, leaving a trail of destruction.Bangladesh Meteorological Department said that the eye of the cyclone started crossing the south-west part of Mongla coast to West Bengal.&nbs...
A severe cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ may make its landfall on the coastal belt of Sathkhira and Cox’s Bazar today with a wind speed of 110-120 gusting to 135 kilometres per hour. Meteorologists fear that the strong depression formed in the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a severe ...
Terming the recent Deutsche Welle (DW) documentary titled “Torturers deployed as UN peacekeepers” –false and fallacious, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday said that Deutsche Welle broadcasted a completely misleading portrayal of Bangladesh Army personnel...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Saturday disclosed that the killers of parliamentarian Anwarul Azim Anar, had planned to kill him twice before.However, the murderers succeeded in killing the ruling party leader in the third attempt.DB chief Harun-or-Rashid made this claim while...
The anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members of Ansar al-Islam’s newly formed group “Shahadat" from the signboard area of Narayanganj and Gulistan of the capital on Friday.The members of the banned militant organization were reportedly recruiting me...
Top leaders of the Awami League led 14-party alliance have reached a consensus on maintaining strong unity among the alliance partners, forgetting all sorts of grievances.The consensus was reached during a three hour-long meeting on Thursday at the Prime Minister’s official residence Ganabhaba...
Lightning deaths continue to rise alarmingly in the country every year, ringing alarm bells among the authorities concerned over this vagary of nature.A sense of panic has gripped the people, mostly farmers and fishermen, as such incidents frequently take place for four months from March to June.&nb...
Due to using salty and untreated water, 80 percent of the workers of ships plying inland waterways of the country are suffering from various types of complex intestinal diseases including skin infections and stomach pains. This information has been highlighted in a report of Shipping and Commun...
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