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Nat'l consensus a must to ready workforce

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Bangladesh must build a national consensus to prepare its workforce for the disruptive effects of automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and structural economic change, resea... Read More


Licensing, utility woes hinder investment: Experts

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Licensing bottlenecks, power shortages, utility constraints and high borrowing costs are among the biggest challenges facing investors in Bangladesh, participants in a workshop ... Read More


Eight more children die with measles symptoms

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Eight more children died with measles-like symptoms in the country in the past 24 hours until 8:0 am on Thursday, according to health authorities. With the latest daily tally, ... Read More


Zia murder convict Mozzafar held after 45 yrs

Bangladesh, July 17 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Branch (DB) has detained retired Major Md Mozzaffar Hossain, a convicted fugitive from the assassination case of late President Ziaur R... Read More


Probe finds July victims' bodies dumped into river, says ICT Chief Prosecutor

Bangladesh, July 16 -- Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Md Aminul Islam said investigators have found that the bodies of many people killed during the July mass uprising wer... Read More


All parks, playgrounds to be reclaimed from illegal occupation, PM pledges in parliament

Bangladesh, July 16 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the government is committed to reclaiming all parks and playgrounds in Dhaka's two city corporations as well as in other metropolitan citi... Read More


HSC examinees stage fresh protests to press three-point demand

Bangladesh, July 16 -- Students staged fresh protests across Dhaka city on Wednesday, blocking key intersections while launching a 'Long March to the Ministry of Education' to press for the resignatio... Read More


Cabinet committee reviews draft Cyber Security (Amendment) Act

Bangladesh, July 16 -- A cabinet committee at a meeting on Wednesday reviewed the draft Cyber Security (Amendment) Act, 2026, proposing a series of recommendations to update Bangladesh's cyber-securit... Read More


Govt to delist fake FFs

Bangladesh, July 16 -- The government is preparing a credible list of Bangladesh's genuine freedom fighters (FFs) and martyred war heroes, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament on Wednesday, s... Read More


Floods ease in Ctg but threat lurks in northern, haor areas

Bangladesh, July 16 -- The flood situation continued to improve in Chattogram division on Wednesday, but fresh flooding threats emerged in northern and north-eastern haor areas as heavy rainfall forec... Read More