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Yunus urges Muslims to illuminate national life by avoiding injustice on Shab-e-Barat

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has called on Muslims to embrace Islam's "unique beauty" by avoiding all forms of injustice and wrongdoing, and to illuminate the national life through ri... Read More


TIB reports BNP involvement in majority of political violence over past 1.5 years

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has reported that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was involved in 550 of the 600 incidents of political violence recorded during the... Read More


Biman MD, wife sent to jail over 'abusing' domestic child worker

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Shafiqur Rahman, his wife, and two others have been arrested in a child domestic worker abuse case and sent to ... Read More


Zubaida inaugurates 'free heart camp' at Mohakhali's Korail slum

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Zubaida Rahman, a cardiologist and the wife of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, has inaugurated a free heart health camp in the Korail slum area of Dhaka's Mohakhali on Monday. The healt... Read More


Dhaka Board reopens SSC form fill-up window with late fee

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka is allowing students to submit forms for this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations for an extended period. ... Read More


Foundation laid by interim government for state reforms 'fragile': TIB's Iftekharuzzaman

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman has described the foundation laid by the interim government since the fall of the previous "authoritaria... Read More


Bangladesh rules out artificial hilsa farming without policy approval

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The interim government has not granted approval for hilsa cultivation through artificial or controlled means, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. The ministry issue... Read More


Tougher economic challenges lie ahead for next government, says finance advisor

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The interim government has managed to keep the economy relatively stable and faced many challenges, but the challenges ahead are even bigger, according to Finance Advisor Salehuddin A... Read More


Court cancels Purbachal plot allotments to Hasina's niece Ruponti, nephew Bobby

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the cancellation of plot allotments in the Purbachal New Town project awarded to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's nephew Radwan Mujib Siddique Bobby and... Read More


Bangla Academy president 'disappointed' by missed Feb 1 opening of Ekushey Book Fair

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Bangla Academy President Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq has voiced regret over the Ekushey Book Fair not starting on the first day of the month of the Language Movement this year. He inaugur... Read More