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EVs could cut running costs by 75% but Bangladesh faces structural barriers: DCCI

, June 27 -- Electric vehicles (EVs) could slash transport running costs by as much as 75 per cent compared to fossil fuel vehicles but deep structural barriers, from crippling energy shortages to nea... Read More


Teesta Project: Beijing says its cooperation with Dhaka should be free from 3rd party influence

Dhaka, June 26 -- Reiterating its support for the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project (TRCMRP), China on Friday said cooperation between Bangladesh and China should be free f... Read More


Govt values arts and culture, youths were deprived under previous regime: Mir Helal

Dhaka, June 26 -- Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs State Minister Barrister Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin on Friday said the previous "fascist" government had deprived the country's youth of opportu... Read More


'Drug peddler' held with 100 bottles of Phensedyl in Magura

Magura, June 26 -- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 100 bottles of Phensedyl syrup in Sreepur upazila of Magura. The arrestee was identified as Nu... Read More


Hospitals can deliver better services even with limited budgets if corruption is curbed: Shama Obaed

Faridpur, June 26 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed on Friday said public hospitals could provide effective healthcare services even with limited budget allocations if corruption, misa... Read More


Tahsan meets Rohingya youth in Cox's Bazar

Dhaka, June 26 -- UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Tahsan Khan met Rohingya refugee youth in Cox's Bazar on Thursday, where he heard their hopes, challenges and aspirations for the future. During his discus... Read More


Over 200 NCP activists join BNP in Savar

Savar, June 26 -- More than 200 leaders and activists of the National Citizen Party (NCP), led by its Dhaka North district youth wing convener Senjuti Hossain, joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read More


UPDF leader held with bullet injuries after gunfight with JSS faction in Khagrachhari

Khagrachari, June 26 -- A local leader of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was detained in an injured condition after an exchange of gunfire between armed members of the UPDF and a faction ... Read More


Kased team member dies of heatstroke during Ashura procession in Rajbari

Rajbari, June 26 -- A member of a Kased team participating in Muharram observances died of suspected heatstroke in Rajbari's Goalanda upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Babu Sheikh, 55... Read More


12-member committee formed to ensure transparency in Shahjalal shrine's financial management

Sylhet, June 26 -- The government has formed a 12-member high-powered committee, headed by Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, to ensure transparency and account... Read More