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New pay scale will be finalised ahead of schedule, commission head tells chief advisor

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- National Pay Commission chief and former finance secretary Zakir Ahmed Khan has said the new pay scale will be finalised before the six-month deadline. The chairman of the Pal... Read More


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Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Omera Renewable will generate 6MW of solar power within the next six months by using the unused spaces of the Padma Bridge service areas. An agreement on this was signed betwe... Read More


Man kills wife, child before killing himself in Ashulia, police say

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Police have recovered the bodies of three family members from a house in Ashulia, Dhaka. The bodies were found around 7pm on Sunday from a rented house at Narsinghpur, said Su... Read More


Shot in the chest: Three witnesses tell tribunal about Uprising killings in Chankharpul

India, Sept. 15 -- Three witnesses have appeared before the International Crimes Tribunal to testify about the fatal shooting of a protester during an Anti-discrimination Student Movement at Dhaka's C... Read More


Ex-state minister Babar holds 2-hour meeting with home advisor

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar has held a two-hour meeting with Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury at the home ministry. Babar, who was jailed from... Read More


BNP asks Supreme Court to break deadlock over July Charter implementation

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the Supreme Court to give its opinion on the implementation of the July Charter, calling for legal guidance on the constitution... Read More


25 'Hindus' join Jamaat-e-Islami in Chapainawabganj

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- In an unusual turn of events, 25 Chapainawabganj residents identifying themselves as Hindus have joined the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami. On Sunday, the new recrui... Read More


Toma went viral for her fiery slogans outside an ex-MP's home. Now she faces extortion charges

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Faria Akter Toma had once grabbed the limelight with her controversial slogans outside the residence of former Kishoreganj MP Fazlur Rahman. Now, she is back in the headlines -... Read More


Teachers' group rejects JUCSU polls, calls for probe into alleged irregularities

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- A coalition of university teachers has called for an impartial investigation into allegations of widespread irregularities surrounding the Jahangirnagar University Central Stud... Read More


90 named in a case of vandalism, blockade over Faridpur constituency demarcation

Bangladesh, Sept. 15 -- Police have filed a case naming 90 people for disrupting law and order during the ongoing protest movement against the redrawing of a parliamentary seat in Faridpur's Bhanga. ... Read More