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Policeman, journalist among five arrested over Munshiganj 'gold robbery'

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Police have arrested five people, including a police officer and a journalist, allegedly over robbing 1.69kg in Munshiganj's Gazaria. Superintendent of Police Menhajul Alam said the... Read More


Directorate backtracks on directive asking primary schools to promote referendum

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has pulled back from an order asking government primary schools to promote the forthcoming referendum on the July National Charter. The di... Read More


A man filed a July Uprising case over the murder of his brother. Police have now found the victim alive

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- A police investigation into a murder case filed over an incident during the July Uprising has found the alleged victim alive. Law enforcers believe it was part of a conspiracy by the... Read More


Banglalink receives approval to launch digital payment services

Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- Banglalink has received a no-objection certificate from Bangladesh Bank to operate digital payment services as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). With this approval, Banglalink subsc... Read More


Free four imprisoned journalists, CPJ urges CA Yunus

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to release four journalists currently imprisoned in Bangladesh on what it claims are "baseless" ... Read More


Digital lottery for school admissions on Thursday

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The digital lottery for admission to grades 1 to 9 in government and private schools across metropolitan areas and district and Upazila towns is set to take place on Thursday. With ... Read More


Mediterranean boat capsize: 'The rescuers seemed to be watching a game,' says Ashik

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Ashik Mina from Gopalganj, who survived a boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea, has returned to Bangladesh from Libya after a harrowing experience under the supervision of the Inte... Read More


Fewer than 60,000 people own three times the wealth of the world's poorest half, inequality study says

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The world has tipped into a level of inequality that fewer than 60,000 people now control three times as much wealth as the bottom half of humanity, according to the World Inequality... Read More


Personal physician says Khaleda Zia 'continues to receive treatment as before', appeals for calm

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, admitted to Dhaka's Evercare Hospital, is still receiving treatment as before, her personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said. Outside the hospital on... Read More


Hasina 'gravely concerned' about Khaleda's health: Indian media

Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina says that she is "gravely concerned" about the health of BNP chief Khaleda Zia, adding that she is praying for her, according to reports in the In... Read More