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20 more people held as curfew-bound Gopalganj sees uneasy calm on Friday

Dhaka, July 18 -- Law enforcers arrested 20 more people in connection with the clashes with Awami League and banned Chhatra League activists over the NCP's rally in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Wednesda... Read More


Banks borrow record Tk 1.45t in a month as liquidity dries

Dhaka, July 18 -- Fund funnelling from the central bank into commercial banks in Bangladesh through repo instrument hits a record high of over Tk 1.45 trillion in June, indicating their severe liquidi... Read More


Getting rid of shady private power deals

Dhaka, July 18 -- As a temporary answer to the acute supply shortage in the national grid, a number of power plants were set up in the private sector during the previous autocratic regime. But the con... Read More


SC moves to fully digitize company courts

Dhaka, July 18 -- The resolution of corporate disputes is expected to gain fresh momentum as the Supreme Court administration moves to fully digitize the proceedings of the country's company courts. ... Read More


WEEKLY KITCHEN MARKET: Onion, broiler chicken prices rise

Dhaka, July 18 -- The prices of onions and broiler chickens have gone up over the past week while the prices of brinjal, and green chili remain high, showing no signs of easing. In Dhaka's retail mar... Read More


CHT student groups protest in Dhaka over rape, custody death

Dhaka, July 18 -- Student organisations from the Chittagong Hill Tracts held a protest rally on Friday afternoon at the Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University, condemning recent incidents of army... Read More


Rights group condemns abolition suggestion

Dhaka, July 18 -- Social Resistance Committee (Samajik Protirodh Committee) strongly protested national unity commission's (NUC) recommendation to abolish the current system of reserved seats for wome... Read More


High Court seeks all docs of Orion Accom-Belhasa JV firm

Dhaka, July 18 -- The High Court has called for all the documents of Belhasa Accom and Associates Limited alias Orion Infrastructure Limited, a joint-venture company which constructed the Jatrabari-Gu... Read More


Updated voting list to enrol many eligible new voters

Dhaka, July 18 -- An updated voting list will enroll more eligible new voters to vote in the next elections in Bangladesh under provision of the just-amended law. The Council of Advisers of the inter... Read More


Direct buying may boost RMG exports

Dhaka, July 18 -- Direct cotton sourcing from US farmers could boost apparel exports to the country amid rising trade tensions and tariff uncertainties, said a Bangladeshi-born American entrepreneur o... Read More