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US to give $50m for handing over Maduro

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The US has doubled a reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50m, accusing him of being "one of the largest narco-traffickers in the wo... Read More


Tougher policy soon to regulate battery-run rickshaws

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The government has taken a move to introduce a tougher new policy to regulate the rampant and risky movement of unregistered battery-operated three-wheelers, commonly known as electri... Read More


Harun-Shakil panel unveils manifesto

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The Executive Committee election of the Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB), a pro-BNP physicians' organization, will be held today (Saturday). Ahead of the election, the Harun-... Read More


Ebtedayee scholarship test to return after 17yrs

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Scholarship examinations for Ebtedayee-level students at madrasas are set to return nearly 17 years after they were last held. The last time fifth-grade Ebtedayee students sat for th... Read More


Milestone Tragedy reveals critical failures in disaster preparedness: Roundtable

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Speakers at a roundtable have said that the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force jet at Milestone School and College in Uttara has exposed alarming weaknesses in the country's disas... Read More


Saki demands justice for murdered journalists in Gazipur

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Zonayed Saki, Chief Coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon, has strongly condemned the murder of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin and the assault on another journalist, Anwar Hossain Sourav, ... Read More


Rains likely in Dhaka, other divs

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast light to moderate rain in all divisions, including Dhaka, in next 24 hours commencing 9am on Friday. "Light to moderate rain o... Read More


Water crisis deepens misery in Old Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Residents of Dhaka continue to suffer from a lack of basic civic amenities and Lalbagh area of Old part in the capital is one of the areas where accessing safe drinking water has beco... Read More


An interim year of progress, but investment and jobs must follow

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- As the interim government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, completes its first year in office, the nation stands at a pivotal juncture. A raft of econom... Read More


'Time to move on from South Africa's WTC win'

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- South Africa's leading paceman Kagiso Rabada says it is time to move on from the euphoria of beating Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final wile admitting a belated majo... Read More