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VAT intelligence seizes 316,400 illegally imported cigarettes

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Directorate of Audit, Intelligence and Investigation, VAT, has seized 316,400 sticks of illegally imported foreign cigarettes from two residential buildings in Mohammadpur. Two... Read More


Kareena Kapoor says Daayra challenges stereotypes of women cops

, Sept. 17 -- Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor says her police character in Meghna Gulzar's upcoming film 'Daayra' challenges the usual stereotypes associated with women police officers. Kapoor, who is... Read More


JCD's 'Green & Clean Campus First' initiative: DU to get 200 dustbins

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has agreed to install around 200 dustbins across the Dhaka University campus, considering the waste management needs of the entire campus, fo... Read More


Bangladesh to tour Nepal for three-match T20I series dedicated to flood victims

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that the national men's team will travel to Nepal in March 2027 for a three-match T20 International series. This tour will be dedic... Read More


Cantonment OC withdrawn

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- in-Charge of Cantonment Police Station Md Rakibul Hasan has been withdrawn and attached to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters. The DMP headquarters issued an office o... Read More


99 judges transferred in major judicial reshuffle

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- A total of 99 judges have been transferred and given new postings in a major reshuffle in the judiciary. The transferred judges include 44 district judges, 26 additional district j... Read More


Dhaka ranks 19th among world's most polluted cities

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Dhaka ranked 19th among the world's most polluted cities on Thursday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 93 at 10:30 am. The air quality was classified as 'Moder... Read More


'Nazrul too should have been awarded Nobel': Dinesh Trivedi

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said that Kazi Nazrul Islam should also have been awarded the Nobel Prize, citing the Bengali poet's extraordinary literary... Read More


Ebola cases top 7,400 in DR Congo as outbreak shifts

KINSHASA, Sept. 17 -- The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is shifting, with transmission easing in its long-time epicenter of Ituri but rising rapidly in North Kivu, where... Read More


Maximum 7% interest rate set for closed industrial and service sector refinance loans

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed the maximum interest rate at 7 percent for loans under the Tk20,000 crore pre-refinance scheme aimed at reopening closed industrial and service sector... Read More