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Nothing has changed yet, but Tarique Rahman is trying to bring change: Fakhrul

Dhaka, July 30 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday lamented that nothing has changed in the country's administrative culture despi... Read More


DMP files 3,172 cases for traffic rule violations

Dhaka, July 30 -- Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in separate drives filed 3,172 cases against motorists for violating traffic rules in different parts of the capital on Wednesday.... Read More


PM orders completion of reopening, privatisation of closed state-run factories by 2026

Dhaka, July 30 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to complete the process of reopening long-closed state-owned industrial units, accelerating their privati... Read More


BB withdraws administrator from EXIM Bank

Dhaka, July 30 -- Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn its administrator and oversight team from EXIM Bank, one of the five Shariah-based lenders merged into Sammilito Islami Bank PLC. Following the withdra... Read More


Customs seizes 101 cartons of misdeclared imported goods from UAE

Dhaka, July 30 -- Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials have seized 101 cartons of allegedly misdeclared imported goods worth around Tk 1 crore at the air freight area of... Read More


626 Bangladeshis experience "auto-cancellation" of UAE visas; renewal process underway

Dhaka, July 30 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Thursday said exactly 626 Bangladeshis, not 5,000, have experienced "auto-cancellation" of their visas so far, and the governm... Read More


Bodies of father, son recovered two days after Rajshahi boat capsize

Rajshahi, July 30 -- The bodies of a man and his son, who had gone missing after a boat capsized in the Padma River in Rajshahi, were recovered on Thursday, two days after the accident. The deceased ... Read More


Workers block road in Barishal over unpaid wages, eight-point demand

Barishal, July 30 -- Hundreds of workers of Fortune Shoes Ltd blocked Natun Bazar road in Barishal on Thursday, to press home their eight-point demands including payment of two months' overdue wages. ... Read More


3 members of inter-district cattle lifter gang held in Bagerhat, 11 stolen cattle recovered

Bagerhat, July 30 -- Detectives in a drive arrested three alleged members of an inter-district cattle theft syndicate, including its suspected kingpin from different parts of Bagerhat and Khulna distr... Read More


ADP implementation falls to five-year low in FY26: IMED

Dhaka, July 30 -- The implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) fell to a five-year low in the fiscal year 2025-26, with ministries and divisions utilising only 67.52 per cent of the r... Read More