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3 Satkania police members withdrawn over looting Yaba pills

Chattogram, Oct. 29 -- Three police members of Satkania Police Station in Chattogram have been withdrawn and attached to the police lines in connection with their alleged involvement in looting 30,000... Read More


BNP's Mirza Faisal Amin wins Thakurgaon-1 by-election

Thakurgaon, Oct. 29 -- BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election by a huge margin, according to unofficial results announced on Thursday night after the voting. Faisal Amin bag... Read More


Porwar alleges plethora of irregularities in Thakurgaon-1 by-election, including advance stamping of ballots

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar on Thursday alleged that ballot book counterfoils at several polling centres in the Thakurgaon-1 by-election had been stamped and signed i... Read More


PM Tarique visits Toyota's Motomachi plant in Japan

Tokyo, Oct. 29 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday visited Toyota Motor Corporation's Motomachi plant in Nagoya as part of his four-day visit to Japan. During the visit, the Prime Minister, ... Read More


Two shot dead in Pabna over 'cattle market lease dispute'

Pabna, Oct. 29 -- A cattle market leaseholder and a local BNP leader were shot to death by unidentified miscreants reportedly over the market lease dispute in Pabna Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. ... Read More


Illegally exported tobacco from Pakistan seized from bonded warehouse at Ctg Port

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Customs intelligence officials have seized 150 metric tonnes of raw tobacco in 10 containers imported from Pakistan by Global Leaf Tobacco Company Ltd under a bonded warehouse facili... Read More


State minister tells scientists to make Bangladesh self-sufficient in livestock vaccines

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku on Thursday urged scientists and researchers to ensure that the country's entire demand for livestock vaccines is met... Read More


Anatomy of a collapse: Banking crisis and the road to reform

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- When eminent economist and former adviser to the caretaker government Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud took the podium at the 11th Annual Bank Conference in Mirpur, he did not merely diagnose t... Read More


Misinterpretation of religion, patriarchal mindsets hinder women's empowerment: Zahir Uddin Swapan

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Misinterpretation of religion and patriarchal attitudes remain major challenges to gender equality and women's empowerment in Bangladesh, Prime Minister's Political Adviser Zahir Udd... Read More


EU envoy calls on Jamaat chief: parliamentary proceedings, July Charter vision discussed

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Leader of the Opposition and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman discussed the implementation of the July Charter, or lack thereof, as well as parliamentary roles, rules... Read More