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HC suspends Chittagong Port's service fee hike for a month

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The High Court has suspended the recently increased service fees at Chittagong Port for one month, following a long-standing dispute over the hike. On Sunday, a bench comprising Just... Read More


ACC seeks wealth statements of health advisor's ex-personal officers within 21 days

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked two former personal officers (POs) of Health Advisor Nurjahan Begum -- Tuhin Farabi and Mahmudul Hasan -- to submit wealth statements within 2... Read More


Bangladesh reports 6 dengue deaths, 1,195 hospitalisations in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Six more people have died of dengue infection in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,195 patients have been newly hospitalised. This raises the total yearly death toll to 313 un... Read More


Government mulls onion imports as prices double

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The government is considering opening imports of onions as prices have suddenly surged towards the end of the harvesting season. Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin hinted at the mo... Read More


ACC prosecutes S Alam, 66 others over 'misappropriating' Tk 104.7 billion

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission has brought charges of misappropriating Tk 104.7 billion against businessman Saiful Alam, better known as S Alam, alongside 66 others from the Islami Ba... Read More


Advisor Jahangir says Army personnel with executive powers will stay in the field as before

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the government's plan to withdraw 50 percent of Army personnel deployed with executive magistracy powers from the field will not be imple... Read More


High Court grants bail to ex-Narayanganj mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in 5 cases

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The High Court has granted bail to former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in five cases, including the murder case of a garment worker during the July Uprising pro... Read More


Govt to buy Aman rice at Tk 50 per kg

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The government has set a target of procuring 700,000 tonnes of rice for the upcoming Aman season, raising the price by a maximum of Tk 3 per kg compared to last year. The decision wa... Read More


Fire at Mohammadpur garage sparked by 'bomb attack', police say

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Police have uncovered initial evidence that a fire that broke out at a car garage in Dhaka's Mohammadpur was sparked by a crude bomb thrown from a motorcycle. The incident occurred a... Read More


Fire engulfs multiple vehicles in Mohammadpur garage

Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- A fire has broken out late in the night in a vehicle garage along the embankment in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, destroying several cars. Locals reported seeing multiple vehicles ablaze aroun... Read More