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4,042 candidates clear 46th BCS written exam

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) has released the results of the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examination, with 4,042 candidates making the cut. The results were p... Read More


Court orders tracing of all illegal plot owners, action against RAJUK, housing ministry officers

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Alongside finding former prime minister Sheikh Hasina guilty in the plot corruption cases, Dhaka's Fifth Special Judge's Court also highlighted serious malpractices by the Rajdhani U... Read More


Merged Islamic banks to reduce salaries to standardise pay, preserving jobs

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Administrators overseeing the merger of five Shariah-based banks have taken steps to reduce salaries, allowances, and other benefits for officers and employees as part of the integra... Read More


MPO inclusion: Special school teachers' sit-in enters 33rd day

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers from schools for people with disabilities are continuing their sit-in outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, pressing for MPO inclusion along with four related demands. ... Read More


Bangladesh records 7 dengue deaths, 567 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Bangladesh has reported seven more deaths due to dengue fever, while 567 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the past 24 hours. The total number of hosp... Read More


Judge astounded over Hasina's 'stunning greed for wealth'

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- A stunned silence swept across the packed courtroom when Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun paused mid-observation and asked: "Sheikh Hasina is a political leader, a four-time prime mi... Read More


Demand for MPO inclusion: Teachers' sit-in on day 26, 'finance ministry siege' withdrawn

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers have held a sit-in protest for the 26th straight day demanding the inclusion of all recognised non-MPO educational institutions under the government's monthly pay order (MPO... Read More


The others sentenced in the Purbachal plot graft cases against Hasina, her children

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Eighteen other people have received jail sentences alongside ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul in three cases over cor... Read More


Govt secondary teachers threaten shutdown, boycott of exams to push for demands

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- Teachers of government secondary schools have gathered at the premises of Shikkha Bhaban, the headquarters of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), on Abdul Gani ... Read More


ACC express frustration over verdict in Purbachal plot graft cases against Hasina family

Dhaka, Nov. 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has expressed its frustration over the verdicts in three cases over corruption in the allocation of plots in Dhaka's Purbachal New Town Project a... Read More