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Nation will not accept ' taking too much time' in name of reforms, says BNP

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed says the nation will not accept a "strategy of taking too much time" for the interim government's reforms. He said at a discussion on W... Read More


Anti-discrimination Movement, Citizens' Committee announce new party formation

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens' Committee have announced they are establishing a new political party. The two organisations are gathering the opin... Read More


Bangladesh's trade deficit shrinks further to bring relief to balance of payments

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Bangladesh's trade deficit has narrowed further in the first six months of the current fiscal year, driven by a positive trend in exports. According to Bangladesh Banks's latest data... Read More


11-year-old girl 'missing' from Adabor taken into RAB custody

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has taken the 11-year-old girl "missing" from Dhaka's Adabor area in custody in Naogaon following her discovery. She was located from the district... Read More


Court orders freeze on 52 bank accounts of NASSA Group Chairman Nazrul, family

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of 52 bank accounts belonging to former EXIM Bank chairman and NASSA Group chief Nazrul Islam Mazumder, his wife Nasrin Islam, daughter Anika Is... Read More


Sri Lanka would no longer exist if its situation was like Bangladesh, says finance advisor

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed says that Bangladesh's finance sector was in such disarray after the fall of the Awami League government that if Sri Lanka, which has undergone its ow... Read More


Former Sirajganj MP Abdul Aziz arrested in Dhaka

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested former Sirajganj-3 MP Md Abdul Aziz in Dhaka's Kalabagan. In a message, the elite force's legal and media wing confirmed his detentio... Read More


Missing 11-year-old girl Suba found in Naogaon, went there 'willingly'

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Arabi Islam Suba, who went missing "while crossing a street" in Dhaka, has been located in Naogaon after the 11-year-old girl went there "willingly" with a teenage boy, police say. S... Read More


Police arrest Lalmonirhat college teacher Mukib for distributing AL leaflets

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) arrested Mukib Mia, a college teacher in Lalmonirhat who drew headlines for distributing the Awami League leaflets demanding the... Read More


Bangladesh's revenue deficit balloons to Tk 580bn in first half of FY 2024-25

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The revenue deficit in the first half of the 2024-25 fiscal year has stood at nearly Tk 580 billion due to the shock caused by the deterioration of law and order in Bangladesh after t... Read More