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As Bangladesh turns the page on education, here's what to expect in new school textbooks

Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- The overarching implications of the student-led mass movement that toppled the Sheikh Hasina regime are coming to bear on the education sector, where changes to textbooks are afoot. T... Read More


Dhaka metro rail's MRT pass registration suspended for one week

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The registration and reissuance of the Mass Rapid Transit, or MRT, pass for metro travel in Dhaka has been temporarily suspended for one week. The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Lim... Read More


Interim government forms committee for July Uprising Memorial Museum

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The interim government has formed a committee for the July Uprising Memorial Museum, with writer and filmmaker Ebadur Rahman as the convenor and Md Mahfuz Alam, special assistant... Read More


Dr Kamal advises on modernising Bangladesh constitution

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- Veteran lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain has expressed confidence in the constitutional reform process, recommending updates to modernise the constitution of Bangladesh. He met with memb... Read More


Diesel, kerosene prices drop by Tk 0.50 per litre, octane and petrol prices unchanged

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The prices of diesel and kerosene have dropped by Tk 0.50 per litre while the prices of octane and petrol have remained unchanged in the price adjustments for November. Under the new... Read More


Govt to crack down on polythene manufacturers nationwide from Sunday

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- The government is planning to launch mobile court drives across Bangladesh on Sunday in a bid to crack down on polythene manufacturers. Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of th... Read More


Was Jatiya Party alone in legitimising elections under Hasina regime? asks GM Quader

Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has rebuffed claims that the party was an 'accomplice' to the deposed Sheikh Hasina regime and that it had legitimised elections held under her adminis... Read More


Can Awami League contest polls? Decision after the party 'faces justice', says Asif Nazrul

Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- Law Advisor Asif Nazrul has raised doubts about whether the Awami League, ousted from power by a mass uprising, will be able to participate in elections before facing justice for the... Read More


Former public works minister Mosharraf Hossain arrested

Bangladesh, Oct. 27 -- The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has arrested former housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain. He was arrested in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential ar... Read More


Six die, 1,248 hospitalised with dengue fever in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Oct. 27 -- Six more people have died of dengue while 1,248 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours. The Directorat... Read More