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Bureaucrats, not businessmen have 'laundered the most money abroad', says Apex Group's Nasim Manzur

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- Bureaucrats, not businessmen have "laundered the most money abroad", says Apex Group Managing Director Syed Nasim Manzur. He also highlighted that the entire business community does ... Read More


BNP to hold nationwide prayers for Khaleda Zia's recovery on Friday

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will organise nationwide prayers in mosques and services in other places of worship on Friday for the speedy recovery of party chief and former ... Read More


Chinese specialists meet Evercare medical board on Khaleda Zia

Dhaka, Dec. 4 -- A four-member team of Chinese medical consultants has sat with the medical board overseeing the treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. The second Chinese team arrived at ... Read More


Culvert repair forces single-track train movement, disrupting schedules at Kamalapur

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Services at Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station have faced widespread delays after repair work on a culvert in Tejgaon forced all trains to operate on a single track for several hours. ... Read More


Teachers announce 'complete shutdown' of primary schools over pay, promotion demands

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Government primary school teachers in Bangladesh have announced a nationwide "complete shutdown" from Wednesday as part of their ongoing protest over pay and promotion demands. The P... Read More


BNP's Mirza Abbas likens 'rude' political rival to Awami League, calls it 'religion distorter'

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas has levelled a sharp accusation against another political party, widely understood to be the Jamaat-e-Islami. He described the group, which he did not n... Read More


New-look Tk 500 banknote set to hit the market

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Bangladesh Bank is releasing a new design for the Tk 500 note in the market. These new notes feature depictions of Bangladesh's historic and archaeological landmarks After the 2024 s... Read More


Bangladesh records over 96,000 dengue hospitalisations

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Bangladesh has reported 490 hospitalisations from dengue fever in the past 24 hours, bringing the total this year to 96,067. The Aedes mosquito-borne illness has claimed five lives i... Read More


Adviser Bashir Uddin says cooking oil prices raised without government consent

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin has accused importers and distributors of raising cooking oil prices without notifying the government. Speaking at the Secretariat on Wednesday, ... Read More


Court filing of reinvestigation report on Viqarunnisa's Aritry death Jan 8

Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- A Dhaka court has set Jan 8 for the submission of the reinvestigation report in the case over the suicide of Aritry Adhikary, a ninth grader at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College. A... Read More