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UN-backed Study: BD among core countries in global food insecurity

Bangladesh, April 25 -- A United Nations-backed report released on Friday (24 April) has revealed that nearly two-thirds of people facing severe food crises last year were concentrated in just 10 coun... Read More


NCP broadens political base with high-profile joins

Bangladesh, April 25 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) continued to widen its political footprint on Friday, formally welcoming a series of high-profile figures, including expelled BNP leader Ishaq ... Read More


Measles surge raises WHO alarm

Bangladesh, April 25 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised serious concern over the evolving measles outbreak in Bangladesh, assessing the national risk as "high" amid widespread transmiss... Read More


Tk20,000cr BB borrowing may stoke inflation

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The government injected Tk20,000 crore of high-powered money into the economy in March by borrowing from Bangladesh Bank, a move that could heighten inflationary pressure, warn... Read More


Energy Crisis: Govt, Opposition join hands

Bangladesh, April 24 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday announced the formation of a 10-member bipartisan committee in parliament to review the country's energy situation and recommend measu... Read More


Power crisis to ease by May

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The government has projected that Bangladesh's ongoing electricity shortage will begin to ease by May, as authorities move to boost fuel supply and increase generation capacity... Read More


Diesel hike fuels rise in freight charges, bus fares

Bangladesh, April 24 -- Freight charges for lighterage vessels operating on inland waterways are set to increase by 10 percent following a recent 15 percent hike in diesel prices, officials said. The... Read More


Tonu Murder: First arrest made after 10 years

Bangladesh, April 23 -- The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has arrested a suspect a decade after the rape and murder case of Sohagi Jahan Tanu, a student of Victoria Government College in Cumill... Read More


Vehicles for MPs sought to improve constituency access

Bangladesh, April 22 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker Md Abul Hasnat, popularly known as Hasnat Abdullah, has called for providing official vehicles to Members of Parliament (MPs) to improve t... Read More


Women freedom in all fields including JS

Bangladesh, April 22 -- A.H.M. Hamidur Rahman Azad, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, has said that women are self-sufficient in lawmaking and all other fields for the welfare of the cou... Read More