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BB relaxes cash margin requirement for import ahead of Ramadan

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- To ensure adequate supplies of key consumer goods during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan (likely to begin in mid-February 2026), Bangladesh Bank has instructed all scheduled banks... Read More


Ireland score 270/8 on Day 1

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Sports ReporterIreland Cricket team scored 270 for the loss of eight wickets on Day 1 in the first Test against Bangladesh Cricket team at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on... Read More


EC to initiate talks with political parties for nat'l polls

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- The Election Commission (EC) is set to begin talks with registered political parties on 13 November as part of preparations for the upcoming national parliamentary elections. Howeve... Read More


BGFCL produces 26pc of country's total gas production

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL), the country's largest natural gas producer under the control of Petrobangla, currently produces about 26% of the country's total gas pr... Read More


Fertiliser crisis hits haor farmers

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Farmers of haor areas are suffering from an actute of fertiliser just as the Rabi season started. Meanwhile fertiliser stock in the wholesalers of Bangladesh Agricultural Developmen... Read More


Banned sugar seized at Ctg port

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Customs House has seized 39 metric tons of banned sugar (Sodium Cyclamate). Based on a tip-off, the Audit, Investigation and Research (AIR) team of Custom House Chattagram seized the... Read More


Kundupukur union acting chairman Sainul arrested

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Police have arrested Sajjad Alam Sainul, the acting chairman of Kundupukur Union Parishad under Nilphamari Sadar upazila and president of Ward No. 3 of the local Awami League unit. H... Read More


CNG cylinder blast kills passenger

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- One passenger was burnt to death when a gas cylinder exploded after a microbus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw from behind in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Tuesday. The accident occurr... Read More


12 killed as Islamabad suicide bomber

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Twelve people were killed while 20 others were injured in a suicide blast outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday, a security official confirmed. According to the official, the expl... Read More


Partition of Gaza a looming risk as Trump's plan falters

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources said, with efforts to advance US President Donal... Read More