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13 dead, 92 hurt after heavy rains lash Pakistan's Punjab

Dhaka, May 25 -- At least 13 people have been killed and 92 others injured during heavy rainfall across Pakistan's Punjab province, according to reports in the local media. Lahore accounted for three... Read More


Why was Culture Advisor Farooki's press conference suspended? Bangla Academy explains

Dhaka, May 25 -- Bangla Academy has provided an explanation on why the Ministry of Cultural Affairs' press conference regarding the reforms to the institution was suspended. The public relations divi... Read More


Listed criminal Dhakaiya Akbar dies after shooting

Dhaka, May 25 -- Listed criminal Dhakaiya Akbar, who was shot by assailants at the Patenga beach in Chattogram, has died under hospital care. Akbar died around 8am on Sunday at Chattogram Medical Col... Read More


CA Yunus 'brought fundamentalists together' to remain in power, BNP leader Gayeshwar says

Dhaka, May 25 -- Denouncing several measures taken by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has said that the head of the interim government has brought the... Read More


Tarique calls for general elections by December amid political instability

Dhaka, May 25 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman expects general elections to be held by December, as he cited growing political and economic instability in the cou... Read More


Bangladesh rake in $2.25bn in remittances in first 24 days of May

Dhaka, May 25 -- Expatriate Bangladeshis have consistently sent over $2 billion in remittances each month since September, and that trend has continued into May. In the first 24 days of May, remittan... Read More


46th BCS written exams starting from Jul 24 as PSC publishes exam schedule

Dhaka, May 25 -- The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the schedule for the 46th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations. According to the PSC, the written tests for compul... Read More


NBR staff call off protest after government backs down on abolishing it

Dhaka, May 25 -- Facing intense protests from within its ranks, the interim government has reversed its controversial decision to dissolve the National Board of Revenue (NBR), announcing instead that ... Read More


ACC prosecutes former whip Swapon, wife over 'illicit wealth'

Dhaka, May 25 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started two cases against former parliament whip Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon and his wife Mehbooba Alam. Allegations of "unusual transaction... Read More


NBR split: Import, export activities to remain suspended as well

Dhaka, May 25 -- The NBR Reform Unity Council, a platform of tax officers, has called for a full-fledged work stoppage demanding repeal of the ordinance that split the National Board of Revenue (NBR),... Read More