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Bangladeshi pilgrims will again travel under the Makkah Route Initiative this year, says Immigration DG

Dhaka, April 21 -- Pilgrims travelling from Bangladesh for Hajj this year will once again receive services under the Makkah Route Initiative, Maj Gen Md Nurul Anwar, director general of the Department... Read More


Joint forces unearth 'UPDF hideout' during rescue operation for 5 CU students

Dhaka, April 21 -- Security forces looking for five Chittagong University students who went missing in Khagrachhari claim they have uncovered a "hideout of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF)"... Read More


'They tried to be heroes, they became zeroes': Parvez murder suspects remanded for 7 days

Dhaka, April 21 -- The court has commented that the arrested suspects in the murder case of Primeasia University student Zahidul Islam Parvez became involved in the incident out of a misguided desire ... Read More


July 'genocide': Investigation report against 8 policemen submitted

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has submitted a report against former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other policemen in a case over cr... Read More


Battery-powered, pedal-rickshaw drivers standoff, 'riot' in Banani

Dhaka, April 21 -- Drivers of battery-powered and pedal rickshaws have engaged in a standoff amid an initiative to stop the movement of autorickshaws in Dhaka's Gulshan. Battery-run drivers have been... Read More


BMD predicts temperature to rise from Tuesday

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rainfall in all of the divisions across the country for the next two to three days but with the temperature rising from ... Read More


EC 'locks' National IDs of Hasina, 9 of her family members

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Election Commission Secretariat has suspended the National Identity (NID) cards of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine members of her family. The ID cards were deactiv... Read More


Forex reserves reach above $21bn after 42 days

Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves have once again exceeded above the $21 billion mark after nearly one and a half months. The central bank said on Sunday, the country's reserv... Read More


Bangladesh net FDI rises 29.3pc in Q2, rebounds after political unrest hit Q1

Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh's net foreign direct investment (FDI) has bounced back in the second quarter of the current financial year, rising more than 29.3 percent from a year earlier. There was ... Read More


Salman, Shayan, Shibli Rubayat face embezzlement charges in IFIC Aamar bond 'fraud'

Dhaka, April 21 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an embezzlement case against former IFIC Bank chairman Salman F Rahman, his son Shayan F Rahman, former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubayat U... Read More