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Bangladesh reports five COVID deaths, highest daily count in 2 years and 8 months

Dhaka, June 22 -- Bangladesh has reported five deaths due to COVID-19, marking the highest number of daily fatalities in 2 years and 8 months from the virus. The total number of COVID-related fatalit... Read More


Ex-CEC Nurul Huda assaulted by mob, taken into police custody

Dhaka, June 22 -- Police have taken former chief election commissioner Nurul Huda into custody after he was assaulted by "students and members of the public" outside his home in Uttara, hours after be... Read More


Bangladesh eases proposed tax hike for listed companies in FY26 budget

Dhaka, June 22 -- In the face of mounting pressure, the Advisory Council of the interim government has offered a conditional relief to the corporate tax rate proposed in the FY2025-26 budget for publi... Read More


US forces bomb Iran nuclear sites, Trump says Fordow gone

Dhaka, June 22 -- US forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a "very successful attack," President Donald Trump said on Saturday, adding that the crown jewel of Tehran's nuclear program, Fordow, ... Read More


Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'obliterated' by airstrikes

Dhaka, June 22 -- US forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a "very successful attack," President Donald Trump said on Saturday, adding that Tehran's nuclear programme had been obliterated. Aft... Read More


Dhaka stocks suffer second sharpest fall in six weeks

Dhaka, June 22 -- After a brief spell of post-Eid optimism, Bangladesh's premier bourse took a sharp turn on Sunday, registering its second-steepest drop in six weeks. Investor caution and liquidity ... Read More


Chankharpul killings: ICT sets Jul 29 for hearing on framing charges

Dhaka, June 22 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has scheduled Jun 29 for a hearing to frame charges in the killing of six people at Dhaka's Chankharpul during the July Uprising. The three-m... Read More


Opportunity to whiten black money dropped from national budget

Dhaka, June 22 -- In response to criticism, the interim government has dropped the opportunity to legalise undisclosed income in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The National Board of Revenue... Read More


Advisor Touhid urges global community to act on Israel's aggression against Iran

Dhaka, June 22 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for what he described as "unlawful military aggression" against Iran. He used the... Read More


Two patients with COVID die in Chattogram

Dhaka, June 22 -- Two more patients infected with COVID-19 have died in Chattogram. Both of the dead had been suffering from kidney and heart issues as well. Four people have died so far in the distr... Read More