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Government moves to expand ADP by 6.5% in FY2025-26

Dhaka, May 18 -- A larger Annual Development Programme (ADP) is on the table for the fiscal year 2025-26, with the interim government going for a Tk 2.3 trillion plan-up 6.5 percent from the latest re... Read More


Supporters of BNP's Ishraque block Nagar Bhaban for 4th straight day

Dhaka, May 18 -- Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain are conducting a fourth consecutive day of protests outside the Nagar Bhaban to demand that he be handed over the mayoral office of the Dhaka... Read More


Asset discrepancy detected in Hasina's assets, legal action pending: ACC chairman

Dhaka, May 18 -- Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen has said former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's declared assets in her election affidavit do not match official findings,... Read More


Court bars former Awami League ministers Nanak, Tajul from leaving country

Dhaka, May 18 -- A Dhaka court has issued a travel ban on former jute and textile minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, his wife Syeda Arjuman Banu, and their daughter S Amreen Rakhi. A similar restriction ... Read More


Advisor Salehuddin to meet NBR officials Tuesday but pen-down protest set to go on

Dhaka, May 18 -- Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed is set to meet with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials demanding the government back down from splitting the agency into two divisions. Th... Read More


Chhatra Dal activists leave Shahbagh after 2-hour blockade over Shammo murder

Dhaka, May 18 -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists have staged a two-hour sit-in by blocking the Shahbagh intersection protesting against what they called negligence in the investigation and de... Read More


Case filed against ex-PM Hasina for 'attempted murder' in 2018 student protest

Dhaka, May 18 -- A lawyer has filed a case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 31 others, accusing them of involvement in an attempted assassination during the 2018 protests over Banglades... Read More


DNCC rejects claims linking Administrator Azaz to Hizb ut-Tahrir

Dhaka, May 18 -- The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has refuted allegations that its current administrator Mohammad Azaz has links to the banned Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, describing the clai... Read More


'Very heavy' rain expected in three divisions over next 72 hours

Dhaka, May 18 -- A 72-hour spell of heavy to very heavy rain is expected in the Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions of northeastern Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) is... Read More


Shammo murder: DU Chhatra Dal holds black flag march

Dhaka, May 18 -- The Dhaka University unit of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has led a black flag procession to demand justice for the killing of Shahriar Alam Shammo and the resignation of the institut... Read More