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Wasim Akram hails Bangladesh's Test progress, praises Nahid Rana after Pakistan series sweep

Dhaka, May 20 -- Bangladesh's rise in Test cricket, both at home and away, has drawn high praise from Pakistan fast bowling great Wasim Akram, who said the side now looks "ready to compete against the... Read More


UN, partners appeal for $710.5mn for Rohingya as return hopes fade amid funding crunch

Dhaka, May 20 -- The United Nations (UN) and its partners have launched a joint appeal for $710.5 million to meet the critical humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi host commun... Read More


Van driver with disabilities considers selling land to fund treatment of measles-stricken son

Dhaka, May 20 -- A disabled father is facing the grim prospect of selling his only piece of land to afford an "immuno-booster" injection, each costing Tk 15,000, needed to save his 7-month-old son, wh... Read More


Van-driver father with disabilities plans to sell land to afford measles 'immunity booster' for son

Dhaka, May 20 -- A disabled father is facing the grim prospect of selling his only piece of land to afford a Tk 15,000 "immuno-booster" injection required to save his seven-month-old son, currently ba... Read More


Corporate financial sheets are hiding real sales data, says NBR chief

Dhaka, May 20 -- National Revenue Board (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan has launched a sharp critique of Bangladesh's corporate sector, alleging that the true picture of annual sales and turnover is ... Read More


BERC cites rising subsidies for power hike as CAB warns higher prices will deepen people's hardship

Dhaka, May 20 -- Bangladesh's energy regulator and consumer rights campaigners locked horns at a heated public hearing over a proposed hike in bulk electricity prices, laying bare the growing strain b... Read More


Bangladesh plans to export 'organic meat' within three years

Dhaka, May 20 -- Bangladesh is going to export "organic meat" produced by feeding cattle with completely natural and nutritious grass without any genetic modification within the next three years, Fish... Read More


Thousands join funeral of four expatriate brothers who died in Oman

Dhaka, May 20 -- In the courtyard of a quiet homestead in Rangunia's Bandar Raja Para, four wooden cots stood side by side, each holding the lifeless body of a brother. The sea of grief-stricken peop... Read More


20 days after vanishing from workplace, Kalabagan SI appears at Dhaka hospital

Dhaka, May 20 -- A sub-inspector of Dhaka's Kalabagan Police Station, who went missing nearly three weeks ago, has been found at a government hospital in the capital. Rakibul Hasan Sarkar, 32, was lo... Read More


Four sentenced to death, nine get life in prison over murder of Army officer Tanzim

Dhaka, May 20 -- A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced four people to death and nine others to life in prison for the murder of Army officer Lt Tanzim Sarwar Nirjan. He was stabbed to death during an ant... Read More