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Sri Lanka would no longer exist if its situation was like Bangladesh, says finance advisor

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed says that Bangladesh's finance sector was in such disarray after the fall of the Awami League government that if Sri Lanka, which has undergone its ow... Read More


Former Sirajganj MP Abdul Aziz arrested in Dhaka

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has arrested former Sirajganj-3 MP Md Abdul Aziz in Dhaka's Kalabagan. In a message, the elite force's legal and media wing confirmed his detentio... Read More


Former Privatization Commission chief, politician Enam Ahmed Chowdhury dies at 87

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Former chairman of the Privatization Commission and politician Enam Ahmed Chowdhury has died at the age of 87. After retiring, Enam Ahmed, who was involved in BNP politics in the lat... Read More


Vaccination coverage stagnates for 12 years, 16% of children deprived: study

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A study has revealed that about 16 percent of children are still deprived of vaccination as the "coverage" of the programme has not increased in over a decade. The study, jointly con... Read More


Missing 11-year-old girl Suba found in Naogaon, went there 'willingly'

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Arabi Islam Suba, who went missing "while crossing a street" in Dhaka, has been located in Naogaon after the 11-year-old girl went there "willingly" with a teenage boy, police say. S... Read More


Law enforcers raid house in Chattogram after robbery reported

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Law enforcers have surrounded and launched a raid on a residential building in Chattogram's Panchlaish where a robbery was reported. Police say a gang of robbers entered the second f... Read More


Police arrest Lalmonirhat college teacher Mukib for distributing AL leaflets

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) arrested Mukib Mia, a college teacher in Lalmonirhat who drew headlines for distributing the Awami League leaflets demanding the... Read More


Minority group spreading 'false' information on communal violence: press secretary

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council is spreading "false" information about minority persecution in the aftermath of the fall of Sheikh Hasina government in a mass up... Read More


More than one million dead voters identified in latest update

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The voter list update process has found information on over 1 million dead voters, who will be removed from the existing record. During the 2022 update, a maximum of 2.2 million dead... Read More


Bangladesh's revenue deficit balloons to Tk 580bn in first half of FY 2024-25

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The revenue deficit in the first half of the 2024-25 fiscal year has stood at nearly Tk 580 billion due to the shock caused by the deterioration of law and order in Bangladesh after t... Read More