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Power returns in parts of Dhaka after grid failure

Dhaka, June 22 -- Lights have begun to flicker back with electricity gradually being restored after large swathes of Dhaka were left without power for about two hours following a grid failure in Rampu... Read More


Large swathes of Dhaka without power due to grid malfunction

Dhaka, June 22 -- Large swathes of Dhaka have experienced a power outage due to a grid failure. According to Power Grid Bangladesh PLC (PGCB) and Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO), the is... Read More


Tax exempted on import of heart rings, rent of beauty parlour premises

Dhaka, June 22 -- The interim government has exempted advance tax on the import of eye lenses, along with stents or rings used in the treatment of heart disease. If a female entrepreneur opens a beau... Read More


100,000 recruitments to be made in MPO-listed educational institutions

Dhaka, June 22 -- The Non-Government Teachers Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) has started accepting applications for the recruitment of 100,822 teaching positions in Monthly Pay-Order... Read More


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