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Chief Advisor Yunus wants quick reforms, election soon: NHK

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor of the interim government, has expressed his determination to propel reforms and hold an election soon, reports NHK. Yunus made the remarks in an inte... Read More


High Court orders taskforce to be formed to probe Sagar-Runi murder

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- The Rapid Action Battalion have been removed from the investigation into the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Nahar Runi. In their place, the High Court has tr... Read More


Bangladesh may see 4 days of rain from Tuesday

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast four days of rain in Bangladesh at the start of October. "There will be continuous rain across the country from tomorrow, whic... Read More


Police teargas protesters gathered before Jamuna calling for govt job age limit up to 35

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- Protesters demanding the age limit for applications to public sector jobs be raised to 35 have been blocked by police as they attempted to occupy the road in front of the chief advi... Read More


Bangladesh forms committee to look into raising age bar on government jobs

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- The Bangladesh government has formed a committee to receive recommendations on whether to raise the age limit for applications for public sector jobs. The matter has been prioritis... Read More


Worker dies as protesters clash with law enforcers in Savar's Ashulia

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- A worker has died in a clash between protesters and law enforcers in Savar's Ashulia. The incident occurred at 11am in front of the Mandul Group factory in the Jirabo area of the D... Read More


Five die, 1,152 new patients hospitalised with dengue

Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- Five more people have died of dengue while 1,152 more patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease across the country in the past 24 hours. The Directorate... Read More


World Bank to provide $300mn for Bangladesh clean air project

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The World Bank will provide $300 million to assist the clean air project in Bangladesh, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, environment advisor to the interim government. The initiative has ... Read More


Cyber Security Act to be amended soon: Asif Nazrul

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Asif Nazrul, the interim government's advisor on law, justice and parliamentary affairs, said that the initiative will be taken to amend the Cyber Security Act soon. "The Cyber Sec... Read More


Journalist Shafik Rehman's jail sentence deferred for a year

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The government has deferred the jail sentence of journalist Shafik Rehman and businessman Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, an expatriate in the US, in a case over a plot to abduct and kill S... Read More