CID seizes Tk 5bn in assets of manpower exporter Swapan over Malaysia labour racket

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- The Criminal Investigation Department has confiscated assets worth Tk 5 billion from Ruhul Amin Swapon, a controversial manpower exporter and former secretary general of the Ban... Read More

Dumped broken-cut stones in Rangpani 'pose risk, not benefit to nature', say experts

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- In Sylhet's Jaintiapur Upazila, along the Sreepur border, authorities have replaced large quarried stones with small and broken-cut stones in the Rangpani River, a naturally for... Read More

Panels 'give up' DUCSU post for July protest face Tonni

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Backpack on her shoulders, stick in hand, bloodied face behind her glasses -- the image of a young woman, hunched over and bruised from a beating, became "the turning point" of ... Read More

From shadows to spotlight: DUCSU election thrusts Shibir back into campus power play

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- In Bangladesh's altered political landscape since the July Uprising, campus politics at Dhaka University has taken on a new shape. At the centre of it stands Islami Chhatra Shi... Read More

Public Service Commission expanded to 18 with 3 new members

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- The interim government has appointed three new members to the Public Service Commission (PSC). The appointees are former secretary Md Mohiuddin, who is now on post-retirement l... Read More

Hatirjheel water taxis halted again as workers strike over pay to leave thousands stranded

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Dhaka's Hatirjheel water taxis, a lifeline for thousands of office-goers trying to avoid the capital's crippling traffic jams, have been suspended for the second time in just si... Read More

BNP, AL, Jamaat leaders among 42 identified in ACC's Sada Pathar probe

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified 42 people linked to large-scale stone looting from the popular Sada Pathar tourist zone in Sylhet's Companiganj. The list in... Read More

Three killed, one injured as car overturns on Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Three people have been killed after a car overturned on the Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj. Another person was injured in the crash that happened around 6am on Thursday near the... Read More

Container pile-up at Chattogram port raises capacity concerns

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- The Chittagong Port, Bangladesh's largest seaport, is facing mounting container congestion, with yard space nearing full capacity despite port operations running normally. Offi... Read More

Bangladesh Army chief heads to China on official visit

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Bangladesh Army chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman has left for China on an official visit. He departed on Thursday morning, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement... Read More

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