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PM Tarique Rahman to inaugurate Batexpo as garment fair returns after 13 years

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate Batexpo 2026, an exhibition for Bangladesh's export-oriented readymade garment sector, as the event returns to Dhaka after more th... Read More


PM to inaugurate export-oriented garment fair

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will inaugurate Batexpo 2026, an exhibition for Bangladesh's export-oriented readymade garment sector, as the event returns to Dhaka after more than a ... Read More


EFL Cup: Xabi returns to Anfield, Arsenal head back to Highbury

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Xabi Alonso is heading back to Anfield - this time in the Chelsea dugout. The Carabao Cup fourth-round draw paired Liverpool with Chelsea, setting up a return to familiar surroundi... Read More


TCB goes digital to curb subsidy waste

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh is undertaking a broad digital transformation of its operations to make the distribution of subsidised essential goods easier, more transparent... Read More


6 posing as police detectives held during robbery attempt

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- The Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) has arrested six people who were allegedly preparing to commit a robbery while posing as police detectives near the Shahbagh Me... Read More


Salman Rahman to leave 3 Beximco boards

Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Beximco Group has moved to reconstitute the boards of three listed companies, with Salman F Rahman set to step down from all three. The group has written to the Bangladesh Securiti... Read More


59% of measles patients were infected inside hospitals and clinics, study finds

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A study of 200 children treated for measles in Chattogram, Cumilla and Cox's Bazar has found that 59.4 percent contracted the disease at a health facility or hospital. The fin... Read More


Bangladesh approves new Dhaka metro rail as cost of two others doubles

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- The government has approved a 117.64 percent cost hike for Bangladesh's first underground metro rail project, Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (MRT) Line-1, bringin... Read More


Milestone School teacher run over and killed by bus in Dhaka

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- A teacher from Milestone School and College has died after being run over by a bus near Meradia of Dhaka's Banasree. The incident occurred around 6pm on Wednesday, according t... Read More


Bangladesh slashes tax, duty on solar power equipment imports for six months

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- The government has stripped away almost all taxes on solar equipment imports, retaining a minimal 1 percent customs duty to step up renewable power generation amid the ongoing ... Read More