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Chill continues under fog as midweek cold snap looms over Bangladesh

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- A cold wave is intensifying across Bangladesh as the month of Poush reaches its midpoint. The sun hides behind a fog-laden sky, and despite a slight temperature rise, the chill rema... Read More


Bangladesh extends income tax return deadline by another month to Jan 31

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to submit their income tax returns by another month, pushing the cut-off date to Jan 31 for the... Read More


Fog disruption eases as Aricha-Kazirhat ferry service resumes after 11 hours

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Ferry services on the Aricha-Kazirhat route have resumed after being suspended for nearly 11 hours due to dense fog on the Padma River. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corpora... Read More


Police say Keraniganj madrasa head prepared explosives overnight before deadly blast

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Police have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), five electric bomb-like devices, and a large quantity of bomb-making materials from the madrasa that was levelled in an... Read More


Pakistan's trade volume with Bangladesh increased by 20 percent, says its high commissioner

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Bangladesh and Pakistan's businesses are exploring new avenues for investment, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider has said, noting that bilateral trade grew by 2... Read More


Mahfuj Alam refuses to join NCP after Jamaat alliance

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Former student advisor Mahfuj Alam has ruled out joining the National Citizen Party (NCP), declaring that he is "not becoming part of this NCP". A few hours after the announcement o... Read More


NCP announces alliance with Jamaat, partners to 'navigate February polls'

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has formally announced an "electoral understanding" with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as the country approaches the parliamentary elec... Read More


Former PM Khaleda Zia submits nomination papers from Dinajpur-3

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's nomination papers have been submitted for the Dinajpur-3 constituency in the parliamentary polls. Local BNP leaders and activists submitted the nominat... Read More


Police to question six people, including three women, in custody over madrasa blast

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Police have been granted permission to interrogate six people, including three women, in custody following a blast at a madrasa in Hasnabad, Keraniganj, after three more arrests. On... Read More


Golam Akbar secures BNP nomination as 2nd candidate for Raozan constituency

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Golam Akbar Khandaker, an advisor to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, to contest in the general election from Chattogram-6 constituency, ... Read More