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Minimum net pension raised to Tk 10,000

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The government has fixed the minimum monthly net pension at Tk 10,000, raising existing pensions by 55 to 100 percent. It has amended the Service (Pay and Allowances) Order, 2026 to... Read More


Rahul accuses Modi of 'tapping his phone'

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- India's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of tapping his phone, NDTV reports. Rahul held up his phone during an online interactive sessi... Read More


Bangladesh-India consular talks delayed again

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The Bangladesh-India consular dialogue has been postponed again, with Dhaka proposing to reschedule it for the end of November. Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi spokesperson ... Read More


2 die of dengue in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Dengue has claimed two more lives in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll this year to 483. Hospitals have admitted a further 1,255 patients with the mosquito-born... Read More


Durbin Bangla ransacked over 'seating row'

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- A group of young men has ransacked Durbin Bangla, a Dhaka restaurant that has been the talk of social media, after a row over seating. Police and the restaurant say all the attacker... Read More


Measles: Death toll crosses 1,300

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Bangladesh has recorded five more deaths with measles symptoms in a day, lifting the combined toll of confirmed and suspected cases to 1,304. The Directorate General of Health Servi... Read More


Govt sells rice at Tk 30 per kg for garment workers

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- The government has launched a special Open Market Sale (OMS) programme to sell subsidised rice to garment workers at Tk 30 per kg. Under the programme, each worker can buy up to 10 ... Read More


Why Microsoft's global outage has proved so hard to fix

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- Microsoft's global outage has disrupted email, workplace applications and artificial intelligence tools worldwide, with the technology giant struggling to restore normal operations a... Read More


Opposition MPs to visit Nusrat's burnt home

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- An opposition parliamentary delegation has left for Kushtia to visit the fire-gutted ancestral home of reserved-seat MP Nusrat Tabassum, joint convenor of the National Citizen Party ... Read More


How the Bachchans became Sonia Gandhi's second family

Dhaka, Nov. 13 -- For Sonia Gandhi, the Bachchan family residence was more than just a place to stay when she arrived in India. It became her "maayka", or parental home, with the family embracing her ... Read More