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New secretaries appointed to two ministries

Dhaka, March 29 -- The government has appointed two new secretaries to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Separate notifications issued by the Ministry of Pu... Read More


Health minister says Upazila health complexes lack funds even for bandages, syringes

Dhaka, March 29 -- Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain Bakul has accused previous governments of "plundering" the health sector, claiming Upazila health complexes lack even basic funds to purchase... Read More


Investigators find 'multiple lapses' behind 12 deaths at Cumilla level crossing

Dhaka, March 29 -- An investigation into the Mar 21 train-bus collision at Padua Bazar in Cumilla, which claimed 12 lives, has revealed widespread negligence among railway staff, bus personnel, and ro... Read More


Fuel crisis brings agriculture, fishing to a standstill in Shariatpur

Dhaka, March 29 -- A severe diesel shortage across six Upazilas in Shariatpur has paralysed the district's rural economy, leaving thousands of farmers and fishermen in a state of desperation as irriga... Read More


Former general Masud rejects role in 'Tk 240bn embezzlement recruitment scam'

Dhaka, March 29 -- Retired three-star general Masud Uddin Chowdhury has dismissed allegations of involvement in a Tk 240 billion recruitment scam, rejecting the prosecution's claims as "absurd". A Dh... Read More


Rangpur lorry workers strike shuts petrol supply across eight districts

Dhaka, March 29 -- Rangpur's Tank Lorry Workers Union has launched an indefinite strike to protest the conviction and fines imposed on three workers for fuel theft. President of the union Ataur Rahma... Read More


Rangpur lorry workers' strike shuts petrol supply across eight districts

Dhaka, March 29 -- Fuel supplies have come to a halt across eight districts in Rangpur Division as tank lorry workers launched an indefinite strike, protesting the imprisonment and fining of three col... Read More


PM's Advisor Titumir says government correcting GDP data after 'years of distortion'

Dhaka, March 29 -- Bangladesh has begun a sweeping correction of its economic data after years of "exaggerated" GDP figures, Prime Minister's Finance and Planning Advisor Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir has ... Read More


Chuadanga introduces Fuel Cards to 'streamline' oil supply, combat smuggling

Dhaka, March 29 -- The Chuadanga district administration has decided to introduce Fuel Cards for vehicles, effective from Apr 1. The decision came at a meeting on the storage, transport, and distribu... Read More


Attorney General Ruhul Quddus Kazal vows impartial duty above politics

Dhaka, March 29 -- Newly appointed Attorney General Ruhul Quddus Kazal has vowed to work "dispassionately" in the interest of the people and the state. Speaking at his office on Sunday, the senior Su... Read More