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HC issues rule ordering CCTV camera installation to curb 'corruption' at sub-registry office

Dhaka, May 4 -- The High Court has issued a rule calling for the installation of centrally controlled CCTV cameras and public display monitors at all sub-registry offices across the country to prevent... Read More


BNP's Mirza Fakhrul hopes women MPs play proper role in parliament

Dhaka, May 4 -- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is expressing hope that reserved women members of parliament will play their due role in parliament. The BNP secretary general and local government ministe... Read More


3 women die in Mymensingh in truck-autorickshaw collision

Dhaka, May 4 -- Three female passengers on an autorickshaw have died in a collision with a truck in Mymensingh's Muktagachha. The accident occurred around 11:45am on Monday in the Montola Samity Ghar... Read More


Ex-MP Bubly arrested in Anti-Terrorism Act case

Dhaka, May 4 -- Tamanna Nusrat Bubly, a former MP to a women's reserved seat and the wife of former Narsingdi municipal mayor Lokman Hossain, has been shown arrested in a case at Tejgaon Police Statio... Read More


Abul Kashem Md Shirin, Shahwar Jamal Nizam join Shimanto Bank board

Dhaka, May 4 -- Shimanto Bank PLC has appointed Abul Kashem Md Shirin and Barrister Shahwar Jamal Nizam as independent directors on its board. Shirin is a former managing director and CEO of Dutch-Ba... Read More


PM Tarique reviews plans to revive shuttered factories, mills

Dhaka, May 4 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has held a meeting with the Ministry of Textiles and Jute to discuss ways to reopen closed mills and factories. The meeting began at the Prime Minister's... Read More


Measles surges amid 'patchwork' response as experts' advice ignored, coordination falters

Dhaka, May 4 -- Stopgap Shock: Escalating Outbreak Two-decade high: With 280 deaths in six weeks, this surge is the deadliest in 20 years. 38,000 suspected cases have forced the WHO to label the nati... Read More


Customers of merged banks in Chattogram protest for second day

Dhaka, May 4 -- Depositors and customers of five merged banks have staged protests for the second consecutive day in Chattogram, locking bank branches and demanding repayment of their deposits along w... Read More


Bangladesh to slash import duties on electric buses, trucks until June 2026

Dhaka, May 4 -- Bangladesh will offer substantial tax breaks on imports of electric buses and trucks for commercial use, extending incentives beyond educational institutions. The decision was approve... Read More


Death toll rises to nine as another worker dies after truck-pickup collision in Sylhet

Dhaka, May 4 -- The death toll from a head-on collision between a pickup and a truck in Sylhet's South Surma has risen to nine after another injured labourer died. Fifty-year-old Ramim, identified by... Read More