Development spending slumps to 11.75% in five months

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The pace of implementing the country's Annual Development Programme (ADP) has not recovered, with only 11.75 percent of the allocation spent in the first five months of the current f... Read More

Clothing trader shot dead in Khulna

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- A clothing trader has been shot dead in Khulna's Rupsha Upazila. The killing took place around 10:30pm on Sunday near the eastern end of the Rupsha Bridge in front of the Jabusa Aut... Read More

'Hadi attack will not derail election', commission explains CEC remarks

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Election Commission (EC) has issued a clarification of remarks made by the chief election commissioner (CEC) on the attack on Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman bin Hadi, a... Read More

National Memorial ready for Victory Day with strengthened security

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The National Memorial monument in Savar has been prepared to honour the nation's heroes on Victory Day. On Monday, the National Memorial was seen fully painted and decorated in red ... Read More

Bangladesh becomes first country in Asia to classify cigarette filters as 'single-use plastic'

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladesh has become the first country in Asia to classify cigarette filters as "single-use plastic" (SUP). The move is aligned with Article 18 of the WHO Framework Convention on T... Read More

Tarique will return 'carrying the flag of Bangladesh', Fakhrul says

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will land in Dhaka on Dec 25 "carrying the flag of Bangladesh". The BNP secretary g... Read More

Nahid says intelligence agencies have "lost their edge" since Aug 5

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) chief Nahid Islam has launched a scathing attack on Bangladesh's intelligence agencies in the wake of the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osma... Read More

Nahid says intelligence agencies have 'lost their edge' since Aug 5

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) chief Nahid Islam has launched a scathing attack on Bangladesh's intelligence agencies in the wake of the shooting of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osma... Read More

Jamaat chief Shafiqur demands explanation of CEC's comments on Hadi shooting

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has demanded an explanation for the comments made by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on the attack on Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif... Read More

NEIR launch: Bangladesh postpones handset registration to Jan 1 after trader opposition

Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The mandatory registration of mobile phones under the National Equipment Identification Register (NEIR) will come into force from Jan 1, instead of Dec 16. Bangladesh Telecommunicat... Read More

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