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Home minister says troops deployment follows intelligence on Awami League activities

Dhaka, June 22 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the decision to deploy troops in six regions of the country was prompted by what he described as an increase in the activities of the Awami Le... Read More


BTV revenue falls from Tk 270mn to Tk 80mn as spending continues to exceed earnings

Dhaka, June 22 -- Bangladesh Television (BTV) has spent more than 32 times what it earned in the first 11 months of the ongoing fiscal year, Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon ha... Read More


BPC incurs more than Tk 170 billion in losses on fuel imports since March, minister says

Dhaka, June 22 -- The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has lost more than Tk 170 billion in the past three and a half months, Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku has said. He di... Read More


Tarique's Malaysia visit advances labour market access, FTA talks and investment cooperation

Dhaka, June 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has received a warm welcome in Malaysia during his first foreign visit since taking office, but the key question remains: what did Bangladesh gain from ... Read More


32 Indian students seek Bangladesh's permission to finish internship at Ad-din Hospital

Dhaka, June 22 -- Indian students at Ad-din Medical College Hospital have demanded to complete their internship despite the institution's licence being revoked following the death of six newborns. A ... Read More


Bangladesh in active push to attract Malaysian investment, says Advisor Mahdi Amin

Dhaka, June 22 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has held talks with chief executives of five major Malaysian conglomerates in a bid to draw fresh foreign investment to Bangladesh. Mahdi Amin, the pre... Read More


3 children die of measles in a day, 130 new cases recorded

Dhaka, June 22 -- Bangladesh has recorded three more child deaths linked to measles in a single day, with 130 new cases confirmed in the same period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)... Read More


Government forms search panel to fill ACC leadership void after 110 days

Dhaka, June 22 -- The government has set the wheels in motion to reconstitute the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), forming a five-member search committee 110 days after the watchdog's top posts fell ... Read More


Three former telecom officials get 44-year jail terms over corruption

Dhaka, June 22 -- A court in Chattogram has sentenced three former officials of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) to 44 years in prison in a corruption case dating back nearly three ... Read More


Body of missing Bangladeshi student found in Cyprus after 9 days, suspect arrested

Dhaka, June 22 -- Cyprus police have recovered the body of a 22-year-old Bangladeshi student nine days after he went missing from the eastern Mediterranean island nation. Investigators found the deco... Read More