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ULAB hosts book discussion with Alex Counts' 'Small Loans, Big Dreams'

Dhaka, July 3 -- The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has hosted a book discussion on "Small Loans, Big Dreams" by microfinance expert Alex Counts. Held at its Dhaka campus on Tuesday, th... Read More


Foreign currency in offshore banks now eligible as taka loan collateral

Dhaka, July 3 -- Bangladesh Bank has authorised commercial banks to accept foreign currency deposits held in Offshore Banking Units (OBUs), private foreign currency accounts, and non-resident foreign ... Read More


Government clears revised public job ordinance ignoring demands for full repeal

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Advisory Council has approved a proposal to revise the controversial Government Service (Amendement) Ordinance, 2025 discounting objections from government employees. The decisio... Read More


Five sentenced to death for murder in Shariatpur

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Delwar Hossain Sardar, a young man from Shariatpur, committed eight years ago. Judge Mohammad Halim Ullah Chowdhury... Read More


Legal action will be taken if army personnel are involved in 'disappearances': Army HQ

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Bangladesh Army has pledged to take "strict action" if any serving or former member of the army is found to have been involved in enforced disappearances during the tenure of the ... Read More


Former MP Naimur Rahman Durjoy to be questioned on 4-day remand

Dhaka, July 3 -- A Manikganj court has remanded Naimur Rahman Durjoy, former Manikganj-1 MP and ex-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team, to police custody for four days for questioning over... Read More


No need to distort crime with any label, DMP's Nazrul comments on militancy

Dhaka, July 3 -- Three days after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali claimed there were "no militants in Bangladesh", one of his senior colleagues took a different tone,... Read More


Patiya Police Station chief removed amid NCP, anti-discrimination activists' protests

Dhaka, July 3 -- Patiya Police Station chief (OC) Abu Zayed Md Nazmun Noor has been sacked from his role following daylong protests and a highway blockade by the activists of the National Citizen Part... Read More


ACC launches inquiries into five more senior NBR officers linked to protests

Dhaka, July 3 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched fresh inquiries into five more officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), including commissioners, over allegations of corrupt... Read More


2 convicts whisked away, 20 injured in attack on police station in Lalmonirhat

Dhaka, July 3 -- Two convicts have been forcibly taken from police custody after a mob stormed the Patgram Police Station in Lalmonirhat, leaving at least 20 people injured. The incident occurred aro... Read More