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Jamaat activist hospitalised after shooting in Noakhali

Dhaka, May 11 -- A Jamaat-e-Islami activist has been admitted to hospital after unidentified assailants arriving in an autorickshaw opened fire on him in Noakhali's Begumganj. The shooting took place... Read More


No policy should allow pharma cos to hike drug prices on a whim, says Bangladesh minister

Dhaka, May 11 -- Nobody wants a policy that allows the increase of medicine prices at the whim of pharmaceutical companies, says State Minister for Health and Family Welfare MA Muhith, stressing a "ba... Read More


Police arrest 3 over Suvendu Adhikari aide murder

Dhaka, May 11 -- At least three people have been arrested in the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of West Bengal's new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. In a joint operation by the W... Read More


IUB hosts undergraduate law research conference

Dhaka, May 11 -- The School of Law at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has organised the "3rd IUB Undergraduate Law Students' Research Conference", bringing together students from 20 universit... Read More


Finance Minister Amir Khosru deems IMF conditions 'not suitable' for Bangladesh economy

Dhaka, May 11 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the conditions being added by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the loan agreement are not "suitable" for the economy ... Read More


Bangladesh central bank buys $45mn more to boost reserves

Dhaka, May 11 -- The central bank has purchased $45 million from a single bank at a rate of Tk122.75 per dollar to beef up foreign exchange reserves after paying the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) liabili... Read More


2 die as covered van and motorcycle crash head-on in Jashore's Sharsha

Dhaka, May 11 -- Two motorcycle passengers have died after their vehicle crashed head-on into a covered van in Jashore's Sharsha Upazila. The accident occurred on the Navaron-Satkhira highway near th... Read More


Man arrested for 'raping' child with speech disability after 'threatening her with death' in Mymensingh

Dhaka, May 11 -- Police have arrested a man from the ethnic minority community in Mymensingh's Haluaghat over allegations that he raped an 11-year-old child with a speech disability. The incident occ... Read More


Bangladesh introduces commercial e-loan service with Tk 50,000 cap for one year

Dhaka, May 11 -- Bangladesh has formally entered the era of digital lending by introducing commercial e-loan services with a maximum limit of Tk 50,000 for a repayment tenure of up to one year. Under... Read More


Another child with measles symptoms dies, toll hits 28 in Mymensingh

Dhaka, May 11 -- A 7-month-old infant with measles symptoms has died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) over the past 24 hours, taking the number of such deaths at the hospital to 28. The ... Read More