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Bangladesh Bank raises credit card loan limit to Tk 4mn

Dhaka, March 15 -- Bangladesh Bank has raised the maximum loan limit against credit cards to Tk 4 million under a new policy aimed at expanding card-based financial services. The central bank issued ... Read More


Barishal hospital suspends two nurses, launches probe into fatal injection errors

Dhaka, March 15 -- The authorities of Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal have suspended two nurses after as many patients died soon after being "mistakenly administered" injections bef... Read More


40% extra for new banknotes on footpath as central bank halts supply

Dhaka, March 15 -- The festive spirit of Eid-ul-Fitr has been dampened for many as the central bank's decision to halt the supply of new banknotes has forced citizens to pay up to a 40 percent premium... Read More


Bangladesh seeks Russia's support for UNGA 81st session presidency bid

Dhaka, March 15 -- Bangladesh has sought Russia's support for its candidature for the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama O... Read More


Govt to investigate 'illogical' gap between wholesale, retail prices: commerce minister

Dhaka, March 15 -- The government will form a fact-finding committee to examine the "illogical" gap between wholesale and retail market prices, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said on Sunda... Read More


Pumps struggle to meet demand despite end of fuel rationing

Dhaka, March 15 -- Although the government has announced the end of fuel rationing, the situation at refuelling stations remained much like last week. Many pumps were still unable to dispense fuel, a... Read More


Government directs shops, malls to switch off decorative lights to cut power use

Dhaka, March 15 -- In a bid to save power, the government has ordered all stores and shopping malls to turn off external decorative lighting ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid fuel supply crisis with the confl... Read More


Mirza Abbas placed in Singapore hospital ICU after brain surgery in Dhaka

Dhaka, March 15 -- BNP Standing Committee member and Prime Minister's Political Advisor Mirza Abbas has been admitted to Singapore General Hospital. The senior BNP leader reached the hospital on Sund... Read More


Woman, three others sentenced to life in prison for killing farmer in Natore

Dhaka, March 15 -- A court in Natore has sentenced four people, including a woman, to life imprisonment for strangling a farmer to death in Baraigram Upazila. Additional District and Sessions Judge M... Read More


DU student who surrendered in brutal hall killing of Tofazzal flees

Dhaka, March 15 -- A suspect in the brutal lynching of Tofazzal Hossain at a Dhaka University's hall has fled the court premises after submitting a bail petition following his surrender. Rashed Kamal... Read More