Governor Mansur outlines challenges in merging five weak Shariah-based banks

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Following the formal initiation of the process to merge five financially distressed Shariah-based private banks, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has identified several challen... Read More

Protest at Dhaka University calls for reinstating music, PE teachers at primary level

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The Department of Music at Dhaka University has held a protest rally to demand the reinstatement of the assistant teacher positions for "music" and "physical education" at Bangladesh'... Read More

Domestic mobile phone manufacturers assure NEIR registration will not kick up prices

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- After the government's implementation of mandatory handset registration, some "grey market" traders have warned that mobile phone prices could rise. Local manufacturers, however, dis... Read More

Government denounces gun attack on BNP's Ershad Ullah, orders investigation

Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The interim government has condemned the attack on BNP's Chattogram-8 candidate Ershad Ullah during a campaign event. A statement from the Chief Advisor's Office on Wednesday said a ... Read More

Police suspect Chattogram-8 shooting was 'targeted hit' on slain man, not BNP candidate

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Police say the shooting incident during the campaign of BNP's Chattogram-8 candidate Ershad Ullah was a planned attack, and that the slain man Sarwar Hossain Babla was the intended ta... Read More

People 'fed up' with BNP's extortion, says NCP's Hasnat Abdullah

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- People are "fed up" with the BNP's extortion, National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Organiser (South) Hasnat Abdullah has said. "The BNP's mafia-style politics and extortion have exhaus... Read More

Attack on BNP's Ershad Ullah 'brutal manifestation of chaotic unrest', says Fakhrul

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned the gun attack on party candidate Ershad Ullah in Chattogram's Bayezid, describing it as "a brutal manifestation of the... Read More

Fire razes 23 shops at Mohalchari market in Khagrachhari

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- At least 23 shops have been damaged by a fire at the Mohalchari market in Khagrachhari. Local Fire Service Deputy Director Zaker Hossain said the blaze, which erupted around 12:30am ... Read More

'Regressive step': ASK slates cancellation of music, PE teacher hiring in primary schools

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) has criticised the government's decision to scrap the recruitment of music and physical education teachers in government primary schools, callin... Read More

Government declares Halda River 'Fish Heritage', bans fishing and waste disposal

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The government has declared the Halda River, a natural breeding ground for carp and home to the endangered Gangetic dolphin, as a "Fish Heritage" site. A gazette notification issued ... Read More

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