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Bangladesh's per capita income climbs to highest ever at $2,820

Dhaka, May 28 -- Bangladesh's average per capita income reached an all-time high of $2,820 in the fiscal year 2024-25, according to provisional estimates. The state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic... Read More


Heavy rain: River water likely to cross danger mark in 4 divisions

Dhaka, May 28 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) has warned that heavy rainfall may cause rivers in four divisions of the country's north, northeast, and east to cross danger levels. ... Read More


CA Yunus reaches Japan for four-day state visit

Dhaka, May 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has reached Japan for a four-day state visit. The chief advisor reached Japan's Narita International Airport at 2:05pm local time on Wednesday, according... Read More


Freedom fighter, another killed at Bhaluka

Dhaka, May 28 -- Two people, including a 1971 Liberation War veteran, have been killed and four others injured in a knife attack in Mymensingh's Bhaluka Upazila. The incident occurred around 5pm on T... Read More


'I am free': Jamaat leader Azharul thanks 'July revolutionaries' after war crimes acquittal

Dhaka, May 28 -- Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who had been on death row since 2014, has expressed gratitude to the "revolutionary heroes" of the July Uprising at an event organised by the... Read More


Delays being engineered to push back election, says BNP's Mosharraf

Dhaka, May 27 -- BNP's senior leader Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain has said attempts are being made to delay the national election by creating new excuses, instead of presenting a clear roadmap. He als... Read More


Police claim Shammo murder case 'cracked' following arrests

Dhaka, May 27 -- Police claim to have "unravelled the mystery" behind the murder of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a leader of the BNP's student affiliate Chhatra Dal at Dhaka University, following the arrest ... Read More


Journalist Shafik Rehman acquitted in Joy 'abduction and murder attempt' case

Dhaka, May 27 -- Jai Jai Din Editor Shafik Rehman has been acquitted in a case over an alleged plot to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The decision ... Read More


Ishraque's swearing-in as DSCC mayor delayed as govt awaits court ruling

Dhaka, May 27 -- After the High Court dismissed a writ petition opposing Ishraque Hossain's swearing-in as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), the Local Government Division had begun pre... Read More


Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Jun 6

Dhaka, May 27 -- The crescent moon signalling the start of Zil Hajj, the last month of the Islamic calendar, has been sighted in Saudi Arabia, setting the dates for this year's Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha. ... Read More