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ACC to prosecute 32 people for 'embezzling Tk 11.28bn' over sending workers to Malaysia

Dhaka, March 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has decided to prosecute 32 individuals from 12 recruiting agencies, including the wife and daughter of former finance minister AHM Mustafa K... Read More


Narayanganj gas fire toll hits 4, claims 3rd victim from the same family

Dhaka, March 11 -- Sohag, who suffered severe burns in a fire sparked by a gas leak in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj, has succumbed to his injuries. Previously, Sohag's wife Rupali and 18-month-old daugh... Read More


Fire at Aminbazar Power Grid substation

Dhaka, March 11 -- A fire has broken out at a substation of the Aminbazar Power Grid distribution company on the outskirts of Dhaka. At least nine units of the Fire Service are working to tame the bl... Read More


Bribes for death certificate: citizen outcry in DNCC public hearing

Dhaka, March 11 -- Complaints over having to submit to bribery simply to acquire the death certificate have echoed in the halls of Dhaka North City Corporation, or DNCC, during a public hearing. The ... Read More


Farzana Rupa to be questioned soon in Sagar-Runi murder case, says PBI

Dhaka, March 11 -- Farzana Rupa, former chief correspondent at Ekattor Television, who is currently in jail, will soon be questioned in the journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Nahar Runi murde... Read More


Economic state is very fragile, says new special assistant to CA

Dhaka, March 11 -- Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, special assistant to the Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on the finance ministry, has said the country's economy is "very fragile" and getting out of this phase ... Read More


BNP leader Bulu questions National Citizen Party's financial activities

Dhaka, March 11 -- BNP Vice Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu has questioned the financial activities of the National Citizen Party, or NCP, which comprises July Uprising protest leaders. Speaking at the Na... Read More


Proxy voting on limited scale if stakeholders agree, says EC

Dhaka, March 11 -- The Election Commission, or EC, aims to introduce proxy voting on a limited scale for expatriate Bangladeshis if political parties and other stakeholders agree. Election Commission... Read More


Government bars private lessons in primary schools following Thakurgaon rape allegations

Dhaka, March 11 -- Teachers will no longer be able to give any sort of private lessons to students in classrooms of government primary schools. The Directorate of Primary Education on Tuesday issued ... Read More


Locals weapons recovered from Chandpur jetty

Dhaka, March 11 -- A joint forces operation in Chandpur has recovered in the recovery of 30 local weapons from the Dakatia River jetty. Lieutenant Jabid Hasan, operational officer of the army camp in... Read More