Bangladesh's GDP to grow at 5.6%, says World Bank

Dhaka, April 2 -- The World Bank says that, despite its strong turnaround in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery process, the economy is facing disruptions due to inflationary pressure and other facto... Read More

Retired army officer dies 'by suicide', diary reveals huge debt

Dhaka, April 2 -- A retired army officer's body has been recovered from a house in the DOHS area of Mirpur and the police believe it is a case of suicide. Brigadier General Mohammad Habibur Rahman re... Read More

3 to be hanged for killing elderly couple in Chuadanga

Dhaka, April 2 -- A court has announced death sentences for three convicts who killed a couple in Chuadanga's Alamdanga. On Tuesday, Chuadanga-2 Additional District and Sessions Judge Md Masud Ali an... Read More

ACC prosecutes Ron and Rick Sikder for money laundering

Dhaka, April 2 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has prosecuted Sikder Group Managing Director Ron Haque Sikder and his brother Rick Haque Sikder for laundering money abroad. On Monday, Dire... Read More

Oil tanker fire: 4 hospitalised victims in critical condition

Dhaka, April 2 -- At least four of the seven victims of the Savar oil tanker fire admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery are in critical condition, the doctors sa... Read More

Khaleda Zia's condition 'stable' in CCU

Dhaka, April 2 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been admitted to the CCU at Dhaka's Evercare Hospital, is now 'stable', according to her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain. "Under the m... Read More

Border-crossing at Akhaura halted due to technical glitch in immigration server

Dhaka, April 2 -- Passenger transit through the Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria has been halted due to a technical glitch in the immigration systems in India's Agartala. According to ASI Morshedul ... Read More

Bangladesh sees remittances fall below $2bn in March, lowest in three months

Dhaka, April 2 -- Bangladeshi expatriates have sent over $1.99 billion in March, the lowest in three months. The inward remittances last month, which ended just 10 days before Eid-ul-Fitr, were also ... Read More

Fire at Gazipur tiles factory brought under control after 1.5 hours

Dhaka, April 1 -- A fire has burnt a tiles factory in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. The blaze broke out at the 'Mir Ceramics' factory in Mulaid village of the Upazila's Telihati Union around 11:30pm on ... Read More

Why are madrasas gaining more pupils amid a fall in number of school students

Dhaka, April 1 -- Sadeka Jahan Apsara, a girl living in Mirpur-12, studied up to Class Six at the conventional MDC Model Institute school and then transferred to Dhaka Ideal Cadet Madrasa in Rupnagar ... Read More

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