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Doctors end nationwide work stoppage

Dhaka, March 13 -- Doctors and medical student organisations have withdrawn the work stoppage programme they had launched to push for a five-point list of demands. The organisations issued a statemen... Read More


BB Reserve heist: High-powered body formed to review investigation progress

Dhaka, March 13 -- The government has formed a six member committee, headed by Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, to review the reserve heist of Bangladesh Bank in 2016. Other members of the committee are: ... Read More


Is dividing the country into four provinces logical?

Dhaka, March 13 -- The interim government of Bangladesh formed an 11-member Administrative Reform Commission in October 2024, led by Abdul Muid Chowdhury, to recommend ways to make public administrati... Read More


Russia lays out demands for talks with US on Ukraine

Dhaka, March 13 -- Russia has presented the US with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter. ... Read More


Bangladesh Army urges prayers for Magura rape victim

Dhaka, March 13 -- Bangladesh Army sought prayers for the eight-year-old Magura rape victim as her condition remained critical after suffering four cardiac arrests on Wednesday. "The child is undergo... Read More


Intel appoints chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO

Dhaka, March 13 -- Intel on Wednesday named former board member and chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO and signaled the struggling but storied chipmaker was unlikely to split up its chip-desi... Read More


Refrain from digging city roads sans permission: DMP

Dhaka, March 13 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday urged all concerned to refrain from digging out roads for utility purposes without its prior permission during the month of Ramadan to r... Read More


Trump threatens further tariffs as EU, Canada retaliate for those already in place

Dhaka, March 13 -- Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major US trading partners said they would retaliate for trade ba... Read More


SUST cancels quotas in admission test

Dhaka, March 13 -- The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have cancelled all types of quotas for first-year undergraduate admissions. This decision was made during t... Read More


CPA seeks 24/7 access to RTGS

Dhaka, March 13 -- The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has requested the Bangladesh Bank to extend the real-time gross settlement (RTGS) facility to 24/7 for it to facilitate port users' mandatory onl... Read More