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DMC students head to Secretariat to meet health adviser

Dhaka, June 23 -- A seven-member group of protesting students from Dhaka Medical College is headed to the Secretariat to meet Nur Jahan Begum, the adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.... Read More


16000 pieces Yaba seized in Teknaf

Dhaka, June 23 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Sunday seized 160,000 pieces of yaba tablets in a raid in the Mirzajora area in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar. Acting on a tip-off that a large cons... Read More


Court orders freeze on 21 bank accounts of former minister Hasan Mahmud, wife

Dhaka, June 23 -- A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of nine bank accounts of former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and the seizure of a car on charges of illegally acquiring wealth and money laund... Read More


Former CEC Habibul Awal arrested

Dhaka, June 23 -- Former CEC, Kazi Habibul Awal, was arrested by the law enforcement on Sunday night, following the detention of former Chief Election Commissioner A K M Nurul Huda. A source from the... Read More


Secretariat employees to observe two-hour work abstention today

Dhaka, June 23 -- Employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat will observe a two-hour work abstention on Monday demanding the repeal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. Md Nurul Islam, cha... Read More


Oil surges to five-month high after US hits Iran's key nuclear sites

Dhaka, June 23 -- Oil prices jumped on Monday to their highest since January as the United States' weekend move to join Israel in attacking Iran's nuclear facilities stoked supply concerns. Brent cru... Read More


Lacks fiscal steps to achieve ambitions

Dhaka, June 23 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has described the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 as exceptional in terms of its reduced size but observed that it lacks coh... Read More


Government hikes 'special benefit' for employees, rollout from July

Dhaka, June 23 -- The interim government has increased the minimum monthly "special benefit" for public sector employees, including military personnel, civil servants, and pensioners, with the revised... Read More


Travel ban imposed on ex-land minister Saifuzzaman's sons, daughter

Dhaka, June 23 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday imposed a travel ban on the two sons and a daughter of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury over graft allegations. The accused are Zeba Zaman, Tanayee... Read More


Iran likely filled tunnels at nuclear sites ahead of US strikes

Dhaka, June 23 -- Iran likely filled in tunnels at some of its nuclear facilities ahead of the recent US strikes, according to a Washington-based nuclear nonproliferation group. The Institute for Sci... Read More