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Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, Hasina's former military secretary, moved to foreign ministry as ambassador

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Maj Gen Kabir Ahmed, former military secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take up an ambassadorial role. A si... Read More


Benefits to be reviewed annually as per CPI

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The government is set to review the benefits provided under the cash-based social-safety-net programmes once a year in keeping with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to make such opera... Read More


BCB election plunged into fresh uncertainty after schedule breach

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Bangladesh cricket's long-running boardroom drama has deepened after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) failed to publish its draft voters' list on time, raising further questions a... Read More


Janaza of firefighter Shamim Ahmed held with state honor

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- The namaz-e-janaza of firefighter Shamim Ahmed, who succumbed to his burn injuries in a chemical fire in Tongi, was held with state honor at the Department of Fire Service and Civil... Read More


Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz, who delivered Hajj sermon for 34 years, dies at 82

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti and head of the Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, has died in Riyadh at the age of 82. The Saudi Royal Court confirmed his death... Read More


Trump to hold talks with Muslim-majority country leaders on Gaza

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- US President Donald Trump will meet leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday and discuss the situation in Gaza, which has been under a mounting assau... Read More


SUST allows student politics ahead of SUCSU election

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) administration on Monday allowed student politics on campus again, after it was banned last year, to maintain campus discipline... Read More


Bangladesh ready to hold free, fair polls, CA tells US envoy

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said his government is prepared to ensure a free, fair, and peaceful general election in the first half of February in Bangladesh, as he h... Read More


UNGA: Prof Yunus, political leaders in New York

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus arrived at John F Kennedy International Airport on Monday afternoon (NY time) as he began his official visit with a series of meetings at the 80th ... Read More


One more dies of dengue, 664 hospitalised in 24hrs

Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- One more death from Dengue was reported in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 182 this year. The death... Read More