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President Mohammad Shahabuddin reaches Pabna on two-day visit

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- President Mohammad Shahabuddin reached his home district of Pabna on Saturday morning for a two-day official visit. The President landed at Pabna Stadium by helicopter at 9:40 am, wh... Read More


Telecom guidelines protect foreign interests, claim domestic entrepreneurs

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Local entrepreneurs have alleged that the four new guidelines formulated under the Telecommunications Ordinance favour foreign investors and telecom operators, sidelining domestic bus... Read More


Plight of elderly people: a neglected issue

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Bangladesh is widely celebrated on the international stage as a development success story. Economic growth has been impressive, infrastructure has expanded, and life expectancy has ri... Read More


60pc of mobile banking transactions done via feature phones

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Speakers at the Bangladesh Fintech Summit said about 60 per cent of mobile banking transactions in Bangladesh are made through feature phones, showing that simple devices still play a... Read More


Govt's push for e-GP faces setback as TCB seeks to use manual system

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- The government's decade-long efforts to bring transparency to public spending is facing a setback, as the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has requested an exemption from the n... Read More


Digital push aims to revolutionise land management

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- The government has taken initiatives to make Bangladesh's digital land management system more transparent, accountable, and accessible to citizens. As part of that, the land ministry... Read More


DU to host int'l confce on poets Nazrul, Iqbal Nov 9-10

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- The Department of Urdu at Dhaka University, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), is set to organise the Fourth International Conference on "The Ro... Read More


Onion prices maintain high at Tk120 a kg

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- The prices of onion, which saw an unusual hike a few days back, maintained at the previous high of Tk 120 per kg at the city's retail markets on Thursday, trading sources said. Onion... Read More


Hasina branded July revolution supporters as extremists: Press Secretary

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has alleged that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has branded millions who took part in or supported the July Revolution as "terrorist... Read More


Crude bomb explodes outside St Mary's Cathedral in Kakrail

Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- A crude bomb has exploded outside St Mary's Cathedral in Dhaka's Kakrail in what police suspect was a targeted attack on the church. A second explosive device, found unexploded insid... Read More