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Saudi Ambassador honoured with prestigious 'Bangladesh Medal for Diplomatic Excellence'

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Bangladesh on Tuesday honoured the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan with the prestigious award "Bangladesh Medal for Diplomatic Exc... Read More


Mymensingh loco master flees, leaving train full of passengers

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- The locomotive master of a train filled with passengers has fled after arriving at Mymensingh Railway Station from Netrokona's Mohanganj amid a work stoppage launched by railway runn... Read More


EC committed to ensuring fair elections, says Sanaullah

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah has said the Election Commission (EC) is committed to holding free and fair elections as it has been formed on ... Read More


Passengers vandalise Rajshahi station amid train service suspension

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Passengers vandalised Rajshahi Railway Station on Tuesday as train services were suspended due to the work stoppage by running staff. Several hundred passengers were unable to board... Read More


Potential offshore Sangu platform lies idle

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Bangladesh's maiden offshore hydrocarbon platform worth around US$300 million lies long idle since the dereliction of Sangu gas field over a decade ago despite its potential for usin... Read More


Country largely bypasses industrialisation

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Non-agricultural economic units like business establishments numbered 11.88 million in 2024 with a 51.91-percent growth in last 11 years from 7.82 million in 2013 as per official cou... Read More


Geoff Allardice steps down as ICC CEO

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Geoff Allardice has resigned as the chief executive officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after four years in the role, citing a desire to "pursue new challenges", accor... Read More


BUET Admission Test: preliminary selection results published

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- The results of the preliminary admission test for undergraduate programmes at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for the 2024-25 academic year were published ... Read More


BRTC buses to transport train passengers amid running staff strike

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Bangladesh Railway is arranging Bangladesh Road Transport Commission buses to take train passengers to their destinations amid the work stoppage declared by the running staff that ha... Read More


Halt in gas price hike for captive plants, industries demanded

Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Four prominent business associations, including BGMEA and BKMEA, have urged the interim government to halt the recently-announced gas-price hike for industrial and captive power plan... Read More