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ADB to mobilize up to $2.75b of pvt capital thru global insurer partnership

Dhaka, May 6 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with ten leading global insurers to mobilize up to $2.75 billion of private capital to support ADB's lending for sustainable gr... Read More


Bangladesh, Italy sign deal to boost legal migration and labour ties

Dhaka, May 6 -- One of the key outcomes of the visit by Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to Dhaka was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Migration and Mobility between th... Read More


Farmer killed in lighting strike in Sunamganj

Dhaka, May 6 -- A farmer was killed on Tuesday in a lightning strike in Paschim Lakshmipur village under Jamalganj upazila of the district. The deceased was Zakir Hossen, 35, son of Malik Ustar, a re... Read More


Khaleda to play significant role in resolving current crisis, hopes GM Quader

Dhaka, May 6 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Tuesday expressed joy after the return of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and expressed the hope that an experienced and popular politician like he... Read More


Kheyang woman's alleged rape, murder sparks protest in Khagrachhari

Dhaka, May 6 -- Students in Khagrachhari have held a protest rally condemning the alleged rape and subsequent murder of a Kheyang woman in Bandarban's Thanchi. The rally began at noon on Tuesday at t... Read More


Govt dismisses RRAG claim of targeting 640 journalists as wildly misleading

Dhaka, May 6 -- Allegations by the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) that Bangladesh's interim government has targeted 640 journalists, are a wildly misleading piece of disinformation, said the C... Read More


2 members of robber gang held in Sundarbans

Dhaka, May 6 -- Coast Guard members have detained two suspected members of notorious 'Karim-Sharif Gang', a Sundarbans-based robbery gang from Adasgi area along Shibsha River in the Sundarbans on Mond... Read More


BU students lock admin offices demanding VC's removal

Dhaka, May 6 -- The protesting students of Barishal University (BU) locked all administrative offices on Tuesday, demanding the immediate removal of Vice Chancellor Dr. Sucharita Sharmin. The protest... Read More


Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway blocked as RMG worker killed in road crash

Dhaka, May 6 -- Workers of a readymade garment factory (RMG) blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway for around two and a half hours protesting the death of a fellow worker in a road accident in Gazipur ... Read More


Efforts underway to keep spice prices under control

Dhaka, May 6 -- The government has asked all deputy commissioners (DCs) and its agencies to enhance monitoring to prevent the smuggling of spices and keep the price of the essential items under contro... Read More