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Govt plans separate prisons for drug addicts: Home adviser

Dhaka, June 26 -- The government is planning to set up separate prisons for drug addicts in every division, says Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. He also said that the Executive Committee of the... Read More


Ex-CEC Habibul Awal put on 3-day remand

Dhaka, June 26 -- A Dhaka court on Thursday placed former Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on a three-day remand in a case filed over alleged irregularities and biased role in conducting ... Read More


NBR Chairman hopes solution through dialogue

Dhaka, June 26 -- Amid the ongoing unrest at the National Board of Revenue (NBR), its Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan admitted that he is currently in a very difficult situation. He also expressed hope... Read More


Govt declares three national days to commemorate July Uprising

Dhaka, June 26 -- The interim government declared August 5, the day the Awami League government was toppled by a mass student-led uprising, as "July Mass Uprising Day". It also announced that August ... Read More


Online tax return filing to begin in July: NBR Chairman

Dhaka, June 26 -- The submission of individual income tax returns will begin in July this year, said National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Wednesday. This marks a significa... Read More


Govt's budget and policy directions fall short of energy transition expectations

Dhaka, June 26 -- The interim government appears to be drifting from its political pledge to achieve the 'Three Zeros'--zero poverty, zero emissions, and zero unemployment--in the national budget for ... Read More


Budget bereft of regenerative structural reforms

Dhaka, June 26 -- Kick-starting structural reforms is imperative to spur economic growth, rebuild investor confidence and reverse the ongoing economic slowdown, but the new budget falls short on this ... Read More


Tk 25 billion toll collected from Padma Bridge in three years

Dhaka, June 26 -- In the three years since the Padma Bridge opened to traffic, a total of Tk 25 billion (Tk 2,500 crore) has been collected in tolls as of Thursday, reflecting the project's significan... Read More


Two killed in Jashore road accident

Dhaka, June 26 -- Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on the Jashore-Benapole highway in Jashore Sadar upazila on Thursday. The accident took place around 4:00 am in the ... Read More


Google unveils open-source Gemini CLI

Dhaka, June 26 -- Google announced on Wednesday the launch of Gemini CLI, an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to run locally from terminals. The new tool connects Google's Gemini AI... Read More