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Madrasah student put on 5-day remand

Bangladesh, May 22 -- The death of a child at a madrasah in Dhaka's Banasree area has sparked serious concerns over student safety and supervision inside residential religious institutions, as police ... Read More


Budget must send clear reform signal: Debapriya

Bangladesh, May 22 -- The upcoming national budget should not be presented merely as an account of income and expenditure; rather, it must carry a clear political and economic message on reforms, econ... Read More


Power price to rise by Tk1.25 per unit

Bangladesh, May 22 -- The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has proposed a weighted average increase of Tk1.25 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in retai... Read More


BD, India sit for Ganges talks

Bangladesh, May 22 -- Bangladesh and India have opened a crucial round of talks in Kolkata on the future of the Ganges water-sharing agreement and broader cooperation on transboundary rivers, as conce... Read More


Ramisa's father echoes Sagar-Runi's unsolved case

Bangladesh, May 22 -- As the country entered a third consecutive day of protests over the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter, her father Abdul Hannan Mollah sat in his Pallabi home and ask... Read More


Protests erupt over Ramisa's killing

Bangladesh, May 22 -- The rape and murder of seven-year-old Ramisa Akter - a bright second-grader from Dhaka's Pallabi neighbourhood - has unleashed a torrent of public anguish across the country, wit... Read More


Banking Irregularities: The Rise and Fall of Big Loan Defaulters

Bangladesh, May 22 -- Over the past few years, a handful of powerful business groups have been accused of taking away thousands of crores from the country's banks in ways that have left ordinary depos... Read More


Bangladesh, China set for higher level of cooperation

Bangladesh, May 22 -- Bangladesh and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties, expanding economic cooperation and enhancing people-to-people exchanges to elevate relations to ... Read More


Strict enforcement of laws essential to prevent food adulteration

Bangladesh, May 22 -- However, food adulteration has now emerged as an even more alarming threat. People are being deceived into buying adulterated food and are suffering from complex diseases as a re... Read More


Dhaka plunges into lawlessness

Bangladesh, May 21 -- The country is in the grip of a deepening security crisis. Within the span of forty-eight hours, the country has been confronted with two horrific crimes against children, multip... Read More