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Ganges talks begins ahead of treaty expiry

Bangladesh, May 23 -- The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) continued in Kolkata on Friday, with officials from both countries reviewing existing water-sharing arrange... Read More


Millions leave capital early to escape Eid chaos

Bangladesh, May 23 -- They come with bulging travel bags and sleeping children in arms, with umbrellas tucked under elbows and food packets swinging from tired hands. At Kamalapur Railway Station on ... Read More


New book on Sustainable Architecture Practice published by British Council and Bengal Institute

Bangladesh, May 23 -- The British Council and the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements officially launched the research publication Sustainable Architecture Practice at Bengal... Read More


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