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23kg Padma catla fetches Tk 55,200 at auction in Rajbari

Rajbari, Nov. 12 -- A giant catla fish weighing around 23 kilograms, caught in the Padma River near Daulatdia ferry terminal in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari, was sold for Tk 55,200 at an auction on Thu... Read More


Dhaka-Delhi relations stall: consular dialogue scheduled for Nov not taking place

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- India bilateral mechanisms appear to have stalled, with little tangible progress on key areas of cooperation, officials said. Bangladesh and India have over forty bilateral mechanis... Read More


Reserved seats for women should be phased out: Speaker

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Thursday questioned the need for continuing the system of reserved seats for women in parliament, saying qualified women are now capable of winning elect... Read More


Petrol bomb hurled at NCP leader Nusrat's Kushtia home

Kushtia, Nov. 12 -- A fire broke out after a petrol bomb was hurled at the house of reserved-seat MP and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nusrat Tabassum Joty at Baguan village of Daulatpur upazila... Read More


Nusrat expresses anger over Salahuddin's remarks on fire at her house

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- seat MP from National Citizen Party (NCP) Nusrat Tabassum has expressed anger over Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed's remarks in Parliament on a fire at her village home in Kushtia, qu... Read More


Bangladesh Bank sets strict qualifications for CFO, CTO, and Company Secretary posts

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has set strict eligibility criteria and standards for appointments to three key senior positions across all banks and financial institutions operating in the cou... Read More


Parliament descends into chaos over fire at Nusrat's Kushtia home

Sangsad Bhaban, Nov. 12 -- Chaotic scenes erupted in Parliament on Thursday as ruling and opposition lawmakers engaged in repeated heated exchanges over the fire at the house of opposition MP Nusrat T... Read More


Bangladesh among five countries selected for CIF climate resilience investment programme

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- Bangladesh has been selected as one of five countries for the first phase of a new climate resilience investment programme of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), aimed at scaling up ... Read More


N. Korea unlikely to attend APEC summit or hold talks with US: Official

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- North Korea is unlikely to participate in next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China or hold talks with the United States on the sidelines, a South Korean p... Read More


President calls for greater role of Islamic scholars in building peaceful, just society

Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged Islamic scholars and religious thinkers to play a stronger role in promoting morality, patriotism and humanity among the youth... Read More