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DSCC Administrator vows to revitalize city administration, tackle corruption and mosquito menace

, Feb. 24 -- Newly appointed administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Abdus Salam has said the city administration has virtually collapsed due to the absence of public governance for a lon... Read More


Govt to reopen sick, closed industries with private entrepreneurs

, Feb. 24 -- The government has decided to reopen sick and closed industrial units in the country involving private entrepreneurs in a move aimed at creating employment. "The Prime Minister has direc... Read More


Facebook even in State Minister Saki's name 'baseless': Finance Ministry

Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday dismissed as baseless a Facebook event created in the name of State Minister for Finance Md Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, urging the public not to be m... Read More


2 former National University VCs face travel ban

Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former Vice-Chancellors of National University (NU) Md Mashiur Rahman and Harun-or-Rashid in a graft case. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessio... Read More


Man dies in attack over land dispute in Rajbari

, Feb. 24 -- A man injured in an attack following a longstanding land dispute over land in Sadar upazila of Rajbari district, died on Monday night, triggering arson at the houses of the accused early ... Read More


Narayanganj's daily battle with traffic and broken roads

Narayanganj, Feb. 24 -- For thousands of residents in Narayanganj, a short journey across town has become an exhausting daily trial. What was once a 10-minute commute now routinely stretches beyond a... Read More


PM Tarique to head ECNEC as govt reconstitutes top project approval body

Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- The government has constituted the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), the country's highest body for approving public investment projects, with Prime Minis... Read More


Abducted schoolboy freed within an hour after PM Tarique's intervention

, Feb. 24 -- A schoolboy abducted in the capital on Sunday was rescued within an hour following direct intervention by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who ordered law enforcement agencies to act immedi... Read More


2 probe bodies formed over Ctg gas line explosion

Chattogram, Feb. 24 -- Two separate probe bodies have been formed over the blast apparently from gas leak at a flat in a building in Halishahar area of Chattogram city that claimed lives of three peop... Read More


Prime suspect Roni, 5 others held over deadly Narail clash

, Feb. 24 -- Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested six people including prime suspect Roni Shikder in connection with a violent clash in Singasholpur Union of Narail Sadar that left four peo... Read More