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Proposal for Bangladesh's accession to OP-CAT approved

Dhaka, July 10 -- The Council of Advisers at a meeting on Thursday approved a proposal for Bangladesh's accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or... Read More


Bangladesh Election: EC forms five committees to accelerate preparations

Dhaka, July 10 -- The Election Commission has formed five committees to speed up necessary preparations ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election likely to be held early next year. The five separa... Read More


NBR reform aims at boosting revenue collection upholding fiscal discipline: Finance Minstry

Dhaka, July 10 -- Bangladesh continues to grapple with one of the lowest revenue-to-GDP ratios in the world, hovering around 8 percent for decades, prompting the government to adopt a series of reform... Read More


Floods submerge Feni villages again; Army joins rescue efforts

Feni, July 10 -- New areas in Parshuram, Fulgazi and Chhagalnaiya upazilas of Feni district are being submerged as flood control dams at 21 points along the Muhuri, Kuhua and Silonia rivers collapsed ... Read More


Push-ins from India a violation of human rights: BGB DG

Dhaka, July 10 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Maj Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Thursday said that instances of pushback or push-in by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) co... Read More


Not an inch of land will be left unprotected: BGB DG on fresh recruits

Chattogram, July 10 -- Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui on Thursday expressed his firm belief that the newly inducted BGB soldiers will protect... Read More


Bangladesh reports 14 more Covid-19 cases in 24hrs

Dhaka, July 10 -- 19 cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest figure, the total nu... Read More


Dengue claims 2 more lives; 337 hospitalised in 24hrs

Dhaka, July 10 -- Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 54 this year. During t... Read More


Humaira Asghar Found Dead Weeks After Disappearance in Karachi

Dhaka, July 10 -- The body of actor and model Humaira Asghar was found in Karachi's Defense Housing Authority (DHA) after weeks of silence on Tuesday, sending shockwaves throughout the industry. Depu... Read More


Online GD services now available in all districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions

Dhaka, July 10 -- The Bangladesh Police on Thursday launched full-fledged online General Diary (GD) services across all police stations in Rajshahi and Rangpur ranges, including Rajshahi Metropolitan ... Read More