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Number of voters now 12.61cr

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The number of voters in Bangladesh has now stood at 12,61,70,900, according to the draft updated voter list published by the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday. The draft list inclu... Read More


Bureaucratic resistance stalled media reform

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- Jimi Amir, a member of the Media Reform Commission, has blamed bureaucratic resistance for the government's failure to initiate media reforms, though the commission submitted its rep... Read More


AI-enabled bodycams to boost election safety

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- Bangladesh's interim government is preparing to procure at least 40,000 body-worn cameras for police officers to bolster security at polling stations during the forthcoming general e... Read More


Economy stabilises, yet inflation hits poorest

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has stated that Bangladesh narrowly averted a major economic crisis following the interim government's assumption of power, though persistently h... Read More


BR probe body to verify purchase of 30 locomotives

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The Ministry of Railways has formed an investigation committee to verify the specifications of 30-metre gauge locomotive purchases for Bangladesh Railway (BR). The committee will ve... Read More


France's last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- Ali Akbar has been pounding the pavement of Paris's Left Bank for more than 50 years, papers under the arm and on his lips the latest headline. And now he is to be officially recogn... Read More


NCP, other 15 parties get EC nod

Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- The National Citizens Party (NCP) and 15 other new political parties have cleared the Election Commission's (EC) primary selection process for registration, officials confirmed on Su... Read More


THREE MORE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH BORELLA SHOOTING

Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- Police have arrested three more suspects who aided and abetted the recent shooting near the Sirisara Uyana apartment complex in Sahaspura, Borella. The suspects, who are residen... Read More


SEVERAL SPELLS ACROSS THE ISLAND

Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- The Department of Meteorology forecasted that several spells of light showers in the Western, North-western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matar... Read More


UVA PROVINCE POTATO FARMERS FACE DIFFICULTIES AMIDST IMPORTED POTATO SUPPLY

Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- Farmers in the Uva Province are facing difficulties selling their Yala season potato harvest. They say traders are not buying their produce due to the lower prices of imported p... Read More