Dhaka: As food prices rise, low-income workers in Dhaka are quietly giving up the fish and meat they once ate regularly. At lunchtime, a small roadside eatery near the Azimpur Etimkhana intersection fills with rickshaw pullers and other low-income wor…
Khulna: Fifty-two members of four notorious robber gangs in the Sundarbans have formally surrendered, pledging to give up arms and return to a normal life amid continued operations by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to make the forest safer.
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Dhaka: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called upon the Election Commission (EC) to permit private teachers enlisted under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme to participate in local government elections. The party also urged the EC to prevent leaders an…
Dhaka: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman, clarified on Tuesday that merely supporting or speaking in favor of the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cannot be considered a criminal act unless a specific la…
Dhaka: Businesses and companies with annual turnover of up to Tk 2 crore will no longer have to pay turnover tax, offering relief to small businesses. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a notification on Tuesday, introducing the exemption and …
Washington: US President Donald Trump has expressed hope of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman soon, saying he believes Bangladesh and its people have a very bright future under his leadership. In a letter sent to the Prime Minister on Monday, Trum…
Sylhet: Police recovered the hanging body of BGB personnel from Minatila Border camp tower in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jamil Ahmed, a member of Sylhet BGB-48 Battalion. He served at Minatila Bo…
Dhaka: The Dhaka University syndicate has declared Md Rashed Khan the general secretary (GS) of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) from the 2019 election, revoking the election of then Bangladesh Chhatra League secretary Golam Rabban…
Dhaka: The constant movement, congestion, and psychological pressures of life in Dhaka take center stage in contemporary artist Kuntal Barai’s upcoming solo exhibition, Anatomy of Transit, which opened recently at Plat-forms Gallery in Gulshan. The ex…