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PM Opens ‘Family Card’ Programme for Women Empowerment

Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today inaugurated the government’s landmark ‘Family Card’ programme to ensure women empowerment in the country as he distributed cards among them at a function here. The premier handed over the family cards to 17 w…

BB Clarifies Travel Status of Two Officials

Bangladesh bank: Bangladesh Bank (BB) today dismissed reports published in various media outlets regarding a ban on the foreign travel of two of its officials, clarifying that their withdrawal from a Singapore-based training programme was based on adm…

Appeal Deadline Ends for Sherpur-3 and Bogura-6 Elections

Dhaka: The deadline for filing appeals against the returning officer’s decision on the scrutiny of nomination papers for the general election in Sherpur-3 constituency and the by-election in the vacant Bogura-6 parliamentary seat ended today.

Accord…