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48.9% Surge in Remittance Inflow in Early November

Dhaka: Inflow of remittances witnessed a year-on-year growth of 48.9 percent reaching US$350 million in the first three days of November, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued today. Last year, during the same period, the country…

BNP Highlights Commitment to Religious Education: Dr Zahid

Dinajpur: BNP Standing Committee member Prof. Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain today emphasized the party’s longstanding commitment to religious education during a views-exchange meeting with imams, muezzins, and Qawmi madrasah teachers at Hakimpur upazila in Di…

BNP Expels Four Sitakunda Upazila Leaders Over Violence Charges

Sitakunda: BNP has expelled its four Sitakunda upazila leaders on charges of resorting to violence over party nomination. The party confirmed it in a release signed by its senior joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi here today.

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Singapore to Implement Caning as Punishment for Online Scammers

Dhaka: Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy lost …

Government Appoints New Deputy and Assistant Attorney Generals

Dhaka: The government has announced the appointment of 41 new deputy attorney generals (DAG) and 67 assistant attorney generals (AAG) to advocate on its behalf in legal proceedings before the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court.

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