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Local Government Reform Commission to propose crucial changes

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The Local Government Reform Commission is poised to recommend significant changes to expand the participation of competent individuals and improve services…

Local Government Reform Commission to propose crucial changes

AL's politics became contaminated to suppress dissent: Bangla Academy President

Bangla Academy President Professor Abul Quasem  Fazlul…

AL's politics became contaminated to suppress dissent: Bangla Academy  President
64 Indian fishermen released from Bagerhat jail

A total of 64 Indian fishermen, who were imprisoned in Bagerhat…

64 Indian fishermen released from Bagerhat jail

Bangladesh may face severe foreign exchange crisis, fears BNP

Bangladesh may face severe foreign exchange crisis, fears BNP

BNP on Thursday feared that Bangladesh may face a severe foreign exchange crisis after 2027 due to huge debt burden in the power sector, resulting from widespread corruption and irregularities…

'March for Unity' demands July Proclamation by Jan 15

'March for Unity' demands July Proclamation by Jan 15

Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee today urged the government to declare the proclamation of the July revolution by January 15 and conduct…

6 reform commissions not submitting their reports today, new submission dates set

6 reform commissions not submitting their reports today, new submission dates set

Despite setting December 31, 2024 for submitting reports, none of the six reform commissions—on the Constitution, election, judiciary, anti-corruption commission (ACC), police…

Pesticide use highest in fruits, vegetables in Bangladesh: experts

Pesticide use highest in fruits, vegetables in Bangladesh: experts

Dr Ruhul Amin, a professor at the Institute of Food and Nutrition at Dhaka University, has said that the highest levels of pesticide use in Bangladesh are found in fruits and vegetables.…

DU to declare Metro Rail pillar –embodying Hasina’s tainted Graffiti as Hate-stone

DU to declare Metro Rail pillar –embodying Hasina’s tainted Graffiti as Hate-stone

Dhaka University (DU) authority has decided to declare one pillar (pillar no: 541 ) of metro rail stood right behind the anti terrorism Raju sculpture of Dhaka University, embodying…

Singer Fateh Ali calls on adviser Nahid

Singer Fateh Ali calls on adviser Nahid

Eminent Pakistani signer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan today paid a courtesy call on Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Nahid Islam at Bangladesh Secretariat.    Nahid Islam,…

Bangladesh debunks Indian media reports on violence against Hindus

Bangladesh debunks Indian media reports on violence against Hindus

 Indian media outlets' reports claiming 2200 incidents of violence occured against Hindus in 2024 is a misleading and highly exaggerated ones, the chief adviser's press wing has…

Rizwana warns of scrapping outdated city buses to combat air pollution

Rizwana warns of scrapping outdated city buses to combat air pollution

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today warned that old and outdated buses polluting air in Dhaka will be scrapped.    “People in Dhaka…

IDEA project syndicate makes NID system venerable

IDEA project syndicate makes NID system venerable

A group of corrupt officials have allegedly made Bangladeshi citizens’ database venerable with national identity (NID) platform through altering technical specification and accepting…

CA Dr Yunus reaches Egypt to attend D-8 summit

CA Dr Yunus reaches Egypt to attend D-8 summit

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached the Egyptian capital on Wednesday to attend the D-8 Summit.   The Minister of the Public Business Sector of the Arab Republic of…

Chief Adviser to leave for Cairo tonight to join D-8 summit

Chief Adviser to leave for Cairo tonight to join D-8 summit

  Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave here for Egypt tonight on a two-day state visit to attend D-8 Summit scheduled to be held on December 19.   "A flight…

Bangladesh already in middle-income trap: Debapriya

Bangladesh already in middle-income trap: Debapriya

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said that Bangladesh is already caught in the middle-income trap due to the low productivity of its labour force across the industrial, agricultural and…

School admission lottery tomorrow

School admission lottery tomorrow

The digital lottery for student admissions in classes to I to IX in public and private schools across the country will be held tomorrow (Tuesday).   The event will commence at…

Mystery over Osmani's absence at Niazi's surrender in 1971

Mystery over Osmani's absence at Niazi's surrender in 1971

It is mysterious that General Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani, who led the freedom fighters in the nine-month-long Liberation War of Bangladesh, was not present at the ceremony where the…