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RAB vows to nab Obaidul, Nanak, Harun upon receiving tips
02:53 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and former Detective Branch (DB) Chief Mohammad Haroon Or Rashid will be arrested if specific information is received, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Floods in southeast Bangladesh cause losses of Tk 14,421cr: CPD
02:02 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayFloods in southeastern Bangladesh have resulted in financial losses totaling Tk 14,421 crore (approximately 1.5 billion USD), according to a recent report by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD). This figure represents 0.29 per cent of the country’s GDP.
BNP meets Swiss, Norwegian, Danish envoys
01:54 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayA delegation from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held a meeting with diplomats from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark on Sunday morning.
'Corporates pocket Tk 160cr in 20 days exploiting egg, market'
01:40 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayLow-income consumers depend on eggs and chickens for affordable protein, but unscrupulous corporate traders have reportedly raked in Tk 280 crore over the past 20 days by artificially inflating prices, according to the Bangladesh Poultry Association (BPA).
Birth certificate nightmare: Dhaka residents suffer
01:20 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayA year ago, Syed Khorshed Alam, a resident of Bibir Bagicha in Jatrabari, obtained his son's birth certificate from Dhaka South City Corporation's (DSCC) Region-5 office, only for the school. But the school later rejected it calling it "fake."
Fresh banknotes unlikely to feature Mujib's image
01:01 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayThe image of the country’s founding president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman could soon be removed from all Bangladeshi banknotes.
Flood death toll in Sherpur rises to 7
12:37 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayThe flood situation in Sherpur has worsened, with continuous rain causing river levels to rise and floodwaters to enter new areas. So far, seven people have died due to the flooding.
Hezbollah loses contact with Nasrallah’s apparent heir Safieddine
12:17 PM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayHashem Safieddine, with whom contact has been lost after Israeli air strikes, according to a senior Hezbollah source, is the man widely considered the potential successor to the group's assassinated leader Hassan Nasrallah.
ACC relies on int’l bodies to retrieve laundered money
11:57 AM, 06 Oct 2024 SundayThe interim government has taken decisive steps to recover large sums of money laundered abroad during the Awami League's tenure. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is also engaging with global agencies to expedite this process.
There would be no more ‘Aynaghar’, ‘Bhater Hotel’ in DB: Mallick
06:13 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayAdditional Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Rezaul Karim Mallick, on Saturday (October 5) said there would be no more ‘Aynaghar’ and ‘Bhater Hotel’ in the DB rather it would be established as a place for justice and trust of the people...
BNP urges chief adviser to give election roadmap
04:58 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party sought an election roadmap to the Chief Adviser of the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus. He told the reporters after a dialogue with the chief adviser...
Local suppliers threaten to file lawsuit against Expo Freight for $10m arrears
04:36 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayA group of 36 local garment companies today threatened to file a lawsuit against Expo Freight Limited (EFL) if it fails to pay $10.21 million in arrears to local suppliers within the next 15 days...
Bashundhara Group refutes CID allegations, seeks CA's intervention
03:38 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayBashundhara Group, one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates, has sought the support of the interim government to safeguard its operations, the jobs of thousands of employees, and its reputation both domestically and internationally, following what it claims to be a smear campaign by certain state agencies...
Hezbollah says fires rockets at north Israel air base
03:00 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayHezbollah said it launched Fadi-1 rockets on Saturday at Israel's Ramat David air base near the northern city of Haifa, about 45 kilometres (30 miles) from the Lebanese border...
Army chief pays courtesy call on president
02:46 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayChief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Saturday (October 5) paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban. "During the meeting, the president was apprised of the overall activities of the force by the army chief,"...
Trump falsely touts endorsement from JP Morgan CEO
01:48 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayDonald Trump’s social media post that showed a purported endorsement for the presidency from the JP Morgan chief executive, Jamie Dimon, among the most influential investment bankers on Wall Street, is false, a representative confirmed on Friday...
Light to moderate rain likely over country
01:17 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayBangladesh Meteorological Department, BMD, on Saturday (October 5) forecasted light to moderate rain at most places over the country for the next 24 hours beginning from 9:00am...
Sakhawat asks probe into fire on oil-laden ship
01:06 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayShipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain has asked to investigate into the fire incident on a ship of the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, BSC, in Chattogram that left one dead...
'Nightmare is over' - Pogba doping ban reduced to 18 months
12:20 PM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayPaul Pogba says his "nightmare is over" after a four-year ban for a doping offence was reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas)...
Former President Badruddoza Chowdhury dies
11:52 AM, 05 Oct 2024 SaturdayFormer President Professor AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury passed away early Saturday (October 5). He was 94. He breathed his last around 3.15am while undergoing treatment at Uttara Women Medical College Hospital, Dhaka founded by him...