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Bangla Press Desk: The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has fined 120 establishments across 46 districts a total of Tk 9,93,200 following market inspections targeting essential commo...
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Bangla Press Desk: Medical services at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SHZMC) Hospital have been disrupted due to interns’ strike following a clash with the relatives of a patient who died there on Tuesday.Earlier on Tuesday night, 12 peo...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file a case against former Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim for allegedly possessing around Tk 135.90 million in assets inconsistent with his known sources of...
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Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday that load-shedding across the country is expected to ease significantly within a short time.He said the burden of load-shedding caused b...
Bangla Press Desk: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has said the government will follow a “Bangladesh First” policy in considering the Mecca Pact.She also said that a decision will be taken only after a thorough review of th...
Bangla Press Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday set 24 September for the further hearing on the framing of charges in a murder case filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others in connection with the July student-mass uprising.Ju...
Bangla Press Desk: BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday paid homage to party founder Ziaur Rahman and its former chairperson Khaleda Zia by placing a wreath at their graves marking the party’s 48th founding anniversary.Tari...
Bangla Press Desk: Dhaka ranked 11th among the world’s cities with the worst air quality on Tuesday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 105 at 10:08 am.According to the AQI scale, the city's air quality was classified as “Unh...
Bangla Press Desk: The by-election race in Thakurgaon-1 has started taking shape after the seat fell vacant when Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir becane president, but the BNP is yet to finalise its candidate while Jamaat-e-Islami has already named...
Bangla Press Desk: Train service between Rajshahi and Dhaka have been suspended for around one and a half hours after a section of railway track broke in Natore’s Bagatipara.Three Dhaka-bound trains from Rajshahi were stranded due to the incide...
Bangla Press Desk: A study has found that legal challenges, digital threats, physical intimidation, economic insecurity and social pressure often intersect, creating multiple and reinforcing protection risks for journalists and human rights def...
Bangla Press Desk: President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to take more effective measures to stop smuggling, drug trafficking, push-ins and border killings.The President made the call when BGB Director Gen...
Bangla Press Desk: The Election Commission has published the final voter list keeping the upcoming local government elections in mind, with a total of 12,87,77,643 voters eligible to cast their ballots in the elections.Election Commission Secretary A...
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