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RCC workers demand wage hike

Temporary and daily wage workers of Rajshahi City Corporation staged demonstrations on Wednesday demanding a raise in their wages...

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IMF mission begins 5th review

The International Monetary Fund mission on Wednesday began its fifth review of the IMF’s ongoing $5.5 billion loan programme to Bangladesh.

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ACC okays charges against Sikder brothers

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved two separate charge sheets against 13 people, including former National Bank Limited directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, in two cases filed on charges of money laundering and corruption.

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Kaspersky spots new HackingTeam spyware

Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team or GReAT has uncovered evidence linking HackingTeam successor, Memento Labs, to a new wave of cyber-espionage attacks, said a press release...

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ONE Bank achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate

ONE Bank PLC has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate by France-based certification authority Bureau Veritas (Bangladesh) Pvt Limited for fulfilling the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 standard, said a press release...

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ICAB to host Accounting Day Run to promote wellness

Dhaka Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh will organise ‘Accounting Day Run 2025’ on November 7 at Hatirjheel in the capital to celebrate International Accounting Day...

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Ctg port likely to get operator by December

Shipping adviser retired Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain said on Wednesday that the interim government was going to appoint an operator to the Chattogram port, but not giving the port itself to anyone...

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Jamaat, allies warn holding polls may be difficult

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its seven other allies on Wednesday warned that the holding of the general election might become difficult as the National Consensus Commission submitted its report without mentioning the time for referendum on the July Charter.

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IMF objects to unsecured lending by central bank

The International Monetary Fund has objected to Bangladesh Bank’s continued lending to crisis-hit banks against unsecured promissory notes, warning that such practices violate prudential norms and could worsen inflationary pressures...

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BAB chief calls for sustainable reforms

Reform initiatives and policy formulation in the banking sector should be sustainable, practical and gradual, said Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB)...

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BNP accuses NCC of deceiving peeople, parties

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday accused the National Consensus Commission of deceiving the people and political parties by completely ignoring the notes of dissent in its final recommendations for implementing the July Charter.

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Women’s football team receives Tk 50 lakh

The ministry of youth and sports rewarded the Bangladesh national women’s football team with Tk 50 lakh for their maiden qualification in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup final-stage, which is scheduled to be held in Australia in March 2026...

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Ukraine slams Russian attack on children’s hospital

A Russian strike on a children’s hospital in southern Ukraine wounded at least nine people, including four children, authorities said Wednesday, while president Volodymyr Zelensky called it a ‘deliberate’ attack that shows Moscow does not want peace...

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Govt should review July charter implementation road map

THE road map to implement 48 constitution-related reform proposals contained in the July national charter 2025, which the national consensus commission submitted to the interim government on October 28, appears to have stripped the very essence of ‘consensus’ as it disregards all notes of dissent expressed by different political parties and imposes the...

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Adibashi women under Bangali nationalist gaze

CLOSE your eyes and think about Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban, or any other Hill Tracts area. What do you see? Most Bangali Bangladeshis I know, those from the plains that is, would visualise lush, unspoiled nature, small and ‘harmonious’ communities of indigenous people living ‘simple’, primitive lives, and most prominently, adibashi women who will intrigue...

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Let the torn leaf on the broken branch grow

MY KNOWLEDGE of the people’s movements and uprisings that have taken place across the Bangladesh is very limited. The histories prior to the Hatikheda uprising of 170 years ago remain blurry to me. Yet I do know the story of Amrita Devi of Rajasthan from 1730 — who sacrificed her life to save trees — the spirit that later inspired the Chipko movement. However,...

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Govt to appoint operator for Ctg port by Dec: adviser

Bangladesh interim government shipping adviser retired Brigadier General M Shakhawat Hussain on Wednesday said that the interim government was taking steps to appoint an operator for the Chattogram Port by December, clarifying that the port itself would not be handed over to anyone.