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Community Bank to collect bills of WZPDCL

Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has recently signed a three-year agreement with West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited to collect all types of electricity bills in the western region, said a press release...

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55 more pushed into Bangladesh

The Border Security Force of India pushed 55 more people, including women and children, into Bangladesh through four border points in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on early Wednesday morning.

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Reimagining conditions of the oppressed

PARVEZ Alam’s second book, Madina, published in the year 2020 from Adarsha, is a powerful intervention within the community of the new readers in Bangladesh. Undoubtedly, it is an ambitious project that offers critical discussions of contemporary statehood and justice in the context of Bangladesh. In my reading, I found it a thought-provoking text which presents...

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Realities and politics

IN THE political history of Bangladesh, election periods have always been of paramount importance. From the Pakistan Movement to the birth of Bangladesh, the mass uprising of the 1990s, or the aftermath of the 2024 ‘July Uprising’, the right to vote has consistently been at the centre of political discourse. Although the three elections after 1990 were considered free...

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HSC, equivalent exams in Gopalganj postponed tomorrow

The government on Wednesday night postponed the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations in Gopalganj district for Thursday, considering the overall law and order situation and safety of the examinees.

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Four dead, scores hurt in Gopalganj violence

At least four people were killed and scores were injured in a series of clashes between the members of the law enforcement agencies and the activists of the Awami League in Gopalganj district town on Wednesday.

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Curfew imposed in Gopalganj

Bangladesh interim government on Wednesday imposed curfew in Gopalganj till Thursday evening as violent clash erupted between law enforcers and Awami League activists centering on the National Citizen Party rally marking the first anniversary of the July uprising in the district.

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WB VP wraps up visit reaffirming support for Bangladesh

World Bank vice-president for South Asia Johannes Zutt concluded his first official visit to Bangladesh on Wednesday, reaffirming WB’s commitment to help the country address its development priorities and support its people...

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Al Mamun meets Bernd Spanier

Al Mamun, Founder and President of the International Ethnosport Bangladesh Association, paid a courtesy call on Bernd Spanier, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, at the EU office in Gulshan, Dhaka, on Tuesday.

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AL, banned BCL activists attack UNO convoy in Gopalganj

Several people, including police personnel, were injured in an attack in what the local administration claimed was carried out by activists of Awami League and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League to foil NCP’s scheduled programme in the district on Wednesday...

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MUFY prog orientation ends in UCBD

Universal College Bangladesh, the exclusive partner of Monash College, Australia in Bangladesh, concluded the orientation for the Monash University Foundation Year programme recently.      

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27 deaths not connected to communal violence: govt

The interim government on Tuesday dismissed the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and Minority Unity Alliance’s July 10 claim of 27 deaths in sectarian violence between January and June this year...

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Last respects paid to labour leader Lutfar Rahman

The leaders of different political parties and labour organisations on Tuesday paid last respect to labour leader Lutfar Rahman in front of the central office of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Comrade Moni Singh Sarak in Dhaka...

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BNP wants to join govt team in US tariff talks

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party would engage with the interim government to help advance the government’s ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States, as the discussions have expanded beyond trade to include broader security and strategic issues.

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BGB seizes Tk 136.9cr smuggled goods in June

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh seized smuggled goods worth approximately Tk 136.9 crore across the country in June, said a press release of the elite force on Monday...

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Maritime University holds July uprising revival event

Bangladesh Maritime University, country’s specialised public university, organised ‘The July Mass Uprising Revival Programme-2025, July Commemoration’ on its temporary campus in Dhaka on Tuesday...

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BSTI signs MoU with Russian GOST R

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and Russia’s Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology to enhance cooperation in national standards development and quality control...

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Singer, BUET sign MoU to boost research

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Singer Bangladesh Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research and development projects, knowledge sharing and workshops, internship programmes, and job fair arrangement and participation...

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Monsoon rain sparks fear of dengue surge

A surge in dengue fever is feared in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh due to the lingering monsoon rains, which are creating ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes in the absence of effective efforts by the agencies concerned to control the vector-borne disease.

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Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 10pc

The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday kept the policy rate unchanged at 10 per cent, defying strong demands from the business community to ease borrowing costs as high interest rates continue to squeeze corporate finances and undermine operations...

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Bystander psychology in transitional Bangladesh

LAST week in Mitford, Dhaka, a horrific video made rounds on social media: a man was beaten to death with stones in broad daylight while hundreds of people stood by — watching, recording whispering — but doing nothing. Some even filmed the killers as they danced on the lifeless body. According to reports, members of the Ansar were nearby. Yet, they too did not intervene...