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July tax receipts rise, but fall short of target

The country’s revenue collection witnessed an increase of 24.32 per cent to Tk 27,247 crore in July, the first month of the financial year 2025-26, according to the National Board of Revenue data...

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Portugal wildfires claim third victim

A man was killed while helping fight wildfires that have been scorching Portugal, the country’s civil protection service said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the fires to three...

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Future of farming

BENEATH Bangladesh’s paddy fields, village homesteads and fish ponds, a quiet digital revolution is reshaping rural life. Real-time agricultural technology is providing timely insights into crop health, soil fertility and localised weather patterns. In a country where nearly half the workforce still depends on agriculture, these tools are changing the way farmers grow food and sustain their livelihoods...

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Reimagining media landscape

THE year 2024 marked one of the most dramatic political shifts in Bangladesh’s recent history. The fall of Sheikh Hasina’s long-serving government, after more than a decade in power, was greeted with optimism among citizens, civil society, and particularly journalists who had long struggled under restrictive media laws. The Digital Security Act (2018), later repackaged...

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Some BRUR students end hunger strike

Some of the students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, who began hunger strike three days ago, demanding a clear roadmap for the central student union election, continued their fast unto death protest on Tuesday...

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No election without reforms, trial, PR system, says IAB

The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Tuesday warned that no election could be held without implementing the promised reforms, visible trial of the July mass killings, legal recognition of the July Charter and the introduction of a proportional representation system in the general election...

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41,627 get recommendations for entry-level posts

A total of 41,627 candidates on Tuesday received recommendations for entry-level vacancies in teaching positions under the non-government secondary-level educational institutions under the monthly pay order system...

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EU to give 4m euros for polls preparations

The European Union has announced an assistance package of more than four million euros to help Bangladesh Election Commission organise the Jatiya Sangsad elections in accordance with international standards...

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Apparel exports to EU rise by 17.9pc in H1

Bangladesh cemented its position as the European Union’s second-largest apparel supplier in the first half of 2025 with exports up 17.9 per cent to 10.29 billion euros, but its growth was eclipsed by China’s 22.3 per cent rise and Cambodia’s 30.4 per cent surge, signalling severer competition in the EU market...

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Google agrees to $36m fine over Android search deals

Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking ‘anti-competitive’ deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms...

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Govt committed to holding polls in Feb: law adviser

Referring to the government’s firm stance on elections, law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Tuesday said that the government, in line with the chief adviser’s announcement, was firmly committed to holding the national election next February.

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Army chief for maintaining neutrality during polls 

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday asked the force’s members to play a positive role during the general elections in February next year, saying that they did not have any preference for any party.

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Sheltech sponsors Scholastica Club

Conglomerate Sheltech on Saturday signed an agreement to become a sponsor of Scholastica Club Limited, said a press release...

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DUCSU nomination collection ends amid festivity

The nomination paper collection for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections witnessed a festive mood on the last day on Tuesday as hundreds of students crowded in the senate building area to secure forms.

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Effective enforcement is all for road safety, not law after law

THE government’s going ahead with a new law on road safety whilst the Road Transport Act 2018 is in force has created the scope for doubt, especially regarding its enforcement. The Road Transport Act 2018, made on September 19 that year, after a countrywide road safety movement in July 2018 was set into force on November 1, 2019. But the road transport minister...

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US org doubts Bangladesh rooftop solar prog success

Bangladesh’s new rooftop solar programme to increase the generation to about 3,000 megawatts from current 245MW is challenging for factors like limited capacity and maintenance issues, said the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a US-based organisation, on Monday...

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Four BRUR students fall ill amid hunger strike

Four students of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur reportedly fell ill on Monday as they began indefinite hunger strike on Sunday, demanding a clear roadmap for the Central Students’ Union election at the institution...

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565 nomination forms collected for DUCSU posts

A total of 565 nomination forms were sold till Monday against 28 posts in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections scheduled to be held on September 9...

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1,760 petitions relating to 83 seats filed

The Election Commission is set to begin hearings on objections and recommendations regarding the draft boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on August 24 as part of the preparations for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections...

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MTB gets Euromoney recognition

Mutual Trust Bank PLC has been named Bangladesh’s ‘Best Bank for Diversity and Inclusion’ by Euromoney for the fourth consecutive year, said a press release...

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Measures needed to stabilise rice prices, food inflation

WHILE food inflation has put a large number of poor, low- and fixed-income people into difficulty, the persistent increase in rice prices appears to be pushing many into food insecurity. The increase in rice prices, moreover, remains the major contributor to food inflation. Fine rice inflation has stayed in double digits over the past twelve months, while the medium and coarse...

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Trump targets mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 US elections

US president Donald Trump said Monday he would lead a ‘movement’ against mail-in balloting as he sought to eliminate a voting method used by nearly a third of the country ahead of next year’s midterm elections...

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National polls to begin in Myanmar Dec 28, says junta

Myanmar’s junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade...