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Bangladesh jail authority embarks on renewable energy initiative

The Bangladesh Prison Directorate has signed a contract with a consortium led by Mover Solar and Renewable Energy Ltd to implement solar energy systems across the country’s prisons, beginning with Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj as a pilot project.

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Sonali Bank’s business confce held

Sonali Bank PLC arranged a Business Conference-2025 at a Krishibid Institution on Saturday. The chairman of Sonali Bank board of directors, Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury attended the as chief guest.

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Trump orders reopening of defunct US prison Alcatraz

US president Donald Trump said on Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on a small island in California that closed six decades ago...

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APCL launches pet shampoo

Advance Personal Care Limited (APCL), a concern of PRAN Group, has introduced ‘Adora Aloe-Oatbath’ pet shampoo to the market to ensure the health and hygiene of pets...

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TikTok fined 530mn euros in EU over China data transfer

TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities.

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Sonali Bank announces remittance campaign winners

Sonali Bank PLC on Tuesday announced the highest remittance recipient and three more recipients by lottery for the month of March under its Remittance Campaign 2025, said a press release.

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Sonali Bank gets honorary TCB award

Sonali Bank PLC has been honoured with honorary commemorative for its contribution to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh’s activities, said a press release...

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HC seeks list of prisoners pardoned by president

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the list of the convicts whose imprisonment or punishment had been commuted or suspended by the president under section 49 of the constitution over the past 33 years should not be published...

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Army to extend hand in anti-mosquito campaign of DNCC

Bangladesh army is set to extend its hands to Dhaka North City Corporation’s anti-mosquito campaign agreeing to oversee the use of insecticide to control the vermin to prevent outbreak of dengue during the rainy season, municipal officials said on Sunday.

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Photographs depict Dhaka’s endangered nature

A seven-day exhibition of photographs depicting Dhaka’s endangered environment and nature by photojournalist Sony Ramani began at the National Art Gallery-1 of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at Segunbagicha in the capital on Saturday...

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Elections and persons with disabilities

THE democratic integrity of Bangladesh’s electoral process has been under severe strain for over a decade, as noted by multiple international watchdogs. However, one of the most critically overlooked aspects of this decline is the systematic exclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) from exercising their constitutional right to vote. Despite ratifying international...

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Thanks Iran, for refusing the bomb

COL Lawrence Wilkerson was the chief of staff of the US secretary of state Gen Colin Powell. He is today among the most vocal American critics of the US-sponsored war in Ukraine, the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the US-Israeli plans to wage war on Iran...

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DMP identifies DU arsonist, arrest expected before Pahela Baishakh

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has identified the miscreant responsible for setting fire to a motif at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University ahead of the Pahela Baishakh celebrations and the suspect is expected to be arrested by Monday morning, before the Ananda Shobhajatra begins, said DMP commissioner Sazzat Ali...

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Anderson given knighthood

Former England fast bowler James Anderson has been awarded a knighthood in ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list.

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Mehidy wins BSPA Sportsperson of the Year award

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz won the BSPA Sportsperson of the Year 2024 award as the Bangladesh Sports Press Association awarded 11 sports person, one team and one organisation in 15 categories during a function at a city hotel on Friday.

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Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties

The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under US president Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties...

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BSF returns 14 Bangladeshis

Fourteen Bangladeshi nationals were returned to the country on Wednesday afternoon after serving different terms of imprisonment in Indian jail for allegedly entering that country illegally...

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11 jailed over Sonali Bank loan scam

A Dhaka court on Monday convicted and sentenced 11 individuals to different terms of jail in a case lodged over embezzlement of Sonali Bank money through loan forgery...