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Bangladesh negotiating for $2b more

The country’s current $5.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund is likely to increase by $2 billion...

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India backed Hasina’s rise, Mahmudur tells ICT

The Daily Amar Desh editor, Mahmudur Rahman, told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday that India played a key role in Awami League president Sheikh Hasina’s rise, in consolidating her power, and eventually in enabling her to become authoritarian...

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Indian forces gun down top Maoist rebel, two others

Indian security forces killed a top Maoist commander and two other rebels in a gun battle on Monday, officials said, as the government intensifies efforts to crush the decades-long conflict...

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No voting in dozens of constituencies: Myanmar junta

Myanmar’s junta acknowledged Monday its long-promised election would not be held in about one in seven national parliament constituencies, as it battles myriad rebel forces opposed to the poll.

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Woman found dead in Chuadanga

The police recovered the body of a 65-year-old woman from her rented house at Sadar upazila in Chuadanga on Monday afternoon...

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Annual exhibition begins at Narayanganj Charukola

Teachers, students and alumni of Narayanganj Charukola Institute on Monday demanded the National University authorities permit the institute to run Master of Fine Arts degree course...

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Govt offices, police stations vandalised at Bhanga

Protesters on Monday attacked and vandalised several government offices, including two police stations and the upazila parisahd complex at Bhanga in Faridpur, protesting against the Jatiya Sangsad constituency boundary changes.

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SAU holds freshers’ reception

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University held the orientation ceremony for freshers of the 2024–25 academic year at the university’s Teachers-Students Centre Complex in Dhaka on Monday...

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BB to launch interoperable instant payment system

Bangladesh Bank is preparing to launch a unified interoperable instant payment system that will bring all banks, mobile financial services, microfinance institutions, and digital banks onto a single platform with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...

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RMG exporters seek clarity on US tariffs

Bangladesh’s readymade garment exporters have sought detailed clarification and an implementation mechanism regarding a recent United States executive order that allows a 20 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods to be reduced if at least 20 per cent US-origin content or raw materials are used...

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India, US to hold trade talks amid tariff storm

India and the United States are set to hold trade discussions in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday, officials and Indian media reports said, as the two countries seek to resolve a tariff row...

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8th board meeting of Shippers’ Council held

The 8th meeting of the board of directors of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh for the term 2024 and 2025 was held on Monday afternoon at its own office’s conference room at Dhanmondi in Dhaka under the chairmanship of Md Rezaul Karim...

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Gaza aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg departs Tunisia

A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists set sail Monday from Tunisia after repeated delays, aiming to break Israel’s blockade and establish a humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian territory.

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Rohingya safety, regional security

THE progressive withdrawal of humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now threatens the safety and dignity of more than 1.2 million stateless people, and places at risk regional stability, Bangladesh’s social fabric and the prospect of secure, sustainable repatriation. Reductions in support from NGOs, international agencies and the United Nation...

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SCB organises eighth meeting of board of directors

Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh organised the eighth meeting of its board of directors for the term 2024 and 2025 on Monday, 15 September, 2025 afternoon at its own office’s conference room, Dhanmondi, Dhaka under the chairmanship of Md Rezaul Karim, says a press release.

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NU assistant director Abu Hanif Khandaker dies

Mohammad Abu Hanif Khandaker, assistant director of the information and services department of the National University, died at Ibn Sina Hospital at Kalyanpur in Dhaka on Sunday.