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India cancels transhipment facility for Bangladesh’s export cargo
India has withdrawn the transhipment facility for Bangladesh's export cargo to third countries, including Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar, via its land borders.
According to a notification issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and…
Hybrid method needed for expatriate voting, says election commissioner
The Election Commission (EC) is assessing the feasibility of three alternative methods -- postal ballots, online voting, and proxy voting -- to ensure voting rights for expatriates.
Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Abul…
BNP to meet Yunus to demand clear election roadmap: Salahuddin
BNP will meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to press for a clear and specific roadmap for the upcoming national election, said BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed.
The party has asked for a time slot for a meeting with the…
‘Hajaro Konthe Borshoboron’ returns to Rabindra Sarobar this Pahela Baishakh
The iconic Bengali New Year celebration "Channel i–Shurer Dhara Hajaro Konthe Borshoboron" is set to return on April 14 at 6 am at the capital's Rabindra Sarobar.
After a three-year hiatus, the event is making a full-scale comeback,…
Sacked BDR members demand reinstatement
Hundreds of dismissed members of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB) demonstrated in front of its headquarters at Pilkhana, Dhaka yesterday morning demanding reinstatement to their jobs and…
Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima jailed for three years
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Evaly's founding chief executive officer Mohammad Rassel, and his wife Shamima Nasrin, former chairperson of the e-commerce platform, to three years' imprisonment for misappropriating Tk 5 lakh of a…
3 killed, 50 hurt in Rajshahi three-way collision
At least three people were killed and around 50 others injured in a three-way collision involving two buses and a truck in Rajshahi city early today.
The accident occurred around 12:30am near Varendra University in Kharkhori Bazar area…
India doesn’t support any particular party in Bangladesh: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said New Delhi has always attached "highest priority" to its relationship with Dhaka and it does not support any particular party in Bangladesh.
He made the remark at a bilateral meeting with…
Chief Adviser urges Thailand to ease visa procedures
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the Prime Minister of Thailand, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, to ease visa procedures for the Bangladeshi citizens travelling to the South East Asian kingdom.
The head of the Interim…
CA press wing reacts to New York Times report calling it ‘misleading’
The chief adviser's press wing has strongly reacted to a news report published by The New York Times, which it claims presents a skewed and misleading portrayal of Bangladesh's political and social landscape.
The response, issued in…