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Flooding causes Tk 2,327 crore in Bangladesh’s fisheries sector

Flooding causes Tk 2,327 crore in Bangladesh’s fisheries sector

Dhaka – A devastating flooding that swept parts of Bangladesh’s eastern districts during the last monsoon has caused some 2,327 crores taka along in the fisheries and livestock sector in the South Asian country, an

Law & Rights
Khaleda discharged from Barapukuria coalmine graft case

Khaleda discharged from Barapukuria coalmine graft case

Dhaka - A Dhaka court on Wednesday discharged former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia and two of his former cabinet colleagues from a graft case involving a coal mine contract that

Law & Rights
BNP proposes bicameral parliament, reintroduction of caretaker system

BNP proposes bicameral parliament, reintroduction of caretaker system

Dhaka - Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) suggested reintroduction of caretaker system for overseeing elections as the party on Tuesday submitted proposals for constitutional reforms, an initiative taken by the interim administration headed by Muhammad

Business & Economy
Tk 5,152 crore for Chattogram sewerage system improvement

Tk 5,152 crore for Chattogram sewerage system improvement

Dhaka – The interim administration has allocated 5,152 crore taka for Chattogram sewerage system improvement  as the south-eastern port city experience an awful sewerage system for decades. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council

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Austria supports Bangladesh’s sweeping reforms agenda

Austria supports Bangladesh’s sweeping reforms agenda

Dhaka – An Austrian diplomat has assured the western European nation’s support to Bangladesh’s sweeping reforms agenda took up by the interim administration headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Katharina Wieser, the non-resident ambassador of

Opinion
Restoring Public Order: A Critical Necessity in Bangladesh

Restoring Public Order: A Critical Necessity in Bangladesh

It has been over three months since Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumed leadership of Bangladesh’s interim administration, following a mass uprising that ousted authoritarian leader Sheikh Hasina. The public’s expectations soared with hopes that the

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CPJ urges Bangladesh’s interim government to protect press freedom

CPJ urges Bangladesh’s interim government to protect press freedom

Dhaka – International media freedom advocacy group Committee to Protect Journalist has urged Bangladesh’s interim administration to protect press freedom as dozens of journalists, as the group says, perceived to be supporter of ousted former