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Ex-minister Latif Bishwas detained
06:34 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayFormer Fisheries and Livestock Minister and former Sirajganj district Awami League president, Abdul Latif Bishwas, has been detained in Belkuchi of the district...
Aramco interested to set up refinery in Bangladesh
06:18 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundaySaudi Arabian Oil Company, Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, has expressed its willingness to establish a refinery in Bangladesh, potentially transforming the country's petroleum production capacity and benefiting the broader Bay of Bengal region.
Aynaghar will be open to media
06:01 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has announced plans to provide media workers a rare opportunity to visit the infamous "Aynaghar," a site known as a torture cell during the tenure of the previous Awami government.
Reassessment of excluded candidates of 43rd BCS on Jan 9
05:45 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe Ministry of Public Administration has announced a meeting on January 9 to reassess the applications of candidates excluded from the 43rd Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) recruitment due to negative remarks in intelligence reports.
ADB to lend $1b annually for environment conservation
05:33 PM, 05 Jan 2025 Sundaythe Asian Development Bank, ADB, will provide $1 billion to Bangladesh annually in concessional financing over the next five years. ADB Country Director Hoe Yun Jeong came up with the assurance when he met Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan...
5 banks' MDs on forced retirement
05:08 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe managing directors, MDs, of five more banks have been sent on compulsory retirement on the advice of the taskforce formed by the Bangladesh Bank, BB. The banks are Exim Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, and ICB Islami Bank...
Rezanur appointed as Petrobangla chairman
04:32 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAdditional Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, M Rezanur Rahman, has been appointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla)...
HC bench goes paperless, ushering in a new era
04:03 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayIn a ground-breaking move towards modernising the judiciary, a High Court bench in Bangladesh has initiated paperless trials. Justice Ahmed Sohel, presiding over the single company bench of the Supreme Court, described this transition as the beginning of a "new era" in the legal system.
RMG workers stage demo for increment in Gazipur
03:57 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe workers of a ready-made garments factory are staging demonstration in Gazipur from Sunday morning, January 5, demanding their annual salary increase...
50 judges’ training in India cancelled
03:24 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe planned training of 50 judicial officers from subordinate courts at the National Judicial Academy and State Judicial Academy in Bhopal, India, has been cancelled.
Dismissed trainee SIs rally outside secretariat, demand reinstatement
03:02 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayDismissed trainee sub-inspectors (SIs) of the 40th cadet SI batch staged a sit-in outside the Secretariat on Sunday morning (January 4), demanding reinstatement into their training programmme.
Indian forces clash with Maoist rebels, 5 killed
02:48 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayIndian security forces on Sunday battled with Maoist rebels in their forested heartland, police said, with at least four guerillas and one policeman killed.
Washington Post cartoonist quits over rejected sketch mocking Bezos, Trump
02:35 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAn award-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post has announced her resignation after a cartoon depicting the newspaper's billionaire owner grovelling before Donald Trump was rejected.
CEC promises no deliberate mistakes in nat’l election
01:58 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayChief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has promised that the Election Commission will not make deliberate mistakes while performing its duties.
From trade to trend: Transformation of Bangkok's historic hub
01:30 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe area along Song Wat Road in Bangkok was once a bustling commercial hub where some of Thailand's largest conglomerates began. Now, the area is rising once again as local entrepreneurs celebrate the historical district's rich cultural diversity while adding modern touches.
icddr,b grapples with winter diarrhoea cases, 80% children
01:17 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayAs winter sets in, the number of diarrhoea cases in Dhaka has surged, particularly among children. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) is grappling with an influx of 600–700 patients daily, with children accounting for 80% of the cases.
Secretariat building 7 reopens after fire damage
01:12 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe 7th building of the Secretariat, which was severely damaged by a fire, has reopened. Except for the four burnt floors, the remaining five floors of the nine-story building have resumed operations, with government officials and employees back to work.
All or maximum 43rd BCS dropped aspirants aren’t Hindus: Rumor Scanner
12:05 PM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayFact-checking watchdog Rumor Scanner in an investigation has dubbed wrong a report carried by several Kolkata media claiming that all or most of the 168 candidates excluded in the new gazette notification of the 43rd BCS are Hindus.
SC upholds HC verdict cancelling Tarique’s extortion cases
11:28 AM, 05 Jan 2025 SundayThe Supreme Court's Appellate Division on Sunday upheld the High Court's verdict that canceled four extortion cases filed against BNP's Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman.
First Security Bank MD sent on forced leave for 3 months
10:41 AM, 05 Jan 2025 SundaySyed Waseque Md Ali, the Managing Director (MD) of First Security Islami Bank, has been sent on forced leave for three months due to allegations of negligence of duty.