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Dhaka : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold an emergency press conference on the country’s ongoing political situation this afternoon. The press conference will be held at the BNP Chairperson's political office in Gulshan here at 1 pm. BNP Secretary General...

DHAKA : The interim government has dropped the symbolic one-minute internet blackout from the July Commemoration programme, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said today. "We had doubts about one of the events of the July commemoration programme from the...

DHAKA : At the beginning of the current fiscal year, there were 17.64 lakh metric tons of rice and wheat stocks in various warehouses of the country, which is about three lakh metric tons more than that of the...

DHAKA : The National Consensus Commission is holding dialogue today with the country's political parties for the ninth day of the second phase aiming to reach consensus on various issues of state reform and preparing the ‘July Charter’. The meeting...

DHAKA : During his official visit to Morocco, Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain held a high-level meeting with Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Dr Salim M. AlMalik at the organisation’s...

DHAKA : The National Consensus Commission today resumed its talks with political parties for the eighth day in the second phase aiming to build unity on the recommendations of various reform commissions, formed by the interim government, and formulating...

DHAKA : The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today convicted and sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail in a contempt of court case. The first tribunal also convicted and sentenced banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader...

A comprehensive educational workshop on mental health awareness was successfully held on Saturday at the Navy Convention Centre in Chattogram, organized by LifeSpring, a leading mental health institution in Bangladesh. The daylong event aimed to promote mental health education,...

DHAKA : 24rth Death Anniversary of internationally reputed arsenic Researcher Dr. Shibtosh Roy. Dr. Roy died in a tragic road accident on this day (July 02, 2001) at Taraganj of Rangpur District. He had gone to the northern region...

DHAKA : The quota reform movement has swayed the students across the country on the July 2 last year as they perceived that reinstating of quota in government jobs by a court order is apparently a discrimination for meritorious...