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Economists and public health experts have stated that implementing effective taxes and price hikes on tobacco products, free from the interference of tobacco companies, in the upcoming FY 2025-26 budget will reduce tobacco-related deaths and significantly increase government revenue. They...

DHAKA : National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has urged the interim government to announce a comprehensive roadmap for three vital things- the trial of mass killings during last year's July-August Uprising, overall reform process, and the next...

DHAKA : BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain today said BNP believes that the interim government under the leadership of Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus will be successful as the people will support them. "The people and political parties...

DHAKA : Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur today announced that the government is set to introduce new currency notes ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with designs emphasizing national heritage rather than portraits. "New Tk1,000, Tk 50 and Tk 20 banknotes...

DHAKA : The High Court today summarily rejected a writ petition that challenged the Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal's verdict that declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). “Rejected summarily with...

DHAKA : Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain (retd) has asked the owners of the Ready Made Garment (RMG) factories to pay all dues of the workers by May 28. “Otherwise, the owners the factories must go...

DHAKA : Bangladesh is going to export mango to China for the first time on May 28 next, Agriculture Secretary Dr Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian said here today. He revealed this information at a press briefing at the Foreign Service...

DHAKA : Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin today said that the government would extend support in preserving the rawhides of the sacrificial animals during the upcoming Holy Eid-ul-Azha until a fair price is ensured. “The orphans have the rights on...

DHAKA : The National Consensus Commission today concluded its first round of talks with political parties through holding a meeting with the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB). Commission’s Vice-Chairman Prof Ali Riaz, members Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder, Safar Raj Hossain,...

DHAKA : Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin today said that the base on the capacity of the country's various institutions has been broken over the last 15 years, both in the public and private sectors. "The development in the local industry was...