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DHAKA : Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder today said that 5.5 million (55 lakh) low-income families will be provided with food items at lower prices under the food friendly programme by increasing the number of families by 5 lakh...

DHAKA : The National Economic Council (NEC) will sit tomorrow to consider a possible Annual Development Programme (ADP) with an  outlay of TK  2,30,000 crore keeping highest allocation in the transport and communication sector. NEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor...

SATKHIRA : Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today affirmed that Indian nationals found staying illegally in Bangladesh will be repatriated through proper diplomatic channels, rather than being pushed back in the same manner they entered...

JERUSALEM : The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" as part of a fresh offensive in Gaza, after rescuers reported 100 people killed in the besieged Palestinian territory. The army said on Telegram it had begun the...

DHAKA : Information and Broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam has extended a personal invitation to Mohammad Hossain, the youth accused of assaulting him during Jagannath University recent protests, to visit at his residence after the movement ends. The invitation was followed...

DHAKA : Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said that Malaysia, in principle, has decided to recruit a large number of Bangladeshi workers in the days to come. "Malaysia, in principle, has decided to...

DHAKA : There is no shortage of sacrificial animals for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha which is scheduled to be held in the first week of next month as the country has over 20.68 lakh surplus livestock against Eid demand. According to...

DHAKA : ToguMogu, the country’s first parenting app, has inaugurated a two-day special fair in celebration of mother’s day.The event being held at the Bangladesh shishu academy premises in Dhaka, began today with the theme “Mothers know best so...

LOS ANGELES : Marvel's newest superhero film "Thunderbolts*" remained top dog at the North American box office for a second straight weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The film, starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, raked in...

PARIS : A-list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after masked men robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's...