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Bangladesh receives Tk 10.23cr Hajj refund
Saudi Arabia has refunded 3,091,243 Saudi Riyals—equivalent to approximately Tk 10.23 crore—to Bangladesh after previously withholding the amount for non-insurance
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Vietnam cuts retail electricity price
Vietnam cuts retail electricity price, removes gasoline tax from Nov 1
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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets on Saturday to win their first one-day international tri-series title at home.
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Hawkers won’t be allowed anymore on Mirpur-10, Mirpur-1 footpaths: DNCC administrator
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Safiqul Islam Khan on Monday said hawkers would no longer be allowed to set up stalls on the footpaths in Mirpur-10 and Mirpur-1, while the corporation was working to arrange alternative spaces for the evicted vendors.
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President calls for optimum use of country's demographic dividend
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called for the optimum utilization of the country's demographic dividend."The largest segment of the country's population structure is the youth. This is known as the demographic dividend. It is a great asset and opportunity for the country an
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Mirpur protests disrupt metro services at five stations
Garment workers blocked roads for a second consecutive day at Mirpur-10 intersection in Dhaka on Sunday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000. The protests, which began in the morning, led to repeated clashes with police, arson and chases between demonstrators and law enforcers. Metro rail
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Afghanistan were already above experienced teams like Bangladesh, England and West Indies, and have now also overtaken Sri Lanka to achieve their highest-ever position in the Men's ODI Team Rankings
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Police box torched in Gazipur
The incident occurred around 10am on Sunday, a Gazipur Metropolitan Police official says
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Police vehicle torched in Mirpur
A team from the Pallabi Fire Service Station have gone to the scene once the incident was reported
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Political groups fuelling garment worker unrest: Labour minister
Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has alleged that several political organisations are instigating unrest over the formation of a wage board for garment workers in an attempt to create instability in the country.
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Garment workers’ stage protests in Gazipur, Savar, N’ganj ; over 200 factories shut
Garment workers staged demonstrations and blocked highways and major roads in Gazipur, Savar and Narayanganj for the 2nd consecutive day on Monday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000.
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City bus franchise system launched on seven routes
Bus operations under the franchise system were launched on six long routes and one circular route in Dhaka on Sunday, aiming to bring discipline to the city's public transport services.
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Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, the Pabna-5 MP and chief coordinator of the Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council, inaugurated Company-operated bus services at Manik Mia Avenue around 11am today (1 November). Photo: TBS
Non-AC buses will operate exclusively on four routes, while the other two will have both AC and non-AC buses.
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Govt forms six-member wage board for garment workers amid protests
The government has formed a six-member wage board to review the minimum wage structure for garment workers amid protests across industrial areas, including Dhaka and Gazipur, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk30,000. Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury...
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Minister urges garment workers to return to factories
Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has urged workers to leave the streets and return to their factories.Earlier around
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Dhaka to have 8 e-rickshaw zones as registration begins tomorrow
The government is set to begin registering battery-powered three-wheeled rickshaws, or e-rickshaws, in 13 city corporation areas across Bangladesh from Monday (November 2).
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Southeast University hosts 12th IEEE Int’l WIE conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2026
Southeast University (SEU), Dhaka, held the 12th IEEE International Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2026
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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's leadership and political ownership are crucial to implementing Bangladesh's LDC graduation commitments within the extended three-year period, says Debapriya Bhattacharya
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A satellite view shows an overview of the Natanz nuclear facility and Pickaxe Mountain, near Natanz, Iran, June 30, 2026. Photo: Rueters
"We've knocked out their nuclear. We still have to take care of, I would say one or two sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes," Trump said
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BNP’s Eliza Zaman elected to parliament reserved seat
BNP-nominated Eliza Zaman has been declared elected in the by-election to reserved women’s seat No. 23 in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, as she was the sole candidate for the seat.
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