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Defence lawyers cross-examined the eyewitness in court, while accused Chinmoy Das joined the proceedings virtually on security grounds.
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After wasting Tk 2,810 crore on Dhaka–Gazipur BRT, the government plans to spend another Tk 45 crore demolishing what took 14 years to build. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh has achieved a level of bureaucratic performance art that Kafka himself would have dismissed as too on the nose for fiction
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NBR clarifies order on 10-30 count cotton yarn
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has clarified its order regarding the withdrawal of bond facilities for importing 10-30 count cotton yarn and allowing imports against bank guarantees.
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Mirpurr has been plunged into darkness for three successive days, although the light meter has been getting most of the blame. Officials have repeatedly cited bad light for stopping play, but sources close to the dressing room insist that the real problem lies elsewhere: a glaring lack of skill, an inability to see off good bowling and an increasingly dim prospect of making a match of it.
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Ex-Air Force officer’s body recovered from Turag River
River Police have recovered the body of a former Bangladesh Air Force officer from the Turag River in Dhaka.The deceased is retired Flight Lieutenant Tahsif Souri.Inspector Firoz Uddin of the River Police’s Tongi outpost told the media on Thursday that they received information through the nat
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China adopts measures to tighten discipline in Communist Party
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs
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Raihan murder in police outpost: Ex-SI Akbar to die
Two others have been sentenced to life in prison, and three more to seven years in prison
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Bobby Hajjaj asks printing firms to complete delivery of primary textbooks by Nov 5
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj on Thursday instructed the printing firms concerned to ensure delivery of textbooks for government primary schools by November 5.
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The ACC filed the case on 3 September 2026, under Sections 409 and 109 of the Penal Code, 1860, and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
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Nayeem Hasan became the fastest Bangladeshi spinner to reach 50 Test wickets during the Tigers’ first Test against the West Indies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today.
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PM’s Biman flight delayed by technical glitch
“There has been a technical fault. Engineers are working on the matter. Please be patient," the flight’s captain has reportedly announced
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Former DSCC councilor Shaeed sentenced to five years in graft case
New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs
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No third country reference came up during PM's Japan visit: Humaiun Kobir
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Friday said no reference to any third country came up for discussion during Prime Minister’s just-concluded official visit to Japan, stressing that the visit focused exclusively on an economic partnership between the two countries.
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The fast-moving consumer goods company’s profit after tax fell to Tk323.90 crore in the April-September period from Tk348.14 crore in the same period a year earlier.
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6 die of dengue, 1,886 hospitalised in
Six people died of dengue in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today while 1,886 were hospitalised after being infected with the mosquito-borne disease during the same period. The latest fatalities have raised the country's dengue death toll to 415 this year, according to the Directorate Gener
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Who is to blame for Hong Kong's deadly 2025 fire?
An independent Hong Kong committee led by a judge submits a 1,000-page report detailing a series of regulatory and supervisory failings in Hong Kong's building renovation and regulatory system
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Iran Guards says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that three oil tankers had caught fire after hitting mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. “Over the past 24 hours, three violating oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking mines while...
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4 AL & affiliate activists arrested after Dhanmondi cocktail blast
Police have arrested four activists of the Awami League, whose activities remain banned, and its affiliate organisation Jubo League after a cocktail explosion in the capital’s Dhanmondi area on Friday.
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The national professor says the banking sector has been kept afloat despite a crisis of confidence, while warning that oligarchs and mounting public debt threaten economic stability.
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IMF proposes Min Liao to succeed Bo Li as deputy chief
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced that Deputy Managing Director Bo Li will leave the organisation on November 30, 2026, at the end of his term, with Min Liao, currently Vice Minister of Finance of China, proposed to succeed him from December 1.
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