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US stands ready to help carry out reforms
The US has expressed strong commitment to work with the interim government, which sought support to rebuild the country, carry out reforms, and bring back money laundered by corrupt individuals.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus…
Overhaul surveillance, privacy laws: experts
Bangladesh's constitutional and legal framework enables state surveillance and fails to protect citizens' privacy and data rights, experts said at a roundtable discussion yesterday.
The event titled "A New Digital Vision for a New…
Further uncertainty over Rooppur plant launch
The construction work for the transmission line through the Padma and Jamuna rivers for the Rooppur nuclear power plant has come to a grinding halt with the ouster of the Awami League government as the Indian contractor has left the site.…
A long way to go to build robust democracy: Tarique Rahman
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said Bangladesh still has a long way to go to build a robust and strong democracy.
He said this in a message on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy to be observed tomorrow with…
Ex-home minister Asaduzzaman’s son Joty arrested
Police have arrested the son of former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan from Dhaka's Uttara area early today.
A team of police arrested Safi Muddaser Khan Joty around 3:00am in a case filed with Ashulia Police Station, said Abu Bakar…
Former public admin minister Farhad arrested
Former Public Administration minister Farhad Hossain was arrested in Dhaka's Eskaton area last night.
A Rab team arrested and handed him over to police, said Adabar Police Station OC Mahfuz Imtiaz.
Farhad was arrested in a murder case…
US Team’s visit: Economy, trade high on agenda
A high-profile US delegation is arriving in Dhaka today on a two-day visit that will focus on trade and challenges in the economy, including a dollar shortage and money laundering.
This will be the first visit by any US delegation to…
Landslides kill six in Cox’s Bazar
Six people from two families were killed in separate landslides triggered by incessant rain in Sadar and Ukhiya upazilas of Cox's Bazar early yesterday.
Among the deceased are Akhi Moni, wife of Mizanur Rahman from Dakshin Dikkul in…
Dengue claimed at least 20 lives over last 12 days
The dengue outbreak is becoming deadlier with at least 5,200 hospitalisations and 20 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease reported in the first 13 days of this month.
The government recorded 6,521 dengue cases and 27 deaths…
Hasina ‘destroyed’ Bangladesh’s institutions: Yunus
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus took over as interim leader of Bangladesh last month after violent political unrest that led to an unceremonious end to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.
In an interview with the DW, the Nobel…