BB buys $2.51bn from banks in FY26 so far
Bangladesh Bank has bought $2.51 billion from commercial banks so far in the current FY26. On Tuesday (December 9), the central bank bought another $202 million from 13 banks in…
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Experts urge govt to make birth, death registration more citizen-friendly
Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for amending the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004, to shift the responsibility of registering births and deaths from families to healthcare institutions, enabling…
RSF says Israel killed highest number of journalists again this year
RSF said Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF)…
United back on track after Fernandes inspires Wolves rout Wolverhampton
Amorim’s side recovered from their disappointing draw with lowly West Ham last week thanks to Fernandes’ double and goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Mason Mount at Molineux. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde had…
Climate migration on the rise in Khulna region
The number of climate migrants is rising in 17 upazilas of the Khulna region due to the adverse impacts of climate change. As a result, migration from rural areas to…
CEC says election schedule to be announced this week
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said that the schedule for the upcoming national parliamentary elections will be announced later this week. He provided this information on Tuesday…
Accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway leaves one dead
A 50-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured when a microbus crashed into an auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway at Ompara in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Tuesday.…
‘Have we not yet received justice for the killing of our son?’
Thirteen years after tailor shop worker Biswajit Das was hacked to death in broad daylight in Old Dhaka, his family continues to wait for justice as the case remains pending…
Renewed clashes erupt between Dhaka College-Ideal College despite peace agreement
Students of Dhaka College and Ideal College have once again engaged in clashes within just one month of the peace agreement. On Tuesday in the late morning, students of the…
Corruption will fall only if honest representatives are elected
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen on Tuesday said corruption in the country can be curbed only if terrorists, extortionists and corrupt individuals are kept out of politics…