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Govt decreases price of petroleum fuels with effect from Sept 1

The interim government has decreased the prices of petroleum fuels at the retail level with effect from September 1. As per a gazette notification issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division... Read more »
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Bangladesh officially submits Instrument of Accession to ICPPED to UN

The Instrument of Accession to the International Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) has been officially deposited to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), who is... Read more »

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India says absence of an aspect in one press release or the other is not evidence of its absence in the conversation

Referring to the recent telephone conversation between Indian Prime Miister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, India has said the absence of an aspect in one press release or the other... Read more »
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Former commerce minister Tipu Munshi arrested

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested former Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi during an overnight operation in the Gulshan area of the capital city. According to Senior Assistant Director of RAB’s Legal... Read more »
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Bangladesh Joins UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances

Bangladesh has officially acceded to the United Nations’ International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The historic signing took place today, August 29, during the weekly meeting of... Read more »
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Rafsan the ChotoBhai Fined for Marketing Unauthorized Beverage

The Dhaka Pure Food Court has fined Iftekhar Rafsan, widely known as ‘Rafsan the ChotoBhai’ on social media, Tk 1.6 million for promoting and selling an unauthorized electrolyte drink, BLU. The ruling... Read more »
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Govt issues gazette withdrawing ban on Jamaat-Shibir

The interim government has officially revoked the executive order issued by the previous Awami League government, which had imposed a ban on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatrashibir. The home... Read more »
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Air pollution shortens life expectancy in Bangladesh by average 4.8 years: WHO

Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country and particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident’s life expectancy by 4.8 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health... Read more »
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Former Ex-Info Minister Arafat Detained Amid Financial Scrutiny

Former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mohammad Ali Arafat, was apprehended today (27 August) from Dhaka’s Gulshan area. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police verified the arrest to The Business Standard, though the... Read more »
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Nation Marks 48 Years Since Poet Nazrul’s Passing

The 48th passing commemoration of National Writer Kazi Nazrul Islam, broadly venerated for his boundless commitments to Bangla writing, is being watched in a befitting way over the nation nowadays. Moreover celebrated... Read more »