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Death toll in Myanmar floods rises to 113 The country’s military government has reported heavy rains due to Typhoon Yagi. The spokesman of the military government Ja Min Tun said in the last night bulletin of state-run MR television that 320,000 people were forced to leave their homes. 64 people are still missing. He said,…
After a gap of four years, the banking sector in Bangladesh has returned to a market-driven interest rate regime at the prescription of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in order to step up its fight against elevated level of inflation.The central bank also raised the policy rate by 50 basis points to 8.5 percent, aiming…
A car was stopped and robbed at noon in Mohammadpur, Dhaka. The bandits took Tk 10 lakh 75 thousand from the car. The robbery took place in the car of NestlÊ Company in Mohammadia Housing Limited area of ââMohammadpur this morning. Mohammadpur Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Hafizur Rahman told The Daily Star that they received…
4 hours ago After the formation of anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh, on the first day when the new commission went to take charge, they did not get any chair-table in the office. The day was 21 November 2004. The Anti-Corruption Bureau was officially dissolved on that day. The commission was formed. But the new chairman…
The High Court ruled that the accused cannot be kept in solitary confinement (known as condemned cell) before the death sentence is finalised. The court said death row convicts should be treated like other prisoners. However, in the interest of the safety of death row convicts or other prisoners, the prison authorities can keep him…
Financial assistance has been given to 122 people who were injured in the attack by law enforcement forces and Awami League cadres along with the police during the July-August student-public movement. This money is given to them by July Shaheed Smriti Foundation. Nahid Islam, Advisor to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and…
After several days of calm, labor protests again occurred in Ashulia, an industrial area. Workers of a garment factory blocked the road in Ashulia demanding unpaid wages. Several thousand workers of Generation Next Garments blocked the road in Narsinghpur area of ââBypail-Abdullahpur road around 9:30 am on Monday. The angry workers said, ‘When many factories…
Three people died in the country in the next 24 hours from Wednesday (October 2) morning due to Aedes mosquito-borne dengue fever. During this period, 1 thousand 22 people were admitted to the hospital with dengue. This information is known from the press release of the Department of Health Health and Emergency Operation Center and…
