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Bangladesh JS speaker leaves Dhaka for Iran to attend Khamenei’s funeral

Speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad left Dhaka on Thursday morning for Iran to attend the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The speaker departed

Army to get BTMC land for ordnance factory

The cabinet committee on economic affairs in a meeting on Wednesday agreed in principle to handover a piece of land of Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation in Chattogram to the Bangladesh

NICAR approves three new upazilas, one police station

The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation on Wednesday approved the establishment of three new upazilas and one new police station. The decisions were taken at the 121st meeting of

US, Iran to hold indirect talks in Doha

Officials from the United States and Iran will on Wednesday hold indirect technical talks on their deal aimed at ending the Middle East war, a diplomat with knowledge of the

Parliament passes budget for FY2027

The Parliament on Tuesday passed the national budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 through voice vote. The total Tk9.38 lakh crore annual expenditure outlined in the budget is Tk1.48 lakh

ICT jails Inu for 30 years for crackdown on July uprising

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday sentenced Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal president and former minister Hasanul Haq Inu to 30-year imprisonment after finding him guilty of crimes against humanity committed during

SC declares BNP MP-elect Aslam Chy’s candidature illegal

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday finally declared the candidature of Bangladesh Nationalist Party MP-elect Aslam Chowdhury from Chattogram-4 illegal, holding that he was a loan defaulter

Germany dumped out by Paraguay in seismic World Cup shock

Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of Paraguay in the last 32 after losing 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Foxborough on Monday. It