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External loan-driven projects pose heightened challenges

Several multi-billion dollar projects initiated mostly with foreign loans in the past decade have yet to be completed despite raising costs and extending deadline on a number of occasions, posing

329 killed as Pakistan, Afghanistan lock in war

Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday, with Islamabad’s defence minister declaring the neighbours at ‘open war’ following months of tit-for-tat clashes. Pakistan’s night operation

BNP activist beaten to death over ‘enmity between two factions’

A Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist was beaten to death allegedly over enmity between two factions of the party at Sipaipara in Charghat upazila in Rajshahi district on Friday. The deceased

15 people killed as cash-packed military plane crashes in Bolivia

At least 15 people were killed Friday when a Bolivian military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed while landing near the capital city La Paz, authorities said, prompting police to repel

Govt aims to strengthen science, knowledge through liberal democratic system: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday said the current government will work to establish a liberal democratic state system with moral standards and dignity so that the country can move

HC grants bail to ex-NCC mayor Ivy in five more cases

The High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy in five more cases filed over the killings and injuries of protesters during the

Bangladesh PM Tarique confers Ekushey Padak-2026

Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday distributed ‘Ekushey Padak-2026’ among nine individuals and one music band in recognition of their outstanding contributions to various fields. The premier handed over

Bangladesh SC aquits war crimes convict Khan Akram Hossain

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Thursday acquitted a war crimes convict, overturning a verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-1 that had sentenced him to imprisonment until