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RAMPAL POWER PLANT: Indian nationals draw hefty salaries, eye-watering bonuses

Average monthly salary exceeds Tk 10 lakh, with bonuses it can soar past Tk 47 lakh Indian nationals working at the Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company are drawing an average

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Yunus holds meeting with police officers today

Amid a deteriorating law and order situation, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to hold a special meeting with top field-level police officers today. The meeting comes amid public

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Left-leaning organisations suspend mass procession, hold short rally

Several left-leaning students, cultural and labour bodies on Saturday suspended their pre-scheduled mass procession from the Centr al Shaheed Minar protesting against rape and violence against women and resignation of

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HC to deliver verdict on Abrar Fahad murder case death reference, appeals on Sunday

The High Court Division is set to deliver its verdict on Sunday in the death reference and appeals related to the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student

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Govt extends magistracy power of armed forces

The interim government on Thursday extended the magistracy power of armed forces officers for the second time. The powers for officers holding ranks equivalent to an army captain or above

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Magura rape victim dies at CMH

Magura’s eight-year-old rape victim died of cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka. The child breathed her last at about 1:00pm, said

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DMP bans gatherings near Secretariat, CA’s residence, Shahbagh crossing

The Dhaka metropolitan police on Thursday imposed a ban on all types of gatherings, rallies and processions in and around the Secretariat, the chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna, and key

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Protesters sued, anti-rape protests on

A case was filed against anti-rape protesters on Tuesday night as protests against rape and other forms of violence against women continued for the fifth day in a row on

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