Indian daily Ananda Bazar has published a report about the Bangladesh army. But, later, Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said that the news was baseless. Following that, Anandabazar authorities removed the news from its website, a day after it was published. “The story about the Bangladesh army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romantic comedy,” the press wing ...

The interim government has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of Touhidul Islam. Chief Adviser’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said this in a statement on Saturday. Police took Touhidul, 42, to Cumilla Medical College Hospital early Saturday with injuries allegedly caused by joint forces after they picked him up from his house early Friday based on ...

A government taskforce has suggested creating a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) to address the pervasive issues of over-regulation and red tape in the bureaucracy, governance, businesses and tax regime. “Over-regulation and bureaucratic red tape hindering business growth and foreign investment. To address the pervasive issue a Regulatory Reform Commission (RRC) is imperative,” the taskforce report said, reports BSS. Education and ...

US President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Saturday of 25% on Mexico, 25% on Canada and 10% on China, says the White House. But Trump said on Friday that Canadian oil would be hit with lower tariffs of 10%, which could take effect later, on 18 February. The president also said he planned to impose tariffs on the European ...

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A brick kiln was fined Tk 50,000 for damaging a road by carrying bricks at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Friday morning. The upazila administration conducted a drive, led by the Assistant Commissioner (land) and Upazila Nirbahi Magistrate Shah Jahrul Hossain, in the Duloipara area in the upazila and fined Surma Brikfiled. Shah Jahrul Hossain said that the fine ...

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has laid off over 1,000 employees after the United States government decided to halt funding for foreign programs. AKM Tariful Islam Khan, senior manager of communications at icddr,b, confirmed the layoffs on Friday, stating that the affected employees were working on various research projects funded by the US Agency for International ...

BNP leader and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar has been admitted to a hospital in Dubai after falling critically ill and experiencing breathing difficulties during his Umrah flight. Zakir Hossain, the convener of United Arab Emirates BNP unit, confirmed the information. “Babar along with his wife and three children left Dhaka on Thursday afternoon to perform umrah in Saudi Arabia. ...

President Donald Trump said his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming on Saturday, but he’s still considering whether to include oil from those countries as part of his import taxes. “We may or may not,” Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office about tariffing oil from Canada and Mexico. “We’re going to make that determination probably tonight.” ...

Chief Adviser’s Press Wing has said the news story of Indian daily Ananda Bazar published today is false one. “Its (Ananda Bazar) story about the Bangladesh army has no more basis in reality than a Bollywood romcom,” the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook account – CA Press Wing Facts – today. Indian media is ...