The corruption rate from the government’s allocation for the roads and highways sector was between 23 to 40 percent during the period of fiscal year FY 2009-10 to FY 2022-23. The government allocated Tk 169,449 crore for the Roads and Highways Department, of which 23-40 percent or equivalent to Tk 29,230 crore and Tk 50,835 crore was embezzled, said a ...

Bangladesh’s export earnings in September increased by 6.78 per cent despite workers’ unrest in garment sector. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Bangladesh’s export earnings in September reached US $3.51 billion, a $220 million jump compared to the same period last year. EPB Vice Chairman Anwar Hossain said this at a press conference on monthly export earnings review at ...

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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has made 10-pont proposals for the interim government to reform the state including restoration of caretaker government system. The party’s Nayebe Ameer Syed Abdullah Md Taher unveiled the proposals at a press conference held at Hotel Westin at Gulshan-1 in Dhaka early Wednesday (October 9) afternoon. Later, Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman said they had as many as 41-point ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : Former planning minister and Sunamganj-3 MP MA Mannan has received bail. Judge Hemayet Uddin of the Sunamganj District and Sessions Court accepted the bail petition by the defence on Wednesday afternoon, said the Awami League leader’s lawyer Shafiqul Islam. A bail hearing for Mannan had previously been held at 11am but was interrupted when lawyers from both ...

Newly appointed 23 additional judges at the High Court were sworn in on Wednesday (October 9). Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to the new judges at the Judges’ Lounge of the Supreme Court. SC Registrar General Aziz Ahemd conducted the function where justices of the both Appellate and HC divisions were present. President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed ...

After more than a decade and a half, Mahmudur Rahman has been appointed as the editor of Amar Desh newspaper. For so long, he was the acting editor of the newspaper. Earlier, Hasmot Ali was the publisher of this newspaper. Mahmudur Rahman signed the declaration as a publisher at the Dhaka District Commissioner’s office on Tuesday (October 8). Muhammad Abdullah, ...

The metro rail operation is likely to resume at Mirpur 10 Station by the middle of this month, said the metro rail operating company the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) on Tuesday (October 8). Following a meeting on Tuesday, DMTCL’s company secretary Khondker Ehteshamul Kabir said efforts were going on to resume metro rail operation at Mirpur 10 station ...

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday evening arrested former Awami League lawmaker for Sunamganj-5 constituency Mohibur Rahman Manik from Bashundhara residential area in Dhaka. The RAB in a press release confirmed it to the media. The RAB said that he was arrested in a case filed with the Sunamganj sadar over attacking students and people during the students-led mass uprising. ...

Sharadiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, began on Wednesday with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi at temples and makeshift mandaps across the country amid due religious fervour and festivity. The five-day celebration began with invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi. This year, Durga Puja is ...