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No Independence Day Parade despite no security threats: home secy
07:55 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundaySenior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nasimul Ghani announced there will be no Independence Day parade this year, citing a sombre national mood.
19.28 lakh students to sit for SSC, equivalent exams
07:47 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundaySome 19,28,281 students under 11 educational boards will sit for this year's Secondary School Certificate, SSC, and its equivalent examinations scheduled to begin from April 10...
Longi to light up Bangladesh with solar investment
06:57 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayLongi, the world’s largest solar panel maker, is set to establish an office and manufacturing plant in Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen announced on Sunday, March 16.
Govt suggests lifting 6,202 politically motivated cases
06:55 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayThe government has suggested withdrawal of 6,202 harassment cases following recommendations from the seven-member central committee of the Home Ministry formed to select politically motivated cases...
Army escorts Pran Gopal’s daughter home after office blockade
05:39 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayDr Anindita Dutta, an associate professor at Bangladesh Medical University (formerly BSMMU), found herself barricaded in her office for six hours on Sunday, March 16. Trapped in the Cancer Building’s F Block by a group of agitators, she was eventually freed and sent home under army escort, with assistance from university officials and police.
New Zealand thrash Pakistan by 9 wickets in T20 opener
05:35 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayNew Zealand thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets in the opening T20 of the series in Christchurch...
Uzma Chowdhury elected Meghna Bank chairperson
05:26 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayUzma Chowdhury has been elected Chairperson of Meghna Bank at its 185th Board Meeting on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
Ekramul’s wife threatens defamation suit against Rafi
05:11 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayDirector Raihan Rafi’s latest web film, Amalnama, premiered on Charki at 12:01am on March 12, igniting a firestorm online. While some laud its gritty narrative, others insist it mirrors the real-life murder of Teknaf’s former councillor, Mohammad Ekramul Haque.
Expats send Tk 20,000cr in 15 days of March
04:42 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayBangladesh’s expatriate remittances are surging, fuelled by a shifting political landscape and the looming Eid-ul-Fitr festivities. In just the first 15 days of March, $1.66 billion—over Tk 20,204 crore at Tk 122 per dollar—poured in, averaging $110 million daily.
Yunus goes to China Mar 26, meets Xi Mar 28: Shafiqul
04:37 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayChief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to visit China on March 26 and his visit will take Bangladesh-China relations to a new height, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday, March 16...
CPD proposes to raise tax-free income limit to 4 lakh
04:13 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayThe Centre for Policy Dialogue, CPD, a think tank, has proposed to increase the tax-free income limit to Tk 4 lakh from the existing Tk 3.5 lakh for individual taxpayers for the fiscal year 2025-26...
51 die in North Macedonia nightclub fire
03:39 PM, 16 Mar 2025 SundayAt least 51 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say. The blaze is said to have started around 03:00 (02:00 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje. Footage posted on social media shows the building engulfed in flames...