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UN rights office facing $90m deficit, 300 jobs cut
10:07 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe UN human rights chief said Wednesday that his office is facing a $90 million funding shortfall this year and staff cuts would include about 300 posts, or about 15%, over the course of the year.
School admission lottery Thursday, 7,00,000 non-govt school seats set to stay empty
09:54 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe annual digital lottery for admission into classes I to IX in government and non-government secondary schools across Bangladesh will be held on Thursday, December 11, at 10:00am at the International Mother Language Institute in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.
Salehuddin leaves Secretariat after 6-hour confinement
09:47 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayFinance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed left the Bangladesh Secretariat around six hours after being confined by officials and employees at his office demanding ‘Secretariat allowance’.
Duty-evaded handsets get 3-month reprieve as NEIR launches Dec 16
09:34 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe government will go ahead with the long-awaited launch of the National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) on December 16, but has granted mobile phone importers and traders a final three-month grace period – until the end of March 2026 – to sell handsets brought into Bangladesh through duty evasion.
Khaleda remains in ICU, overseas treatment still an option
09:22 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayBNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia continues to receive intensive care treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital, her personal physician and party standing committee member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain confirmed on Wednesday night.
Govt issues new gazette to streamline private teacher registration process
08:36 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe government has published a revised gazette notification governing the private teacher registration and certification examination, introducing significant changes aimed at making the process more transparent and vacancy-driven.
Exports, not import duties, must drive Bangladesh’s economy: PRAN CEO
08:01 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayAhsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PRAN-RFL Group – one of Bangladesh’s largest and most diversified conglomerates – has said that an economy that leans on import duties and imported goods is doomed to perpetual dependency.
60 agencies sued for taking excess fees from Malaysia-bound workers
07:30 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, December 10, filed a case against 124 people from 60 recruiting agencies on charges of violating agreements and illegally collecting excess fees from the Malaysia-bound workers.
Bangladesh misses series win as Pakistan levels U-19 Women’s T20
07:28 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayA string of missed catches and poor fielding cost the Bangladesh Under-19 women’s cricket team a chance to seal the series. Pakistan seized the opportunity, winning the fourth T20 match by six wickets at the Cox’s Bazar International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Tanore prays as toddler still lies trapped in borehole
07:21 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayRescue teams in Rajshahi’s Tanore upazila are working in the night in a desperate attempt to save two-year-old Md Sajid, who fell into a 50-foot abandoned tube-well borehole on Wednesday afternoon.
Egypt, Iran complain about planned World Cup 'Pride' match
06:58 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayEgypt and Iran, two Middle East nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.
Yunus accepts resignations of Asif and Mahfuj
06:56 PM, 10 Dec 2025 WednesdayChief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus has accepted the resignations of advisers Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan and Mahfuj Alam.