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Bangladesh all set for Sunday’s general elections
Dhaka: Bangladesh is all set for Sunday’s general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 42,000 polling stations across the country. The Election…
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3 EC members from India reach Dhaka to observe Jan 7 Bangladesh polls
Dhaka: More than 100 foreign observers, including three from India, reached Dhaka on Friday to monitor Sunday’s general election in Bangladesh, boycotted by the main Opposition party, which has called for a…
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130 factories shut in Bangladesh amid labour protest for higher wages
Dhaka: A total of 130 readymade garment factories on outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka have suspended operations for an indefinite period due to ongoing worker protests for higher wages. Mohammad Sarwar Alam,…
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Bangladesh’s USD 71 bn budget focuses on digital economy, cashless society
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has unveiled a record 7.62 trillion taka ($71 billion) national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year starting in July. The government projected an economic growth of 7.5 per…
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Bangladesh capital records hottest day in decades
Dhaka: The heatwave has gripped many parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, as the country enters the height of summer, the Meteorological Department said. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the…
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Massive fire guts popular shopping centre in Bangladesh capital
Dhaka: A massive pre-dawn fire gutted thousands of shops at a shopping centre here on Saturday, forcing the country’s military to make frantic attempts to douse the raging inferno, days after a…
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700 firefighters work to douse massive Dhaka wholesale market fire
Dhaka: About 700 firefighters continued working on Wednesday to completely douse a massive blaze that erupted at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh — 36 hours ago.…
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Massive fire erupts at Bangladesh’s biggest wholesale market
Dhaka: A massive fire erupted on Tuesday at the Bangabazar in Dhaka — the biggest wholesale market in Bangladesh, officials said, adding that that the blaze has spread to more than six…
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Dhaka explosion toll raises to 18, Bangladesh govt sets up probe
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said Wednesday that the country has sufficient expertise to carry out an investigation into the powerful explosion that ripped through a multi-storey building in a crowded…
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Bangladesh: 16 killed, over 100 injured as explosion rocks 7-storey building in Dhaka
Dhaka: At least 16 people, including two women, were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful “earthquake-like” explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh’s capital city, police…
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Bangladesh withdraws duty on sugar import to stabilise local market
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at reduced rates. In a notification, NBR…
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Bangladesh ‘constrained’ to abstain from vote on UNGA resolution on Ukraine
Dhaka: Bangladesh was “constrained” to abstain from the UNGA vote on Ukraine as it believes that the resolution lacked “intensive” diplomatic engagement and “dialogue” between the parties involved in the conflict, a…