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Election travel rush: Passengers allege overcharging, transport operators deny

TDS Desk: Amid the travel rush ahead of the 13th national election, passengers have alleged that transport owners and workers are charging extra fares as hundreds of thousands of people

Finance adviser says shareholders of merged Islamic banks will be compensated

TDS Desk: Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said shareholders affected by the merger of five Shariah-based banks will receive compensation, while acknowledging that the process is technically complex and

Implementing new pay scale may further fuel inflation

TDS Desk: To control inflation, Bangladesh Bank has kept the policy interest rate unchanged at 10 percent for nearly two years. As a result, bank loan interest rates have risen

No fear of election engineering, BNP set for landslide victory: Mirza Fakhrul

TDS Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said he does not see any risk of so-called election engineering in the upcoming national parliament elections.

8,770 polling centres identified as risky ahead of national election: IGP

TDS Desk: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam has said that 8,770 polling centres have been identified as risky ahead of the upcoming election, adding that a three-tier security

Long tailbacks on Gazipur highways as hundreds head home to vote

TDS Desk: A festive, Eid-like rush has gripped the Dhaka – Tangail and Dhaka – Mymensingh highways as hundreds of thousands of people, mostly garment workers, head back to their