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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

Bangladesh slips on corruption list, ranks 13th most corrupt globally: TIB

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has ranked 13th among the world’s most corrupt countries in 2025, from 14th position in 2024, according to Transparency International Bangladesh. TIB released the Corruption Perceptions Index

Women make up half the electorate but remain politically and economically underrepresented

TDS Desk: Women account for half of all eligible voters in Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election. The 64.8 million registered female voters make up 49.23 percent of the electorate. Despite remaining