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PM Hasina’s skill-based education agenda praised at Commonwealth

TDS Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership in Bangladesh’s “extraordinary education sector success” was praised at the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers held in London last week. Bangladesh was

Australian FM Penny Wong to arrive Dhaka on Tuesday

TDS Desk: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on Tuesday (May 21) on a two-day visit to Bangladesh. The Australian Foreign Minister

BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail

TDS Desk: A court in Dhaka has sent Ishraque Hossain, member of the International Affairs Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police

Teenage killed in Feni lightning

Feni Correspondent: A teenage boy was killed in a lightning strike in Feni’s Chhagalnaiya upazila on Sunday. The accident took place around 2 pm at Uttar Kuhuma village under Radhanagar

Elderly man gets life-term for killing wife

Naogaon Correspondent: A court in Naogaon has sentenced an elderly man to life imprisonment on the charge of killing his wife at Dhamoirhat upazila in 2021. Naogaon District and Sessions

Metro Rail’s reputation will be tarnished if VAT imposed: Quader

Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said that the National Revenue Board (NBR) has imposed 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) on Metro Rail. But,