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Parliament passes law to replace RAB with SRB

Opposition lawmakers urged broader consultation and stronger accountability before replacing RAB TDS Desk: Parliament on Thursday passed the Special Response Battalion (SRB) Act, 2026, paving the way for the dissolution

Dhaka-Ctg electric rail on track; Bhola to be industrial hub: PM

AE Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said on Wednesday that the government is moving ahead with plans to introduce electric trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram route, turn Bhola into an energy-based

Speakers stress need for special policy to rehabilitate displaced people

Staff Correspondent, Khulna Speakers at a discussion session on Tuesday (Sept 8) said south-western part of Bangladesh is one of the disaster prone zones of the globe owing to its

Bidisha released on bail from Kashimpur jail

TDS Desk: Bidisha Siddique, former wife of late President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, was released on bail from Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail on Tuesday (September 8), two weeks after her arrest

Dengue claims nine more lives in 24 hours

TDS Health Desk: Nine more deaths were reported from dengue in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the Aedes mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh

How two men survived 9 days in a Nepal flood tunnel

A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of consciousness in a pool of muddy water in complete darkness, trapped for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of