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Violence-free local govt polls are very challenging: CEC

TDS Desk: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin spoke of a history of conflict and violence in Bangladesh’s local government elections, but says he does not want to see

Abul Barkat’s bail upheld

Court Reporter: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the bail granted by the High Court to economist and former chairman of Janata Bank Professor Abul Barkat, who

Indirect ‘tax traps’ in budget risk widening economic inequality, warn economists

UNB: At a time when the national economy is reeling under the combined pressures of high inflation, stagnant employment, investment crunches, and massive revenue deficits, the upcoming national budget for

Govt talking to IMF for fresh $5b loan

TDS Desk: The government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a new three-year loan programme to replace the existing arrangement, whose terms are in conflict with

Want to set example through justice in Ramisa murder case: Law Minister

TDS Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman has pledged swift investigation and trial over the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the capital’s Pallabi

PIO Azad suspended on charges of corruption

“I received the official letter today,” said DRRO Staff Reporter: The much discussed Project Implementation Officer (PIO) of Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj district-Md Abul Kalam Azad, who is now in