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Purbachal New Town to come under Dhaka district

TDS Desk: The government has decided to bring the entire Purbachal New Town project under Dhaka district to streamline its administration. The decision was taken today at the 121st meeting

BB to allow waiver of Tk1 lakh crore interest on default loans to clean balance sheet

Online Desk: In a circular issued on Monday, banks were allowed to waive both charged and uncharged interest of borrowers, relaxing the condition of ensuring recovery of the cost of

HSC, equivalent exams begin Thursday with unified question papers

Staff Reporter: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will begin across Bangladesh on Thursday, with all education boards using a set of unified question papers for the first

SC spurns Trump on birthright citizenship, allows transgender sports bans

Reuters: The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a stinging defeat on Tuesday by rejecting his move to restrict birthright citizenship on the final day of its momentous term,

Traditional post-budget dinner scrapped under PM’s austerity directive

TDS Desk: As part of the government’s austerity drive, the Ministry of Finance has skipped this year’s traditional post-budget dinner for MPs on the directive of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman,

Brazilians love Bangladesh, says Alisson

Sports Desk: Bangladesh are at this World Cup too—not as a team, but as fans. After almost every Argentina and Brazil match, celebrations by Bangladeshi supporters have made headlines in