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Railway seeks Tk2,000cr foreign loans to revive coach assembly, modernise workshops

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Railway is embarking on a Tk2,000-crore plan to modernise its three existing railway workshops and resume domestic assembly of train coaches, significantly reducing its reliance on imports.

51pc Bangladeshi girls married off before 18

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, with 51 percent of girls married before turning 18 between 2006 and 2024, according to a report

Tarique may propose February election during meeting with CA

Staff Correspondent: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman may propose holding the next national election in February next year during his Friday meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports a

Rawhide loans fall short; only Tk 125cr disbursed of Tk 232cr target

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Bank’s initiative to inject Tk 232 crore into the leather sector for procuring rawhide during Eid-ul-Azha has fallen significantly short, with only Tk 125 crore disbursed to

Deadly civilian plane crashes in India over the decades

Int’l Desk: An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and

Husband attempts suicide after slitting wife’s throat in Raiganj

Staff Correspondent: A man allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat and then attempted to take his own life in Sirajganj’s Raiganj upazila on Wednesday night. The killed was