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Govt expects $500m in budget credits from ADB

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh hopes for finalisation of a pre-assured $500 million worth of budgetary-support loan and extended financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at its upcoming annual meeting

No scope to delay in election on excuse of reforms: Tuku

Swarnomoyee Mostafa Oishy: BNP Standing Committee Member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku said, “There is no scope to delay in holding national parliament elections on excuse of reform. No one has

BD may quit IMF deal, if terms tighten

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh will pull out of the loan programme if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) imposes additional conditions for the release of upcoming tranches of the US$4.7 billion loan,

Tk 93.51cr project for green railway

Staff Correspondent: The government has initiated a move to implement Taka 93.51 crore project in a bid to conduct necessary preparations for operating green railway transport system in the country.

Mystery over an abandoned house in Raiganj

2 got released from captivity by digging tunnel Staff Reporter: A cloud of mystery has formed after escaping of two captives by digging tunnel from a secrete captivity of an

Soaring animal prices likely to cast a shadow over Qurbani

TDS Desk: With Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslim Ummah, fast approaching, excitement is steadily mounting across Bangladesh. The nation is preparing for nearly a fortnight of