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BRTA, Police, Passport sector top in corruptions: Survey

Staff Correspondent: A staggering 31.67 percent of the citizens who accessed public services in the past year reported experiencing bribery or corruption, according to the 2025 Citizen Perception Survey (CPS)

Israel targets nuclear site as Iran claims hypersonic missile attack

Int’l Desk: Israel said it struck a nuclear site near Tehran on Wednesday, while Iran said it fired hypersonic missiles as the arch foes traded fire for a sixth day.

17 banks in Tk1.77 lakh crore provision shortfall amid soaring NPLs

Staff Correspondent: The surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) left 17 banks grappling with a cumulative provision shortfall of Tk1.77 lakh crore as of March-end this year – an escalation from

Money-whitening facility unlikely

Staff Correspondent: The much-debated black-money-whitening facility is unlikely in the upcoming fiscal year as the provision incorporated into the Finance Ordinance may finally be dropped amid outcry. The finance ordinance,

‘Micro-plastics found in Hilsa’

TDS Desk: Not only is hilsa prized for its taste, but its nutritional value is also significant. As poet Buddhadev Bose once wrote, hilsa is “the bright grain of water.”

Sirajganj going to be famous for Rabindra University: Rizwana

Demand for permanent campus logical Ashraful Islam Joy & Sirajul Islam Shishir: Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change said, “Once, country’s people known Sirajganj as a