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Remittances surge to $2.22b in August

TDS Desk: Since the Sheikh Hasina government fell on 5 August, the country has seen a significant increase in remittance inflows. According to Bangladesh Bank data, Bangladesh’s remittance receipts in

Our struggle to continue until democracy fully restored: Fakhrul

UNB, Dhaka BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Sunday that their party would continue its struggle until democracy is fully restored in Bangladesh. Speaking at a doa

How Islami Bank was taken over ‘at gunpoint’

TDS Desk: Islami Bank, the largest private bank by deposits in 2017, was a lucrative target for Sheikh Hasina’s cronies when an influential business group with her blessing occupied it

Who will tie the bell around the cat’s neck?

Sale of substandard fertilizers goes on unabated at Baghabari Port 4,000 MTs of urea fertilizer still lying under open sky An influential quarter selling those secretly Sirajul Islam Shishir, back

Will act to bring back Hasina if court orders: Adviser

TDS Desk: Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain stated on Sunday that he would take the necessary steps to bring back the fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina if directed

Prof Yunus to attend 79th UN General Assembly this month

UNB, Dhaka Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday confirmed that Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month, but his