Life & Religion

February 22, 2025, 12:55 pm

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February 21, 1952 in memory Gold price hits record high of Tk1.54 lakh per bhori 6 trainee ASPs removed from service ‘Political parties’ reform commitment paved way for polls in Dec’ Tarique Rahman constantly promotes national unity: Mirza Fakhrul Reduced graft now may help lower energy prices: Adviser Bashir Dhaka, Delhi eye “good working relations” addressing problems Proposed Bay Terminal: Project cost hiked to Tk 149 bn Proof found over raping to an enforced disappearance victim’s wife by ex-ASP Alep: ICT prosecutor ACC sues ex-IGP Benazir, wife, daughters over Tk11cr money laundering

Life & Religion

‘Welcome back’: Trump, Biden shake hands in White House

International Desk Outgoing President Joe Biden extended a gesture of graciousness to Donald Trump on his return to the White House on Wednesday, despite Trump’s previous denial of offering the

NBR withdraws airfare excise duty, VAT for hajj pilgrims

BBS, Dhaka: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn the excise duty on inbound and outbound airfare for hajj pilgrims, as well as the value-added tax (VAT) on three

Ulema threaten ousting govt, if Saad gets entry

Staff Reporter Leaders of a Tabligh Jamaat faction have threatened the interim government with potential unrest if Maulana Saad Kandhlawi from Delhi and his followers are permitted entry to Bangladesh

A ‘million-dollar’ wedding and the death of an unpaid RMG worker

TDS Desk: This is a tale of two realities. In one, a “million-dollar” wedding of Bangladeshi businessman Javed Opgenhaffen dazzled Paris last year; in the other, a female worker’s life

Mezban: A tradition of Ctg

Mezban, or Mezzan as said in Chittagong, isn’t just simply about the food TDS Desk Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with people I’d never met, I felt that old familiar warmth fill me—the

Hajj 2025: Govt announces packages slashing costs

UNB: The government has announced two hajj packages for 2025 reducing the costs significantly. This year the government fixed Tk 4,78,241 as minimum cost under package one, Tk 1,00,598 less