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End crimes against media professionals and ensure justice: Speakers

TDS Desk: Speakers at a programme on Thursday (April 17) called for action to tackle the increasing threats faced by journalists and to end the culture of impunity for crimes

Dhaka urges Delhi to take steps to fully protect minority Muslims

TDS Desk: Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the interim government strongly protested India’s attempts to involve Bangladesh in communal violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and urged

Rizvi questions reforms over elections, suspects ‘hidden agenda’

Staff Correspondent: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday questioned why reforms are being considered instead of elections, expressing concern that the interim government might be

Probe report on BB reserve heist case on May 18

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court here on Thursday set May 18 as the new deadline for submitting the probe report in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist case of 2016. Dhaka

Govt plans to collect travel tax directly from outbound passengers: NBR

Staff correspondent: The government is planning to collect travel tax directly from outbound passengers, replacing the existing system where airlines add the tax to ticket prices and later deposit it

National charter aimed at ensuring sustainable democracy: Ali Riaz

Staff Correspondent: Vice Chairman of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz on Thursday said the commission is working to lay the foundation for a sustainable democratic system through the