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Travel ban on ex-minister Khandaker Mosharraf

TDS Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former LGRD minister and Awami League lawmaker from Faridpur-3 Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain over graft allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan

Bangladesh calls for making UN peacekeeping more environment-friendly

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury has called for transforming peacekeeping missions into more environmentally friendly entities, aligning with the Global Goals and the

Govt raising gas prices for want of accountability: Rizvi

TDS Desk: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday attributed the government’s decision to raise gas prices to a lack of accountability. Increasing the price of gas

5m new voters to be added: EC

TDS Desk: Around five million new voters are set to be added to the updated voter list through a door-to-door registration drive, Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed has

608 individuals killed on road accidents in January

TDS Desk: In January, 608 people were killed and 1,100 injured in 621 road accidents in the country. Among the dead, 72 were women and 84 were children. Of these,

Expedite trade facilitation roadmap implementation for LDC graduation: Sk Bashir

TDS Desk: Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has emphasised the urgent need to implement the Trade Facilitation Roadmap to address the challenges associated with Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed