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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

Safety nets must shift from charity to empowerment

TDS Desk: Sharmeen Murshid, social welfare and women & children adviser, said the government’s safety net programemes must transform itself from a charity-based model to an empowerment-focused approach. She made

ACC asks Bangladesh Bank to freeze officials’ safe deposits

TDS Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sent a letter to the governor of Bangladesh Bank, requesting measures to temporarily freeze all officials’ safe deposits in the bank’s security vault.

High Court asks why Chinmoy should not get bail in sedition case

TDS Desk: The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule questioning why former International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) leader Chinmoy Krishna Das should not be granted bail in a