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BD sees sharp rise in unemployment

Staff correspondent: The number of unemployed people in the country has increased. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the total number of unemployed people in the country rose

‘RMG workers must get bonus by May, salary by June’

Staff Correspondent: Garment workers must be paid their Eid bonus within May and salary between June 1 and 3, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury instructed on

Appellate Division upholds bail of 61 pro-AL lawyers

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that stayed the bail of 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case filed over the alleged assault and

No dual NIDs, Bangladesh’s database now fully secure: EC

Staff Correspondent: No one in the country has currently dual national identity cards and the NID database is now fully secure, said ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the Election

Govt takes steps for quick disposal of sacrificial animals’ waste on Eid day

Staff Correspondent: The government has taken initiatives for the quick disposal of the waste of sacrificial animals to ensure environmental safety on the occasion of the upcoming holy Eid-ul Adha.

ADP implementation at record lowest 41pc in 10 months of FY25

TDS Desk: There are only two months left before the current fiscal year of 2024-25 ends, yet the ministries, divisions, and departments concerned have not managed to spend half of