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Govt raises minimum special allowance to Tk1,500 for civil servants, Tk750 for pensioners in FY26 budget

Staff Correspondent: The interim government has approved an increase in the minimum special allowance for public servants and pensioners in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year of 2025-26, according

Riaz urges political parties to show flexibility to ease July Charter talks

Staff Correspondent: Vice-chair of the National Consensus Commission Professor Ali Riaz on Sunday urged political parties to demonstrate greater flexibility and compromise to help ease the finalisation of the July

Meghna Alam seeks return of seized belongings

Staff Correspondent: Meghna Alam, former Miss Earth Bangladesh-2020 and self-described political leadership trainer, appeared before a Dhaka court on Sunday, petitioning for the return of her seized mobile phone, iPad,

Road crashes kill 1.19m people worldwide each year

TDS Desk: According to the World Health Organization, 1.19 million road users are killed in road crashes globally every year. This information was shared by Sharmeen Rahman, Road Safety Project

Marriage to rapist: A path to torture, abandonment, and even death

TDS Desk: When a young girl from Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet became pregnant, it came to light that she had been raped by a young man from the same

Army chief urges to remain prepared to defend sovereignty

Staff Correspondent: Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has called upon newly commissioned officers to remain ever-prepared to defend the country’s sovereignty. He said, “Young officers must always be ready