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Bhola gas resource 2 tcf, not 5.1tcf: Energy ministry

TDS Desk: The gas resource in Bhola is not equivalent to 5.109 trillion cubic feet (tcf) as reported earlier but 2tcf, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources clarified

Ex-DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman owns illegal assets worth 200 crores

TDS Desk: Asaduzzaman Mia, the former commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been accused of abusing his power and becoming the owner of huge wealth. It has been alleged

Modi not expected to meet Yunus on UN General Assembly sidelines

TDS Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not expected to meet Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly next week, people familiar

Drive against polythene shopping bags to begin 1 Nov

TDS Desk: The environment ministry would launch a countrywide drive on 1 November against the production, storage, distribution and use of polythene as well as polypropylene shopping bags. On Wednesday,

ICT probe body reconstituted with appointment of 10 members

BSS, Dhaka: The government has reconstituted the probe body of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) with the appointment of 10 members to carry out investigation into the crimes against humanity.

Ali Riaz replaces Dr Shahdeen as chief of Constitution Reform Commission

TDS Desk: Bangladeshi American political scientist Ali Riaz has been appointed as the chief of the newly formed Constitution Reform Commission, according to a public administration notification issued Wednesday. The