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PM announces 3-month aid for rain-hit farmers, plans to ease pressure on Dhaka

TDS Desk: The Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman told the parliament on Wednesday that govt will identify farmers in the country’s rain-hit haor wetlands whose crops were damaged by heavy

Eight airports on red alert after police security warning

TDS Desk: Maximum security alert has been enforced at eight airports across the country following a letter from the Police Headquarters, said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air

Women’s reserved seat poll: EC rejects Monira Sharmin’s appeal, upholds Zeeba Amina’s candidacy

Key appeals rejected on first day of hearings TDS Desk: The Election Commission (EC) rejected an appeal against the nomination of BNP-backed candidate Zeeba Amina Khan for reserved women’s seat

Distressed Women, children invited to apply for aid

TDS Desk: The Department of Women’s Affairs has invited applications from distressed women and children for assistance under the Distressed Women and Children Aid Fund. Applications must be submitted by

MP Amir Hamza gets anticipatory bail

Staff Reporter: Amir Hamza, a member of parliament from Kushtia-3, has been granted anticipatory bail in a defamation case filed over alleged derogatory remarks about Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, the

Bangladesh’s energy crisis to persist without renewable energy shift: CPD

UNB: Bangladesh’s ongoing energy crisis may ease temporarily but cannot be fully resolved without a decisive shift to renewable energy, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today (27 April).