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Load shedding to ease next week, full solution still distant: Tuku

Staff Reporter: Power outages will not cease immediately but are set to ease considerably from next week, Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku said Monday. “Current load shedding stands at

Robbers posing as driver, passengers kill customs official, 5 arrested: RAB

TDS Desk: Five people have been arrested in connection with the killing of customs official Bullet Bairagi (35), according to Rapid Action Battalion, which said the victim was murdered by

PM pledges LPG cards, free education up to degree level for women

Every promise made to the people be fulfilled exactly as promised, the prime minister said TDS Desk: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that the government would introduce LPG gas

NP passes bill scrapping tax-free vehicle import facility for MPs

Staff Correspondent: The Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament/NP) has passed a bill abolishing the tax-free vehicle import facility previously enjoyed by members of parliament (MPs). The amendment to the “Members of

PM lifts fuel rationing restrictions for police, emergency services

TDS Desk: Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman has informed Parliament that the fuel rationing system will no longer apply to law enforcement and essential emergency services, following a government decision

Missing PhD student Bristy in US also dead, says brother

TDS Desk: Nahida Sultana Bristy, a Bangladeshi student who had gone missing in the US state of Florida, is no longer alive. Her brother, Zahid Hasan Pranto, confirmed this in