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Appointment of PM’s APS Hafizur, DPS Tushar scrapped

Staff Correspondent: The contractual appointment of Gazi Hafizur Rahman and Hasan Zahid Tushar, assistant private secretary (APS) and deputy press secretary (DPS) to the Prime Minister respectively, has been canceled.

UP Polls; 38pc vote cast in third phase

TDS Desk: Outgoing Secretary of Election Commission (EC) Jahangir Alam today said that 38 percent of votes were cast in 87 upazilas in the third phase of upazila parishad (UP)

Cyclone endangers wildlife, devastates tiger habitat in Bangladesh

TDS Desk: Fears for endangered wildlife are rising in Bangladesh. Forest experts have warned that a deadly cyclone has hit a key tiger habitat, submerging it in seawater deeper and

Elections in 20 Remal-hit Upazilas to be held Jun 9: EC

TDS Desk: The Election Commission has announced new dates for the Upazila polls postponed in coastal areas due to the damage from Cyclone Remal. Twenty Upazilas will go to the

3rd phase of Upazila polls comes to a close

TDS Desk: Polls at 87 Upazilas have closed with a relatively low voter turnout and without reports of major irregularities. However, ballot papers were allegedly stolen from a polling centre

PM urges Int’l communities to stop arms race, support poverty alleviation

UNB, Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the international community to end the arms race and instead spend the money for eradication of poverty and easing the adverse