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Cyclone Remal: Animal death toll in Sundarbans rises to 100

UNB, Dhaka: The death toll of animals from the flooding in the Sundarbans has climbed to 100 after Cyclone Remal hit the world’s largest mangrove forest on Sunday. According to

Govt raises retail prices of fuel

Staff Correspondent: The government has increased the prices of diesel, kerosene, petrol and octane in line with the international market due to devaluation of taka against US dollar. The Energy

Strength vigilance on roads to check accidents during Eid: Quader

Staff Correspondent: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to strengthen monitoring on the roads and highways across the country in a bid to

Barrister Harun new RAB DG

Staff Correspondent: Additional Inspector General of Police Barrister Md Harun Or Rashid has been made the new director general (DG) of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The Public Security Division

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)