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Commerce minister unhappy with high costs of living

TDS Desk: Responding to a question about the market situation six months after taking office, Muktadir said energy and electricity prices, lending rates, productivity, transport, and infrastructure all influence commodity

Interpol Red Notice sought against former army chief Aziz

TDS Desk: A letter has been sent to the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police to take steps to seek a ‘Red Notice’ through Interpol for the arrest of

Women-only pink bus service launched in three cities

TDS Desk: The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched a separate pink-coloured women-only bus service to ensure safer and more comfortable travel for working women in urban areas. The

PSC chairman set to resign: Govt pressure or personal reasons

TDS Desk: Professor Mobasser Monem, chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC), is resigning. Nearly two years after taking charge of the constitutional body, he has decided to step

PM calls for broader tax net, people-friendly revenue system

UNB: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday called for widening Bangladesh’s tax net rather than burdening existing taxpayers, stressing that a modern, digital data-driven and people-friendly revenue administration is essential

No political repression in 6 months: Mahdi

Staff Correspondent Prime Minister’s Office spokesperson Mahdi Amin has claimed that Bangladesh has seen “not a single instance of political repression” since the BNP-led government took office six months ago.