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BD signs €200m loan agreement with France for Wasa project

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh signed a €200 million loan agreement with France on Wednesday (April 30) for financing the ‘Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase-III’ project of Dhaka WASA under the Local

Govt to add 624,000 more to social safety nets, raise allowances

Staff Correspondent: The FY26 budget may allocate Tk19,707 crore for 12 social safety net programs – an increase of Tk1,750 crore from the current fiscal year In the upcoming 2025–26

Court orders seizure of Nasrul Hamid’s Tk200cr Gulshan plot

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court, on Wednesday, ordered the seizure of a Tk200 crore plot in Gulshan owned by Nasrul Hamid, former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.

EC wants immediate electoral reforms on non-controversial issues

Staff Correspondent: The Election Commission (EC) is going to recommend to the government a set of electoral reforms that are above political debate and could be implemented without delay, but

Rizvi criticises interim govt for factory closures leading to mass unemployment

Staff Correspondent: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called the closure of several factories, resulting in thousands of unemployed workers, a “wrong decision” by the interim government.

BNP ready to sacrifice for minority rights: Fakhrul

Staff Correspondent: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon members of the Hindu community not to perceive themselves as outsiders or inferior in any way, saying “we