Major dev partners follow 'wait and watch' policy amid political transition

At least five key development partners of Bangladesh fid not make any foreign- aid commitment in the first quarter of this fiscal year, as they seem waiting for the next elected government, insiders said Friday, as post-uprising transition is underway.In addition, Bangladesh's largest development financier-the World Bank-- has also confirmed...

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Interim govt betrays nation by scrapping notes of dissent

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the interim government and the National Consensus Commission of betraying the country and its people, saying they have "deceived the nation." There is no scope for holding a referendum before the upcoming national election, he also commented. He made...

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Realtors in quandary for contractionary complex FAR arithmetic

Realtors decry house-floor squeeze under the revised the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) arithmetic as they say it makes difficult for them to get optimum achievable FAR in the sprawling capital city. The newly introduced, more complex calculation method for determining Floor Area Ratio (FAR) could result in a significant reduction...

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New act allows administrative fix outside court

The government has taken an initiative to recover encroached land and help the real owner get it back through an administrative process.A high official at the Ministry of Land says according to the Land Crime Prevention and Remedy Act 2023, if a real owner's land is encroached by others, it...

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Prayer Timings (2025-11-01)

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