Cities host most BD economic activities, but run on poor funding
Bangladesh's 12 city corporations operate on an aggregate annual budget of just Tk 230 billion despite hosting over half of the country's economic activities with overconcentration in and around Dhaka.A study by the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) attributes such development flaws to inefficient urbanisation, driven by poor planning,...
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Spl panel settles over 300 cases worth Tk 20b
A special panel on classified-loan recovery has so far settled more than 300 cases worth nearly Tk 20 billion under the post-uprising government's cleanup drive against bloated bad loans in the banking sector.Officials and bankers said Thursday that within last seven months of operation of the government-formed classified loan-recovery committee...
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176 BD nationals return home from Libya
A total of 176 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from Libya on Thursday under a voluntary repatriation programme facilitated by the government of Bangladesh and supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).They were flown to Dhaka in the morning on a special flight operated by Buraq Air from Tripoli and...
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Govt moves to revise a2i project with steep cost hike
The interim government is moving to extend the Aspire to Innovate (a2i) project by one year, a programme widely recognised as the Awami League government's flagship ICT initiative.Alongside the extension, the ICT Division has sent a proposal to the Planning Commission for the project's second revision, seeking to raise its...
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Amended rules for EC independence, taxation endorsed
The interim government gives final approval for two draft ordinances to broaden independence of the Election Commission ahead of crucial polls and also endorses revenue-raising rules. Officials said the approvals came at a meeting of the Advisory Council held at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) in the city's Tejgaon area...
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Prayer Timings (2025-09-19)
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