Dhaka on tenterhooks as rival rallies raise fears

Will the political atmosphere remain peaceful eventually today (Saturday): this has been the question on the minds of many Dhakaties as political tensions have mounted in the past few days. As fire-breathing political leaders hurled rhetorics at each other, law enforcers scaled up security arrangments and a memory of political...

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Underwater tunnel in Ctg gets going

A maiden underwater transport tunnel in Bangladesh, or in South Asia for that matter, formally opens today in Chattogram to establish unbroken road link ultimately running beyond borders. Officials, builders and beneficiaries appear upbeat about the potential benefits of the Bangabandhu Tunnel, built underneath Karnaphuli river by Chinese engineers. They...

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Banks on deposit hunt

Many commercial banks seem scrambling to collect deposits to avert looming liquidity crunch in the unkempt pre-election period.As a spillover effect of the deposit hunt, the rates of interest on deposits in the banking industry keep rising fast, reaching 9.50 per cent up till now, bankers said. Because of the...

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DGHS logs 11 new dengue deaths

The daily death toll from dengue fever was recorded at 11, including five in Dhaka, in 24 hours until Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With this additional figure, the total casualties from the mosquito-borne disease have reached 1,317 including 798 in Dhaka.During the same period,...

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Today's matches (2023-10-28)

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Prayer Timings (2023-10-28)

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