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Happy New Year 2025

New Year dawns amid cautious optimism

Bangladesh joins the world to ring in the New Year 2025 with expectations for a socioeconomic resurgence as 2024 departs with indelible historical footnotes on political upheavals and changeover left behind.For Bangladesh, the bygone year will remain a landmark chapter of history for the July-August events leading the ouster of...

July proclamation demanded by Jan 15

Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM) and Jatiya Nagorik Committee (JNC) have called on the interim government to announce the July revolution proclamation by January 15. The demand was raised during a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Tuesday.As the ADSM prepared to unveil the proclamation...

ACC to reopen probe in Padma Bridge graft case

Nearly a decade after the Padma Bridge corruption case had been resolved, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to reopen the investigation. The case will be reinvestigated following allegations of corruption during the construction phase, according to the ACC.The decision was made on Tuesday at the ACC's headquarters, confirmed ACC...

Six reform commissions miss Dec 31 deadline

Despite setting December 31, 2024 for submitting reports, none of the six reform commissions -- on the Constitution, election, judiciary, anti-corruption commission (ACC), police and public administration -- has submitted their reports yet, reports UNB.According to the Cabinet Division, the commissions have extended their deadlines.Member of the Police Reform Commission...

Govt cuts kerosene, diesel prices by Tk 1.0 per litre

The prices of diesel and kerosene have been reduced by Tk 1.0 per litre with effect from today (January 1). According to new prices set by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division for the month of January, diesel and kerosene will be sold at Tk 104 per litre instead of...

Daily spot reference to determine dollar-taka exchange rates

Daily twice-set spot-reference rate will now determine dollar-taka exchange under a new foreign-exchange regime as the New Year bids farewell to the inefficacious crawling-peg system. The central bank rolled out Tuesday a more flexible exchange-management regime styled Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Market Spot Reference Exchange Rate (RR) in its latest bid...