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Leadership vacuum cripples Dhaka metro

Dhaka's metro-rail operator has slipped into fresh uncertainty, with almost all its senior leadership positions vacant and a growing internal dispute threatening administrative stability.As the Managing Director's appointment is cancelled and key project directors' contracts expire, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) now faces a parallel legal battle over whether...

Over 4.0m taxpayers file e-returns so far in FY26

More than 4.0 million taxpayers have so far submitted their income-tax returns online for the tax year 2025-26, reflecting a sharp rise in digital compliance following mandatory e-filing for most individual taxpayers.Among them, 50,427 taxpayers have paid a wealth surcharge, of whom 39,363 are male and 11,065 are female.Wealthy taxpayers...

IU teacher hacked dead, murder suspect 'attempts suicide'

A female teacher of Social Welfare department of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia was hacked to death allegedly by an employee of the department at her office on Wednesday.The murder suspect who apparently attempted suicide was found injured with his throat slit on the spot, reports UNB. The deceased was...

Countrywide listing of criminals and extortionists underway

FE REPORT Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government has started preparing comprehensive lists of criminals and extortionists across the country as part of a decisive drive to restore law and order."We're preparing lists of extortionists and criminals in an unbiased way across the country, starting from the capital...

Although U-turns have been introduced at various points on the capital's roads to ease traffic congestion,

Although U-turns have been introduced at various points on the capital's roads to ease traffic congestion, the situation has deteriorated during Ramadan, with gridlock worsening instead. The photo was taken in the Farmgate area on Wednesday. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam

Body of throat-slit woman recovered in city

Police have recovered throat-slit body of a woman from a rented house in Mirhazirbagh area under the Shyampur police station in the capital. The victim has been identified as Lucky, 17, who had lived with her husband at the rented house.She hailed from Ratanpur village under Sadar Thana in Bhola...

The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Paul Kapur, meets Foreign

The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Paul Kapur, meets Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Wednesday. — PID Story on Page 1

BD seeks US support to meet energy demand Says minister

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood on Wednesday sought assistance from the United States to help meet the country's energy demand in the current global context, reports BSS."The government has been taking preparations to import energy from alternative sources amid growing uncertainty over global energy supplies due...

State minister sits waiting as land office opens late

State Minister for Land Kayser Kamal had to wait for about half an hour on the veranda of a land office in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj after arriving for a surprise inspection and finding no officials present, reports bdnews24.com.The minister reached the Siddhirganj Union Land Office shortly after 9am on Wednesday.Although the...