Govt to retrieve allowance with interest from fake freedom fighters
GB Today Dhaka Office: The government will retrieve allowances along with interest from people who have enjoyed the perks entitled…
June 2024
Bangladesh forex reserves increases by $318m to reach $19.53b thanks to additional remittances
– Bangladeshi expatriates have sent about $1.65 billion as remittances in the first 14 days of this month…
Air pollution causes 2.35 lakh deaths in Bangladesh in 2021
Dhaka Office: A newly released report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with UNICEF, reveals alarming…
Flood displaces 38,000, maroons 14.5 lakh in greater Sylhet
Bangladesh News Desk: Gushing waters from upstream areas in northeast India accompanied by downpours continued to inundate fresh…
Nine killed in landslides in Rohingya camp
Cox’s Bazar Correspondent: Nine people were killed in separate incidents of landslide in Rohingya camp areas in Ukhiya…
Death toll tops 1,000 after hajj marked by extreme heat: AFP tally
International Desk: The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday,…
Tripura government initiates survey of enemy properties
AGARTALA: The Tripura government has initiated a survey of enemy properties in the state. Speaking on the matter,…
India to host Bangladesh for two Tests and three T20I matches in September
Sports Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the much-anticipated home series after…
Enforcement Directorate quizzes Rituparna Sengupta over ‘ration scam’
– Senior ED officers said that Sengupta’s questioning was necessitated after they stumbled upon “alleged transactions”, amounting to…
Five persons dead in rain-triggered landslide in Assam taking the toll in state to 40
Incessant rain has also battered the neighbouring states of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh with the Met office predicting…
Odisha: Curfew relaxed for 4 hours in Balasore after animal slaughter row
Six companies of central forces have reached Balasore and are being deployed at sensitive pockets GBT/PTI: Curfew imposed…
Teknaf villages again shaking at sounds of shelling in Myanmar
– Explosions from border areas continued past Wednesday morning Bangladesh News Desk: A BGB personnel stands guard amid…
Canada lists Iran Revolutionary Guards as ‘terrorist’ group
International Desk: Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist” entity and urged its…
NRC state coordinator plea to PM Modi for re-verification of Assam citizenship data
Hitesh Dev Sarma has also sought a probe by the Enforcement Directorate into the ‘financial irregularities’ during the…
Mizoram awaits Centre instruction to initiate biometric enrollment for Myanmar refugees
A home department official said that a new biometric enrollment portal has already been prepared Arakan News Desk:…
China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns
International Desk: Hundreds of villages and towns have been renamed by Chinese authorities to remove religious or cultural…
Myanmar’s ‘Demoralized Troops’ Accused of Ransoming Civilians in Rakhine
Arakan News Desk: Half of the about 200 residents of Rakhine State’s capital rounded up by junta troops…
Tripura to fill 469 vacant posts in various departments
Job Desk: The Tripura government has announced its plans to fill 469 vacant posts spanning various departments in…
Smart meters, end to ‘VIP culture’: Assam government to save Rs 30 crore via energy conservation
Approximately 8,000 government consumers and installations like irrigation and water supply facilities, having smart meters, have been covered…
Greater Nicobar project a threat to tribal communities
Referring to the environment clearance given for diverting over 13,000 hectares of forest land, Congress media in-charge Jairam…