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Case filed against woman for drowning eight puppies in Pabna

A case has been filed at Ishwardi Police Station in Pabna over the killing of eight puppies, who were tied in a sack and drowned in a pond on the Ishwardi Upazila Parishad premises. Upazila Livestock Officer Aklima Khatun filed the case on Tuesday night. Abdun Noor, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi

Stock
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11 more firms granted extra time to adjust negative equity

The securities regulator has granted additional time to 11 more market intermediaries to ensure compliance with provisioning requirements for unrealised losses and to adjust negative equity. The extension will take effect after December 31 this year, when the current deadline expires. Some institu

Stock
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GPH Ispat reports first-time loss as demand for steel shrinks

GPH Ispat reported a loss of Tk 246.78 million in FY25, the first since its listing, as demand for its products declined and production and finance costs increased. According to a filing on Tuesday, the company's earnings per share fell to negative Tk 0.51 per share from a profit of Tk 1.77 per sh

Trade
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Falling Domestic Gas Output: Chevron restarts delayed JBC project

Chevron Bangladesh has finally moved to revive its long-delayed Jalalabad Compression Project (JBC), breaking nearly two years of uncertainty over one of the country's most-anticipated gas-sector investments. The restart comes at a time when domestic output is declining and the government is scram

Trade
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Banks fear profitability squeeze as new operational peril

Already smarting under loads of bad loans, banks in Bangladesh worry about a new operational peril from profitability squeeze for narrowing interest spread that came to 5.74 per cent in September. According to Bangladesh Bank statistics, the spread between weighted average interest rate (WAIR) on

Economy
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Polls, MPO allowance hike, new Islamic Bank capital to cost Tk 270b

Current crunch time comes as a reminder to ministries and divisions concerned to make realistic fund demand from this year's revised budget to help the government avoid higher bank borrowings and interest payments. The direction comes from finance division while holding consultation with t

Politics
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Jamaat chief Shafiqur visits Khaleda at Evercare Hospital

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has paid a visit to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital. Shafiqur arrived at the hospital around 10pm on Tuesday, bdnews24.com.  “Everything is in the hands of Allah,” he said. “He can take away the living and give life to

National
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Army officer killed in Natore road accident

An army officer was killed in a road accident in Baraigram, Natore on Tuesday evening.The deceased, Sergeant Mamunur Rashid, was posted at Ramu Cantonment, UNB reports. Inspector Suman Chandra Das, in charge of the Bonpara Police Investigation Center, said that Sergeant Rashid, serving in the

Politics
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Salahuddin commences his campaigning at Chakaria-Pekua

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has started electioneering in his constituency Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chakaria-Pekua). On Tuesday morning, he arrived in Cox’s Bazar on a five-day visit to woo voters in favour of him ahead of the national election, UNB reports.  On the first day, Salah

National
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Government secondary school teachers suspend strike

Government secondary school teachers have suspended their ongoing work stoppage, which was held over four demands including salary scale for ninth grade and the formation of an independent secondary education directorate. They announced that annual examinations will be held “from Wednesday&r

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