Polluted air costs Bangladeshis on an average 5.5 years of life: AQLI
The average Bangladeshi people could live 5.5 years longer if particulate pollution met the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 碌g/m, said a new report on Thursday...
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Seven fishermen kidnapped in Sunderbans
Seven fishermen were allegedly kidnapped by forest robbers from separate places under Satkhira range in the Sunderbans...
BSF repeats promise to end border killing in talks with BGB
The Indian Border Security Force has once again promised to bring down the border killing to zero by adopting extra precautionary measures while the Border Guard Bangladesh has renewed its call for an end to such violence against Bangladeshi nationals on the frontier.
Polls schedule likely in mid-December
The schedule for holding the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections is likely to be announced in mid-December this year.
ACC conducts drive against ex-NICRH director over draft allegations
The Anti-Corruption Commission has launched a drive against Professor Sheikh Golam Mostafa, former director of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital, over allegations providing Tk聽10 lakh in cash and four cheques worth Tk聽200 crore to a student coordinator...
BMD predicts rains in Dhaka, seven other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thunder showers in all divisions, including Dhaka, in next 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Thursday...
Latif Siddique detained amid chaos聽at Mancha 71鈥檚 prog
Police detained former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and several others after chaos during an event organised by a newly formed freedom fighters鈥� platform, Mancha 71.
Khalilur to attend China鈥檚 Victory Day military parade
Bangladesh鈥檚 national security adviser Khalilur Rahman, also the chief adviser鈥檚 high representative on Rohingya affairs, will attend the military parade on September 3 in the Chinese capital
Complete shutdown at all engineering universities starts today
The students of all government and non-government engineering universities across Bangladesh started observing a complete shutdown from Thursday...
UGC signs agreement with univs to implement HEAT鈥檚 151 sub-projects
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at a programme in Dhaka on Wednesday signed agreements with 43 public and private universities to implement 151 selected sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
FPAB employees demand dues pending for 21 months
A group of employees of the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh staged a sit-in and protest rally on Wednesday, demanding 21 months of unpaid salaries for the current staff and gratuity for all former employees...
Protesters block Cumilla-Sylhet Highway for its repair
Locals on Wednesday morning staged demonstrations and blocked several points of the busy Cumilla-Sylhet Highway, demanding its immediate repairs and long-awaited plan to upgrade the route into a four-lane one...
10 injured as BNP, Jamaat activists clash in Ctg
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami during a recruitment event of Islami Chhatra Shibir at a madrasa in Banshkhali upazila Tuesday evening...
Planners for no amendment to DAP under realtors鈥� pressure
Dhaka鈥檚 existing civic crises will worsen if the government once again amends the Detailed Area Plan under the pressure of real estate companies, the Bangladesh Institute of Planners warned on Wednesday...
Two brothers gouge out another brother鈥檚 eyes over dispute
Two brothers, following their father鈥檚 order during a family dispute, have gouged out the eyes of their another brother in front of their father at Muladi in Barisal...