One more dengue patient dies, 466 hospitalised in 24 hours
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 105 this year...
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Youth hacked to death by father in Natore over drug abuse dispute
A 30-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his father at Singra upazila in Natore on Saturday night following a family feud over his drug addiction...
Rickshaw-puller beaten at Dhanmondi 32 gets bail
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to rickshaw-puller Azizur Rahman, who was beaten by a mob while trying to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka on August 15, in an attempted murder case related to the July uprising...
Owner, two others put on five-day remand over arms recovery at coaching centre
A metropolitan sessions judge court in Rajshahi on Sunday allowed the police to take the owner of a coaching centre and two of his associates into custody for interrogation for five days in a case filed over Saturday鈥檚 recovery of arms, explosives and drugs from their possession at the coaching centre in Rajshahi city...
Low-pressure area likely to form over Bay in next 12 hours
A low-pressure area is likely to form over Northwest Bay and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal during next 12 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department...
HC defers hearing plea to quash ex-CJ Khairul proceedings
The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continues to be 鈥榤oderate鈥� with AQI score of 50
Under the influence of rains, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 75th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 50 at 9:30am on Sunday morning...
Asst education officers in upazilas demand upgrade to 9th grade
Bangladesh Assistant Upazila Education Officers鈥� on Saturday urged the government to upgrade the post of Upazila/Thana assistant primary education officer from the 10th to the 9th grade...
Need-based education, reform of curriculum urged
Academicians on Saturday stressed increasing focus on need-based education, saying that it was important both for bringing improvement to the education sector and to attain national progress...
BSF hands over 3 Bangladeshis to BGB
The Indian Border Security Force handed over three Bangladeshis to Border Guard Bangladesh during a flag meeting at the Benipur border area under Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga Friday night...
3 construction workers found dead in Dhaka
The police on Saturday recovered the bodies of three construction workers from a water tank at an under-construction building in the capital鈥檚 Bashundhara Residential Area...
India pushes one more Rohingya man, another into Bangladesh
The Indian Border Security Force on Friday pushed two more people, including a Rohingya man, into Bangladesh through a border point under Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar district...
162 citizens condemn expulsion of transgender student Sahara
A total of 162 citizens, including academics, activists, journalists, and artists, on Saturday issued a joint statement condemning the recent expulsion of a transgender student named Sahara Chowdhury from a private university...
JP faction to join polls if held in credible manner
Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud will take part in the next general election if it is held in a free, fair and credible manner...
Hundreds marooned as Atrai crosses danger mark
Several thousand people in Atrai, Raninagar and Manda upazilas of Naogaon district became stranded as the Atrai River rose 39 centimetres above the danger level on Saturday, flooding vast areas and submerging about 17,000 bigha of Aman paddy and other crops...