Dengue claims five lives in 24 hours in Bangladesh
Five more people died of dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 110 this year.
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Sayedee鈥檚 witness Bali sues Hasina, 31 others
Shukharanjan Bali, a key defence witness for the late Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, on Thursday filed a written complaint accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 31 others of his enforced disappearance, abduction, torture, and illegal transfer to India.
10 hurt as Dhaka College, City College students clash again
At least 10 people, including police personnel and students, were injured after a section of the Dhaka College students and a group of the Dhaka City College students clashed again in Science Laboratory area in the capital on Thursday.
Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services disrupted
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route have been facing disruption for the past few days due to strong current and river erosion in Manikganj, resulting in sufferings of people...
AUG 21 GRENADE ATTACK:聽AD verdict in govt appeal against acquittal on Sept 4
The Appellate Division on Thursday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on the government鈥檚 appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted all 49 convicts in two cases filed over August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of the...
BURNING BODIES:聽Ex-Ashulia SI turns state鈥檚 evidence
Former Ashulia police sub-inspector Sheikh Afzalul Haque on Thursday admitted that he committed crimes against humanity in Ashulia during the July 2024 uprising.
SC to hear verdict review on caretaker govt system on Aug 26
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday set August 26 to hear a review petition challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system...
Bangladesh Army chief General Waker leaves Dhaka for China
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka for China on a four-day state visit on Thursday morning...
Three killed as car turns upside down at Mawa Expressway
Three people, including a couple, were killed and another was injured when a speeding car overturned on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Sholghar area under Srinagar upazila in Munshiganj on Thursday.
Pakistan commerce minister arrives in Dhaka on 4-day visit
Pakistan federal minister for commerce Jam Kamal Khan arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday night on a four-day official visit beginning on Thursday...
Decentralisation stressed to reduce pressure on Dhaka
Speakers at a dialogue on Wednesday said that administrative and development decentralisation was imperative to ease the population pressure on Dhaka city and make it more liveable...
Mohakhali Sattola slum catches fire again
At least 70 shanties and shops were gutted as a fire broke out at the densely populated Sattola slum in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali area on Wednesday...
BIWTA demolishes Nasrul Hamid鈥檚 bungalow
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday demolished an illegally constructed bungalow of former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu on the banks of the Buriganga River...
Bangladesh Air Force observes Bir Shreshtha Matiur鈥檚 martyrdom anniv
Bangladesh Air Force on Wednesday paid tributes to the memory of the War of Independence veteran Bir Shreshtha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman to mark the anniversary of his 54th martyrdom...