Imam dies in custody after mob beating over rape allegation
An imam of a mosque in Gazipur鈥檚 Pubail area died in jail custody early Monday, hours after he was beaten by an angry mob on Sunday allegedly for raping several boys...
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Cops demand independent commission
The Bangladesh Police on Tuesday proposed that the interim government form an independent commission to make decisions on the force鈥檚 activities, except administrative ones.
High-level body sought to modernise technical edn
The Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh on Tuesday proposed to form a high level committee for the modernisation of technical education...
Youth shot to death, brother injured
A youth was shot dead and his brother was injured in an attack allegedly by a group of assailants at Begumganj upazila in Noakhali on Monday night...
BSCL, Sternula sign MoU
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited and Danish company Sternula to make shipping safe and digital by installing satellite-based Automatic Identification System in the Bangladesh maritime sector...
Biman begins Hajj flights for 2025 today
Biman Bangladesh Airlines commenced its dedicated Hajj flights for 2025 early Tuesday...
CA apprised of security aspects
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus was apprised of overall security aspects including the border situation and Rohingya crisis in a meeting at his residence-cum office Jamuna.
ROHINGYA CRISIS: Bangladesh engages with parties in Rakhine: UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday told the UN Security Council that the Bangladesh interim government chose to engage with the parties to the conflict in the Rakhine state to pursue a solution to the Rohingya crisis that...
3 arrested during protest at crackdown on battery-run rickshaws in Ctg
Three individuals, including leaders of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Basad in short, and Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, were arrested during a rally in Chattogram on Tuesday, protesting at the ongoing crackdown on battery-run rickshaws and alleged police harassment...
BdREN holds 5-day training on network automation
BdREN has recently organised a five-day training programme on network automation at the Sea Pearl Beach Resort in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
Mongla port blames stevedore worker feud for labour unrest
The Mongla Port Authority clarified that recent reports circulating on social media regarding attacks on labour leaders were not reflective of the port鈥檚 operations, but rather stem from internal conflicts among workers managed by stevedores...
DEPZ comes to halt as gas supply stopped聽
At least five factories were shut down and production got disrupted in all the 90 factories in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone on Tuesday following a suspension of the gas connection to the plant supplying electricity to the industrial area.
Some power plants guzzle 90pc more fuel than peers聽
Some power plants consume more fuel than others for generating the same amount of electricity, indicating an overall power management failure in stopping leakage of Bangladesh鈥檚 scanty supplies of imported fuels.
Foreign birds allegedly looted from mini zoo in overnight raid in city
A group of young people reportedly stormed the Fikamoli Centre, where a licensed mini zoo is located in the capital鈥檚 Hatirpool area, and looted foreign birds while also demanding extortion money during an overnight raid between early Tuesday and the following morning...
Info ministry denies report on banning Deepto TV鈥檚 news broadcast
Adviser of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting M Mahfuz Alam on Tuesday denied a report that the government banned the news broadcast of the private Deepto TV channel.