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Special mango rail to start operation on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route June 1

, May 16 -- A special mango train on Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route will be launched from June 1. The decision was taken at a meeting at the DC office on Thursday with deputy commissioner AKM Galiv Khan... Read More


Bangladesh, UK discuss ways to strengthen health sector cooperation

Dhaka, May 16 -- Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen has emphasized the need to bolster Bangladesh-UK health sector collaboration, especially on digitisation of Bangladesh's health sector, skill develo... Read More


Appellate Div scraps Salim Prodhan's candidature in Rupganj upazila polls

Dhaka, May 16 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court (HC) order to return the candidature of Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila parishad chairman candidate Salim P... Read More


US calls for continued support to Rohingyas, host communities in Bangladesh

DHAKA, May 16 -- Ambassador Jeffrey Prescott, the US Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, has called on the international community to continue its support to the Ro... Read More


NEC approves Tk 265,000 crores ADP for 2024-2025 fiscal year

Dhaka, May 16 -- The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the fiscal year of 2024-2025 with an outlay of Tk 265,000 crores. Besides, the NEC... Read More


Japan to send team next week for negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreement

DHAKA, May 16 -- A trade negotiating team of Japan will visit Dhaka from May 19-23 for the first round of Bangladesh-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations. Foreign Minister Hasan Ma... Read More


Microbus catches fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Dhaka, May 16 -- A microbus caught fire on Dhaka Elevated Expressway in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday. Rozina Akhtar, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSC... Read More


Scholars underscore Bangladesh's commitment to One China principle, call for stronger trade relations

DHAKA, May 16 -- Professor Shahab Enam Khan, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs, emphasized the need for a "better, transparent, and more accountable" trading regime ... Read More


Six injured in attack over election office in Jashore

Jashore, May 16 -- Six people, including a former upazila parishad chairman, were injured in an attack by supporters of the current upazila chairman over the establishment of an election office for th... Read More


Fire at Faridpur's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital doused

, May 16 -- A fire that broke out at the store room of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital in Faridpur has been doused. Assistant Director of Faridpur Fire Service, Md Asaduzzaman, said... Read More