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UP chairman arrested over 'Sada Pathar' plunder

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- A Union Parishad chairman has been arrested in connection with the looting of sand and stone from Sylhet's famed tourist spot,'Sada Pathar'. Companiganj Police Station chief Uzayer ... Read More


Milestone jet crash: Another injured teacher dies

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- A teacher who was injured in a fire after a jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara has died, bringing the death toll from the incident to 35, authorities said. ... Read More


Youth stabbed to death over online gambling dispute in Bogura

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- A 28-year-old man named Russell Ahmed was allegedly stabbed to death in Bogura over a dispute involving online gambling money transactions. He was attacked around 11:45 pm on Wednes... Read More


Housewife dies in mysterious circumstances in Shewrapara

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- A housewife named Fahmida Tahsin Keya (25), mother of four, has died under mysterious circumstances in Shewrapara area of Dhaka. Her family alleges that she was strangled to death b... Read More


Bangladesh rejects Global Plastics Treaty draft, demands stronger measures against pollution

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has categorically rejected the latest Chair's Draft of the proposed Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures against plastic pollution, and stating that it fall... Read More


Two schoolboys killed in triple vehicle collision in jhenaidah

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Two schoolboys were killed and three others injured in a collision involving two motorcycles and a bicycle in Jhenaidah's Sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased were identif... Read More


Man hacked to death at shisha bar in Dhaka

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Rahat Hossain Rabbi, a 31-year-old man, was hacked to death on the staircase of a shisha bar in the Banani area early Thursday. The attack occurred around 4:30 am while he was comin... Read More


Infosys to buy 75pc stake in Telstra unit

Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- Indian IT services company Infosys has said that it would take a 75 per cent stake in Versent Group, a wholly owned unit of Australia's Telstra Group, for A$233.3 million ($153 milli... Read More


Wife killed in road crash while taking husband to hospital

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- A woman was killed as an ambulance plunged into a roadside ditch at the New Road area on the Khulna-Satkhira highway in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district on Wednesday. The deceased... Read More


FFWC issues flood alerts for 12 districts

Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) of the Bangladesh Water Development Board has warned that low-lying areas in 12 districts across the country may see flooding due to a... Read More