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Army seizes eight foreign pistols, explosives at Airport Railway Station

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- The Bangladesh Army has recovered a cache of firearms and explosives from a train compartment during a raid at Dhaka's Airport Railway Station. In a statement, the Inter-Services Pu... Read More


Another body recovered from burnt factory in Rupnagar

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Police have recovered the body of another person 12 days after a fire broke out at a garment factory and chemical warehouse in the Rupnagar area of Dhaka's Mirpur. Dhaka Metropolita... Read More


NCP vows protests against Election Commission if 'Shapla' polls logo denied

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Sarjis Alam, the chief organiser of National Citizen Party (North), has warned that the party will take to the streets against the Election Commission if it does not receive the Shap... Read More


Govt plans driving school to boost Bangladeshi employment in Japan

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Japanese entrepreneur and politician Miki Watanabe has announced plans to establish a modern driving school, aiming to increase employment opportunities for Bangladeshis in the count... Read More


Commonwealth delegation evaluates Bangladesh voting environment, security plans

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- A Commonwealth delegation has visited Bangladesh to assess the electoral environment and security ahead of the national elections, focusing particularly on the safety of polling cent... Read More


Metro rail resumes on Motijheel-Shahbagh section after 7 hours

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Metro rail operations have resumed from Motijheel to Shahbagh nearly seven hours after a fatal accident involving a fallen bearing pad. Train services on MRT Line-6 between Agargaon... Read More


Bangladesh records 4 dengue deaths, 1,143 hospital admissions in a day

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Another four people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh over the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide death toll this year to 263. The Directorate General of Health Services (D... Read More


Advisory Council to close work in November: Advisor Mahfuj

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- The Advisory Council of the interim government will wrap up its meetings within November, Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam has said. Speaking at a "Meet the Reporters" event organise... Read More


'I never wanted to bid him farewell today', laments metro accident victim's wife

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- The atmosphere at Dhaka's Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital has turned sombre with grief as relatives of Abul Kalam mourned his sudden death from a metro rail bearing pad. ... Read More


Metro Rail fatality reignites safety concerns after similar pad collapse in September

Dhaka, Oct. 26 -- Dhaka Metro Rail authorities have gone on high alert after a pedestrian was killed when a bearing pad fell from the elevated rail line in Farmgate -- barely a month after a similar c... Read More