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14,000 recommended teachers to start at government primary schools from Oct 29

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has said that 14,384 candidates recommended as assistant teachers in government primary schools during the interim government will join... Read More


PM meets Bangladesh's top businessmen, industrialists on economic woes

Bangladesh, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has sat down with Bangladesh's leading businessmen and industrialists for four hours, as concerns over the state of the economy took centre stage in... Read More


Rapes and suicides went up in July, claims MSF

Bangladesh, July 31 -- While the total number of cases of violence against women and children in Bangladesh has gone down from June to July, instances of rape and suicide have increased at an alarming... Read More


July sees highest dengue deaths in 6 months

Bangladesh, July 31 -- July has seen the highest number of dengue deaths this year with 36 fatalities recorded so far. The month has also seen the highest number of fresh cases over the past six month... Read More


Yaba 'factory' uncovered in Keraniganj, 4 arrested

Bangladesh, July 31 -- The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-10 has uncovered a yaba manufacturing "factory" in Keraniganj, Dhaka, and arrested four people along with yaba tablets, raw materials, and equip... Read More


Two more die of measles symptoms in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Measles symptoms have claimed two more lives in Bangladesh, with fatalities recorded in the Sylhet and Barishal divisions. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) rep... Read More


David Emon planned to flee to India on Boro Sajjad's advice police say

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Police say notorious Chattogram "criminal" David Emon had planned to flee to India on the advice of alleged fugitive gangster Boro Sajjad after fearing arrest in Bangladesh. Su... Read More


Rain forecast in three divisions

Bangladesh, July 29 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast rain in Chattogram and a couple of other divisions in the country in the last week of July. However, there is little... Read More


Will 'surrender' if not arrested over Shapla Chattar case, says Latif Siddique

Bangladesh, July 29 -- Former Awami League presidium member and Liberation War veteran Abdul Latif Siddique will surrender before the International Crimes Tribunal if police do not arrest him in a cas... Read More


Ex-Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur gets 3-year jail term

Bangladesh, July 28 -- Former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur, also known as SK Sur Chowdhury, has been sentenced to three years in prison in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Co... Read More