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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


Bangladesh records three dengue deaths as hospitalisations top 512

Bangladesh, July 28 -- Bangladesh has reported three more dengue deaths in a 24-hour count, while 512 new patients have been admitted to hospitals with the mosquito-borne disease. The latest figures ... Read More


Two killed after college wall collapses on TCB queue in Mirpur

Bangladesh, July 28 -- A college boundary wall has collapsed onto people waiting to buy subsidised Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) goods in Dhaka's Mirpur-2, killing two people and injuring si... Read More


Motorcycles account for over half of 7,000 student road deaths since 2019: study

Bangladesh, July 28 -- More than 7,000 students have been killed in road crashes across Bangladesh over the past seven and a half years, an analysis by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has found. Mor... Read More


Government moves to overhaul parliament's sound system after repeated glitches

Bangladesh, July 27 -- The government has decided to replace parliament's ageing sound system with modern technology to fix persistent audio glitches. A high-level meeting has been held to chart out ... Read More


No rise in extremism likely across Bangladesh, monitoring continues, says CTTC chief

Bangladesh, July 27 -- Bangladesh is not showing any alarming signs of a resurgence of extremism, according to the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Polic... Read More


Chemical burns passed off as 'Jinn' attacks in Facebook scam

Bangladesh, July 27 -- A gang posing as "Tantriks" -- traditional occult healers or fortune tellers -- on Facebook has been duping women by convincing them that chemical burns on their hands were the ... Read More


Shahabuddin accused in Islami Bank share scam while serving as president

Bangladesh, July 26 -- An Islami Bank share fraud case filed during Mohammad Shahabuddin's presidency has surfaced after his resignation, nearly 10 months after it was filed. The former president is ... Read More